Spectate vs Uptime Monitor
Spectate
spectate.netUptime Monitor
uptime-monitor.orgSide by side
| Figure | Spectate | Uptime Monitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $12/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 0 |
| Spec score · Uptime monitoring services | 8.5 (#12) | 7.2 (#38) |
| Spec score · Uptime Monitoring Software | 8.1 (#20) | 7.0 (#47) |
| Integrations | The maker names Slack, Discord, and Pushover as integrations, and says alerts can also be sent by voice or SMS. | The server README lists Discord, Email, Ntfy, Telegram, and Webhook notifications and documents a configuration API. |
| Product | Spectate is a monitoring and incident management platform for websites, APIs, servers, infrastructure, and applications. | Uptime Monitor is open-source, self-hosted infrastructure monitoring software released under GPL-3.0. |
| Status pages | Status pages support branding, custom domains, AI-powered updates, user issue reports, subscriptions, and postmortems. | Status pages offer 15 themes, responsive design, customizable branding, and public or password-protected access. |
Plans
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
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.
Uptime Monitor
Uptime Monitor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.