Is Healthchecks or Uptime.com better?

Neither clearly leads. Healthchecks starts at Free and Uptime.com at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Healthchecks or Uptime.com?

Healthchecks has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Healthchecks and On request for Uptime.com.

Does Healthchecks or Uptime.com run on more platforms?

Both run on Web, API, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

Can I use Healthchecks for free?

Yes. Healthchecks has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Uptime.com starts at On request.

What is Healthchecks best used for?

Healthchecks is most often used for monitoring cron jobs that run on schedules, alerting teams when background tasks fail, tracking kubernetes cronjob execution health, monitoring jenkins builds and deployments. Of those, monitoring cron jobs that run on schedules and alerting teams when background tasks fail are not what Uptime.com is typically brought in for.

What can Healthchecks do that Uptime.com cannot?

Healthchecks covers Ping URL monitoring, Customizable schedules, Event logs, Status badges. Uptime.com covers Website monitoring, API monitoring, Synthetic monitoring, Page speed testing.

Logging · head to head

Healthchecks vs Uptime.com

Healthchecks

Logging

Simple and effective cron job monitoring

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Uptime.com

Logging

Website monitoring and uptime checker with 80+ global monitoring points

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Healthchecks has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Healthchecks free tier limited to 20 jobs, restricting scale for small teams; Uptime.com pricing structure not fully detailed publicly
They diverge on capability: Healthchecks covers Ping URL monitoring, Uptime.com covers Website monitoring.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Healthchecks and Uptime.com actually diverge.

Attributes where Healthchecks and Uptime.com differ
Attribute	Healthchecks	Uptime.com
Starting price	Free	On request
Pricing model	Per-job monitoring with fixed tiers	subscription
Free tier	Yes	No
Founded	2015	Unknown

Identical on both: platforms (Web, API), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Logging).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Healthchecks

Ping URL monitoring
Customizable schedules
Event logs
Status badges
Email alerts
SMS and phone alerts
Multiple integrations

Only in Uptime.com

Website monitoring
API monitoring
Synthetic monitoring
Page speed testing
Real User Monitoring
Status pages
Private locations
Global network

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Healthchecks

Monitoring cron jobs that run on schedulesnot Uptime.com
Alerting teams when background tasks failnot Uptime.com
Tracking Kubernetes CronJob execution healthnot Uptime.com
Monitoring Jenkins builds and deploymentsnot Uptime.com

Uptime.com

Monitor website availability across multiple global locationsnot Healthchecks
Test API endpoints and validate response timesnot Healthchecks
Verify DNS resolution and certificate validitynot Healthchecks
Track page load performance over timenot Healthchecks
Send alerts to teams when issues occurnot Healthchecks

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Healthchecks

Free tier limited to 20 jobs, restricting scale for small teams
Requires explicit ping integration into each job
No workflow orchestration or job scheduling capabilities
SMS and phone credits consumed separately on paid plans
Limited to ping-based detection without deep job introspection

Uptime.com

Pricing structure not fully detailed publicly
Limited information on check frequency in basic plans
Real User Monitoring and status pages require add-ons
Lower-tier plans may have feature limitations

Pricing, plan by plan

Healthchecks

Free

HobbyistFree
- Monitor 20 jobs
- 100 log entries per job
- Email alerts
Supporter$5/month
- Monitor 20 jobs
- 100 log entries per job
- Support the service financially
Business$20/month
- Monitor 100 jobs
- 1000 log entries per job
- 50 SMS and WhatsApp credits
Business Plus$80/month
- Monitor 1000 jobs
- 1000 log entries per job
- 500 SMS and WhatsApp credits

Uptime.com

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Uptime.com review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Healthchecks if

You need ping url monitoring.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, API.
You also want customizable schedules.

Healthchecks review

Choose Uptime.com if

You need website monitoring.
You work on Web, API.
You also want api monitoring.

Uptime.com review

Questions people ask

Is Healthchecks or Uptime.com better?: Neither clearly leads. Healthchecks starts at Free and Uptime.com at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Healthchecks or Uptime.com?: Healthchecks has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Healthchecks and On request for Uptime.com.
Does Healthchecks or Uptime.com run on more platforms?: Both run on Web, API, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Healthchecks for free?: Yes. Healthchecks has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Uptime.com starts at On request.
What is Healthchecks best used for?: Healthchecks is most often used for monitoring cron jobs that run on schedules, alerting teams when background tasks fail, tracking kubernetes cronjob execution health, monitoring jenkins builds and deployments. Of those, monitoring cron jobs that run on schedules and alerting teams when background tasks fail are not what Uptime.com is typically brought in for.
What can Healthchecks do that Uptime.com cannot?: Healthchecks covers Ping URL monitoring, Customizable schedules, Event logs, Status badges. Uptime.com covers Website monitoring, API monitoring, Synthetic monitoring, Page speed testing.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Healthchecks: What does the free Hobbyist plan include?

The Hobbyist plan ($0/month) includes monitoring for 20 jobs, 100 log entries per job, and email alerts with no credit card required.

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Uptime.com: Does Uptime.com offer a money-back guarantee?

Yes, Uptime.com provides a 30-day money-back guarantee for new users, allowing risk-free trial of their service.

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Healthchecks: What is the difference between Business and Business Plus?

Business ($20/month) monitors 100 jobs with 50 SMS credits. Business Plus ($80/month) monitors 1000 jobs with 500 SMS credits and priority support.

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Uptime.com: What alerting methods does Uptime.com support?

All plans include email and SMS alerting with 20+ integrations available including Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, and webhooks for custom integrations.

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Healthchecks: Do nonprofits and open-source projects get special pricing?

Yes, open-source projects and nonprofits receive the Business plan at no cost.

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Uptime.com: How many monitoring locations does Uptime.com have?

Uptime.com operates 80+ monitoring locations worldwide, enabling checks from multiple geographic regions to detect regional connectivity issues.

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Healthchecks vs Uptime.com

Healthchecks

Uptime.com

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Healthchecks

Only in Uptime.com

What people use each for

Healthchecks

Uptime.com

Where each one falls short

Healthchecks

Uptime.com

Pricing, plan by plan

Healthchecks

Uptime.com

Which should you pick?

Choose Healthchecks if

Choose Uptime.com if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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