Comparison

Blackbox Exporter vs Oh Dear

On the evidence we track, Oh Dear leads this comparison with a composite score of 73/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Blackbox Exporter44

★Oh Dear73

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Blackbox Exporter	Oh DearLeader
vioscaleAI score	44 / 100low · 33%	73 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	€49
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	12
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.9	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://github.com/security	https://ohdear.app/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fprometheus%2Fblackbox_exporter&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.98
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	17	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	5,896	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	22	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	123	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in BE · HQ BE
Content
Faqcontent.faq	4 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Blackbox Exporter44 / 100low · 33%

Oh Dear73 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

Blackbox Exporter✓

Oh Dear✓

Model

Blackbox Exporteropen_source

Oh Dearfreemium

Price level

Blackbox Exporterfree

Oh Dearmid

Starting price

Blackbox Exporter–

Oh Dear€49

Transparent

Blackbox Exporter✓

Oh Dear✓

Integrations

Count

Blackbox Exporter1

Oh Dear12

Security

Disclosure policy

Blackbox Exporter–

Oh Dear✓

Gdpr

Blackbox Exporter–

Oh Dear✓

Iso27001

Blackbox Exporter–

Oh Dear✓

Scorecard

Blackbox Exporter6.9

Oh Dear–

Trust center

Blackbox Exporterhttps://github.com/security

Oh Dearhttps://ohdear.app/security

Vulnerabilities

Blackbox ExporterCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fprometheus%2Fblackbox_exporter&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Oh Dear–

Reliability

Sla pct

Blackbox Exporter–

Oh Dear99.98

Status page

Blackbox Exporter–

Oh Dear✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Blackbox Exporter17

Oh Dear–

Github stars

Blackbox Exporter5,896

Oh Dear–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Blackbox Exporter22

Oh Dear–

Release

Cadence days

Blackbox Exporter123

Oh Dear–

History

Blackbox Exporter20 items

Oh Dear–

License

Spdx

Blackbox ExporterApache-2.0

Oh Dear–

Language

Primary

Blackbox ExporterGo

Oh Dear–

Market

Availability

Blackbox ExporterAvailable worldwide

Oh DearAvailable worldwide · Popular in BE · HQ BE

Content

Faq

Blackbox Exporter4 items

Oh Dear7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for uptime monitoring. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Uptime Monitoring
Capability	Blackbox Exporter	Oh Dear
Capabilities
Deployment model	Self host	Saas
HTTP HTTPS checks	✓	✓
Ssl expiry monitoring	✓	✓
Cron heartbeat monitoring	-	✓
Synthetic browser checks	-	✓
DNS monitoring	✓	✓
Multi location checks	-	✓
Slack teams alerting	-	✓
SMS voice alerting	-	✓
Incident pagerduty integration	-	✓
Bundled status page	-	✓
SOC2 type ii	-	✗
Pricing model	Open source	Subscription

Capabilities

Deployment model

Blackbox ExporterSelf host

Oh DearSaas

HTTP HTTPS checks

Blackbox Exporter✓

Oh Dear✓

Ssl expiry monitoring

Blackbox Exporter✓

Oh Dear✓

Cron heartbeat monitoring

Blackbox Exporter-

Oh Dear✓

Synthetic browser checks

Blackbox Exporter-

Oh Dear✓

DNS monitoring

Blackbox Exporter✓

Oh Dear✓

Multi location checks

Blackbox Exporter-

Oh Dear✓

Slack teams alerting

Blackbox Exporter-

Oh Dear✓

SMS voice alerting

Blackbox Exporter-

Oh Dear✓

Incident pagerduty integration

Blackbox Exporter-

Oh Dear✓

Bundled status page

Blackbox Exporter-

Oh Dear✓

SOC2 type ii

Blackbox Exporter-

Oh Dear✗

Pricing model

Blackbox ExporterOpen source

Oh DearSubscription

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Blackbox Exporter

An open-source exporter that performs synthetic health checks on network endpoints including HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, ICMP, and gRPC, measuring availability and collecting performance metrics for Prometheus.

Independently observed

Oh Dear

Leader

Oh Dear monitors website uptime, SSL certificate expiration, DNS records, broken links, and scheduled tasks from multiple global locations. It sends alerts through Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, or webhooks, and includes branded status pages for client transparency.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Blackbox Exporter

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-10-15verify ↗

Oh Dear

Leader

from €49/moSubscriptionFree tier10-day trial

From €49/month (billed annually) to €149/month. 10-day free trial with all features. 30-day money-back guarantee.

Freelance€49/month billed annually (2 months free)
- Uptime monitoring
- Sitemap monitoring
- AI-powered checks
- Ping monitoring
- TCP port monitoring
- +9 more
Studio€99/month
- Uptime monitoring
- Sitemap monitoring
- AI-powered checks
- Ping monitoring
- TCP port monitoring
- +9 more
Professional€149/month
- Uptime monitoring
- Sitemap monitoring
- AI-powered checks
- Ping monitoring
- TCP port monitoring
- +9 more

as of 2026-09-29verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Blackbox Exporter	Oh Dear
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Blackbox Exporter✗

Oh Dear✓

CLI

Blackbox Exporter✓

Oh Dear✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Blackbox Exporter✗

Oh Dear✓

Self-hosted

Blackbox Exporter✓

Oh Dear✗

On-premise

Blackbox Exporter✓

Oh Dear✗

Hybrid

Blackbox Exporter✗

Oh Dear✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Blackbox Exporter

1 total

Prometheus

Independently observed

Oh Dear

Leader

16 total

Slack
Microsoft Teams
PagerDuty
Opsgenie
Discord
Email
SMS
Pushover
ntfy
Webhooks
Laravel Health
Laravel Forge API
Teams
Webhook
Telegram
Google Chat

Independently observed

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