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Comparison

Blackbox Exporter vs Oh Dear

On the evidence we track, Oh Dear leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Blackbox Exporter full profile →Oh Dear full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Blackbox Exporter47
★Oh Dear64
Score
Vioscale score
Blackbox Exporter47 / 100low · 32%
Oh Dear64 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tier
Blackbox Exporter✓
Oh Dear✓
Model
Blackbox Exportercommercial
Oh Dearfreemium
Price level
Blackbox Exporterfree
Oh Dearmid
Starting price
Blackbox Exporter–
Oh Dear€15
Transparent
Blackbox Exporter✓
Oh Dear✓
Integrations
Count
Blackbox Exporter1
Oh Dear12
Security
Disclosure policy
Blackbox Exporter–
Oh Dear✓
Gdpr
Blackbox Exporter–
Oh Dear✓
Scorecard
Blackbox Exporter7
Oh Dear–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Blackbox Exporter–
Oh Dear✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Blackbox Exporter17
Oh Dear–
Github stars
Blackbox Exporter5,841
Oh Dear–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Blackbox Exporter13
Oh Dear–
Release
Cadence days
Blackbox Exporter122
Oh Dear–
History
Blackbox Exporter20 items
Oh Dear–
License
Spdx
Blackbox ExporterApache-2.0
Oh Dear–
Language
Primary
Blackbox ExporterGo
Oh Dear–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Deployment model
Blackbox Exporter-
Oh Dear-
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 Exporter-
Oh Dear-

What each one is

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

Blackbox Exporter

Not documented yet.

Oh Dear

Leader

Unified monitoring service that tracks uptime, SSL certificate health, performance metrics, DNS status, broken links, and cron jobs across multiple sites from a single dashboard, replacing the need for separate specialized monitoring tools.

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 verify ↗

Oh Dear

Leader
from €15/moSubscriptionFree tier10-day trial

From €15/month. 10-day free trial, no credit card required. 30-day money-back guarantee. All plans include the same features.

  • Solo€15/month
    • Uptime monitoring
    • SSL certificate monitoring
    • Performance monitoring
    • DNS monitoring
    • Broken link detection
    • +8 more
  • Freelance€49/month billed annually (includes 2 months free)
    • Uptime monitoring
    • SSL certificate monitoring
    • Performance monitoring
    • DNS monitoring
    • Broken link detection
    • +8 more
  • Growth€99/month
    • Uptime monitoring
    • SSL certificate monitoring
    • Performance monitoring
    • DNS monitoring
    • Broken link detection
    • +8 more
  • Scale€149/month
    • Uptime monitoring
    • SSL certificate monitoring
    • Performance monitoring
    • DNS monitoring
    • Broken link detection
    • +8 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Blackbox Exporter✗
Oh Dear✓
Windows
Blackbox Exporter✓
Oh Dear✗
Linux
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✗

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
12 total
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • Opsgenie
  • Discord
  • Email
  • SMS
  • Pushover
  • ntfy
  • Webhooks
  • Laravel Health
  • Laravel Forge API
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.