Healthchecks.io vs UptimeRobot
On the evidence we track, Healthchecks.io leads this comparison with a composite score of 83/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api monitoring. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Healthchecks.io
LeaderA monitoring platform that tracks cron jobs and scheduled tasks, notifying you when they don't execute on schedule using a heartbeat check-in mechanism.
UptimeRobot
A service that continuously monitors websites, APIs, and servers at regular intervals and sends alerts when downtime or performance issues are detected. Includes branded status pages to inform users of incidents and maintenance.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Healthchecks.io
LeaderFree tier available. Paid plans from $5–$80/month, with 20% discount for annual billing.
- HobbyistFree
- Monitor 20 cron jobs
- 100 log entries per job
- Supporter$5/month
- Monitor 20 cron jobs
- 100 log entries per job
- Business$20/month or $192/year
- Monitor 100 cron jobs
- 1000 log entries per job
- 50 SMS & WhatsApp credits per month
- 20 phone call credits per month
- Email support
- Business Plus$80/month or $768/year
- Monitor 1000 cron jobs
- 1000 log entries per job
- 500 SMS & WhatsApp credits per month
- 100 phone call credits per month
- Priority email support
UptimeRobot
Free plan with 5 monitors; paid plans from €/month with annual savings
- FreeFree
- Keyword monitoring
- Ping monitoring
- Basic status pages
- API monitoring
- UDP monitoring
- +3 more
- Solo-
- 60-second monitoring interval
- API monitoring with custom headers
- Multi-location checks
- UDP monitoring
- DNS monitoring
- +5 more
- Team-
- Team member access
- Granular permissions
- Status page customization
- Custom domain support
- Password-protected status pages
- +1 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Dedicated CSM
- Private Slack channel
- Shortest monitoring intervals
- Highest monitor counts
- All monitoring types
- +1 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Webhooks
- Slack
- Discord
- Google Chat
- Mattermost
- Microsoft Teams
- Telegram
Healthchecks.io
Leader- GitHub
- Gotify
- Matrix
- ntfy
UptimeRobot
- PagerDuty
- Splunk On-Call
- Zenduty
- ilert
- PagerTree
- Zapier
- Pipedream
- Pushbullet
- Email to SMS
- Voice call
- Mobile push notification
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.