HetrixTools vs Spectate
HetrixTools
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| Figure | HetrixTools | Spectate |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9.95/mo | $12/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 6 |
| Spec score · Uptime Monitoring Software | 9.1 (#2) | 8.1 (#20) |
| Spec score · Uptime monitoring services | 9.1 (#5) | 8.5 (#12) |
| Founded | 2015 | 2016 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | 9.95 | 12 |
| Status pages | The service provides private and public reports plus public status pages. | Status pages support branding, custom domains, AI-powered updates, user issue reports, subscriptions, and postmortems. |
Plans
HetrixTools
- FreeFree
- Professional$9.95 a month
- Business$19.95 a month
- Enterprise$49.95 a month
Spectate
- Solo$12 a month
- Pro$24 a month
- Scale$72 a month
- Business$169 a month
- HobbyFree
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
HetrixTools
HetrixTools monitors uptime, servers, blacklists, domains, SSL certificates, and nameserver changes. Its free plan lists 15 uptime monitors and 15 server monitors, one-minute checks, and four monitoring locations; continued free access requires account activity every 90 days. Paid plans use one-minute checks as well. Professional costs $9.95 a month for 30 uptime and server monitors across six locations; Business costs $19.95 a month for 60 of each across nine locations; Enterprise costs $49.95 a month for 200 of each across 12 locations.
Uptime checks can run from up to 12 global locations. Alerts are available through email, phone calls, SMS, messaging services, incident-management tools, and webhooks. HetrixTools provides private and public reports and public status pages. Its server monitoring agent supports Linux, Windows, macOS, and shared hosting environments. Paid plans include sub-accounts, API access, white-label options, and Premium support. Yearly billing offers two months free; extra phone or SMS credits cost $0.1 each.
Spectate
Spectate monitors websites, APIs, servers, infrastructure, and applications, and provides tools for managing incidents. Website checks track uptime and performance, run globally, capture screenshots, and alert on SSL certificate expiry. A custom-built server agent is described as open source, dependency-free, and designed to add no server load. Incident features include merging incidents, collaboration, AI-assisted root cause analysis, postmortems, interactive alerts, and status page publishing. Status pages support branding, custom domains, user issue reports, subscriptions, and postmortems. Alerts can go through Slack, Discord, or Pushover, or be sent by voice or SMS. Spectate is available on Android, iOS, and web. The free Hobby tier allows five monitors or servers and one status page. Paid tiers list monitor or server limits from 15 to 250; Solo is $12.00 per month, billed $144 yearly. On-call scheduling and incident escalation policies are marked as coming soon.