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Comparison

Gatus vs Prometheus Blackbox Exporter

On the evidence we track, Gatus leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Gatus full profile →Prometheus Blackbox Exporter full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
★Gatus63
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter47
Score
Vioscale score
Gatus63 / 100medium · 52%
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter47 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
Gatus✗
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter✓
Model
Gatuscommercial
Prometheus Blackbox Exportercommercial
Price level
Gatuslow
Prometheus Blackbox Exporterfree
Transparent
Gatus✓
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter✓
Integrations
Count
Gatus24
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter1
Security
Scorecard
Gatus–
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter7
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Gatus✓
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gatus–
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter17
Github stars
Gatus–
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter5,841
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gatus–
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter13
Release
Cadence days
Gatus–
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter122
History
Gatus–
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter20 items
License
Spdx
Gatus–
Prometheus Blackbox ExporterApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Gatus–
Prometheus Blackbox ExporterGo
Market
Availability
GatusAvailable worldwide · Popular in US
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter–

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Multi region probes
Gatus-
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter-
Private location agent
Gatus-
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter-
Status page hosting
Gatus-
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter-
Json schema assertions
Gatus-
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter-
Monitoring as code
Gatus-
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter-
Multistep API flows
Gatus-
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter-
Heartbeat deadmans switch
Gatus-
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter-
Self hostable
Gatus-
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter-

What each one is

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

Gatus

Leader

A platform for tracking service health across websites, APIs, and infrastructure. It detects outages automatically, publishes real-time status pages, and alerts teams via multiple channels.

Independently observed

Prometheus Blackbox Exporter

An open-source exporter for Prometheus that monitors the health and responsiveness of network services by sending test requests over HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, ICMP, and gRPC protocols. Results are exposed as metrics for collection by Prometheus.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Gatus

Leader
from $10/moSubscription7-day trial

From $10/month. Free 7-day trial.

  • Standard$10/month
    • HTTP, ICMP, DNS, TCP, UDP, TLS, SCTP, SSH, gRPC, WebSocket monitoring
    • Status code, response body/JSONPath, certificate expiration, domain expiration conditions
    • Response time and connection monitoring
    • Slack, Teams, Telegram, Discord, Google Chat, Gotify, Matrix, Mattermost, n8n, Ntfy, Opsgenie, Email, Gitea, GitHub, GitLab integrations
    • Static egress IP for firewall whitelisting
    • +3 more
  • Premium$20/month
    • All Standard features
    • Push-based monitoring
    • Incident announcements
    • Additional integrations: Messagebird, Pushover, AWS SES, ilert, Incident.io, PagerDuty, Twilio, SIGNL4
  • Business$50/month
    • All Premium features
    • Metrics dashboard
    • Single Sign-On (SSO)
    • Custom CSS
    • Custom integrations
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Prometheus Blackbox Exporter

Open sourceFree tier

Open-source (no licensing cost)

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Gatus✓
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter✗
Linux
Gatus✗
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter✓
CLI
Gatus✗
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gatus✓
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter✗
Self-hosted
Gatus✓
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter✓

Integrations

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

Gatus

Leader
24 total
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Telegram
  • Discord
  • Google Chat
  • Gotify
  • Matrix
  • Mattermost
  • n8n
  • Ntfy
  • Opsgenie
  • Email
  • Gitea
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Messagebird
  • Pushover
  • AWS SES
  • ilert
  • Incident.io
  • PagerDuty
  • Twilio
  • SIGNL4
  • Custom
Independently observed

Prometheus Blackbox Exporter

1 total
  • Prometheus
Independently observed

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