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Uptime.com
Website monitoring and uptime checker with 80+ global monitoring points
As of 29 August 2026, Uptime.com's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Uptime. Softwr lists it under Logging. Uptime.com is available on Web, API.
Overview
What Uptime.com does
Uptime.com is a website monitoring service providing complete visibility, speed, and reliability monitoring for websites, APIs, and digital services. The platform offers multiple monitoring types including website monitoring, API monitoring, synthetic monitoring, page speed testing, webhook monitoring, heartbeat checks for scheduled tasks, and private location monitoring for behind-firewall systems. Uptime.com operates from 80+ global monitoring locations worldwide, enabling rapid issue detection and response. The platform includes customizable status pages for incident communication, real user monitoring (RUM) to gain performance insights from actual user interactions, and multi-channel alerting through phone, SMS, email, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. The company is SOC 2 Type II certified, maintains 24/7/365 support availability, and is a G2 Leader in Website Monitoring with an 80+ NPS score. Trusted by enterprises including Accenture, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, and VMware across ecommerce, finance, education, IT services, and SaaS sectors.
What people use it for
- Monitor website availability across multiple global locations
- Test API endpoints and validate response times
- Verify DNS resolution and certificate validity
- Track page load performance over time
- Send alerts to teams when issues occur
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- 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
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Capabilities
Features
Website monitoring
Monitor URLs and track uptime
API monitoring
Test endpoints and validate responses
Synthetic monitoring
Simulate user flows and interactions
Page speed testing
Monitor website performance metrics
Real User Monitoring
Performance insights from actual users
Status pages
Custom incident communication platforms
Private locations
Monitor systems behind firewalls
Global network
80+ monitoring locations worldwide
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Questions people ask
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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.
SourceWhat 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.
SourceHow 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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