# Prometheus Blackbox Exporter vs Site24x7

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Site24x7

| Attribute | Prometheus Blackbox Exporter | Site24x7 |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 39.8 (53% (medium)) | 50.1 (49% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 22 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 17 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,896 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What is Prometheus Blackbox Exporter?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Prometheus Blackbox Exporter is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Is Prometheus Blackbox Exporter free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Prometheus Blackbox Exporter supports Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Prometheus Blackbox Exporter support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Prometheus Blackbox Exporter can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Can Prometheus Blackbox Exporter be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Prometheus Blackbox Exporter is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter","question":"Is Prometheus Blackbox Exporter open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"A comprehensive observability platform that monitors websites, servers, applications, cloud resources, and networks. Provides real-time performance tracking, anomaly detection using machine learning, incident automation, and visibility across hybrid IT environments. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://www.site24x7.com/it/site24x7-pricing.html","question":"What is Site24x7?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Site24x7 offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $9 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.site24x7.com/it/site24x7-pricing.html","question":"Is Site24x7 free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Site24x7 supports the web, Android and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.site24x7.com/it/site24x7-pricing.html","question":"What platforms does Site24x7 support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Not fully, on what we have confirmed. Site24x7 is offered as cloud / SaaS and hybrid, and a hybrid deployment usually means some components can run on your own infrastructure while the rest stays vendor-hosted. We have not confirmed a completely self-hosted option, so check with the vendor if that is a requirement.","source":"https://www.site24x7.com/it/site24x7-pricing.html","question":"Can Site24x7 be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 46 integrations for Site24x7, including Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, VMware, Docker, Kubernetes, Java and Ruby on Rails, plus 38 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.site24x7.com/it/site24x7-pricing.html","question":"What does Site24x7 integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Site24x7. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Site24x7 not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.site24x7.com/mobile/privacypolicy.html","question":"What security certifications does Site24x7 have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Site24x7 is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the United Kingdom. The vendor is headquartered in India.","source":"https://www.site24x7.com/it/site24x7-pricing.html","question":"Where is Site24x7 available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Blackbox Exporter performs endpoint verification using HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, ICMP, and gRPC protocols, exposing probe results as metrics for integration with Prometheus monitoring systems. It supports TLS authentication, configuration-based operation, and can be deployed via Docker containers or standalone binaries. | A cloud-based monitoring platform that tracks uptime and performance across websites, servers, APIs, applications, and cloud infrastructure from over 130 global monitoring locations. Offers flexible configuration options, REST API support, and integrations with third-party alerting and ticketing tools. |
| features.capabilities | `{"self_hostable":true,"monitoring_as_code":true}` | `{"multi_region_probes":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"heartbeat_deadmans_switch":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 50 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Prometheus"}]` | `[{"name":"Amazon Web Services"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"VMware"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Java"},{"name":".NET"},{"name":"Ruby on Rails"},{"name":"PHP"},{"name":"Node.js"},{"name":"Apache"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"DNS"},{"name":"FTP"},{"name":"SMTP"},{"name":"POP"},{"name":"REST APIs"},{"name":"SOAP"},{"name":"gRPC"},{"name":"GraphQL"},{"name":"Windows"},{"name":"Linux"},{"name":"FreeBSD"},{"name":"OS X"},{"name":"HP servers"},{"name":"IBM servers"},{"name":"Solaris"},{"name":"SNMP"},{"name":"WMI"},{"name":"Nutanix"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS RDS"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"AWS SQS"},{"name":"AWS EC2"},{"name":"AWS ECS"},{"name":"AWS ELB"},{"name":"AWS EFS"},{"name":"AWS ElastiCache"},{"name":"Azure VM"},{"name":"GCP Compute"},{"name":"Postman"},{"name":"HAR"},{"name":"cURL"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ServiceNow","native":true,"category":"itsm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Opsgenie","native":true,"category":"alerting","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Jira","native":true,"category":"issue-tracking","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus","native":true,"category":"itsm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ManageEngine SDP On-Demand","native":true,"category":"itsm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Moogsoft","native":true,"category":"aiops","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ConnectWise","native":true,"category":"psa","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Zapier","native":true,"category":"automation","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AlarmsOne","native":true,"category":"alerting","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Amazon EventBridge","native":true,"category":"event-streaming","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Zoho Analytics","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T21:35:23.770Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0.3 per alert credit","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"alert_credit"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","features":["StatusIQ status pages"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"process_resource_checks":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","features":["StatusIQ status pages","Application Performance Monitoring add-ons"],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitoring_locations_per_monitor":"8"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Plus Web","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitoring_locations_per_monitor":"16"}},{"free":false,"name":"MSP","features":["Unlimited customer accounts (9 included free)","Log collection included"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"customer_accounts":"9","basic_monitors_per_account":"8","log_collection_user_mb_per_cycle":"200","log_collection_admin_mb_per_cycle":"1024"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional process/service/resource monitoring (25 resources)","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"MSP additional customer account ($9/mo annual, $10/mo monthly)","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":9,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Multiple plans from Free to Enterprise. Pricing based on number of monitors and locations. Additional resources and features available as add-ons.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.site24x7.com/site24x7-pricing1.html","retrievedAt":"2026-10-06T10:12:56.380Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 123 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.29.0","date":"2026-10-07T09:40:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.29.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.28.0","date":"2025-12-06T13:32:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.28.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.27.0","date":"2025-06-30T13:45:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.26.0","date":"2025-02-26T13:51:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.26.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.25.0","date":"2024-04-09T13:30:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.25.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.24.0","date":"2023-05-16T11:23:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.24.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.23.0","date":"2022-12-02T20:59:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.22.0","date":"2022-08-02T14:26:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.22.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.21.1","date":"2022-06-23T16:09:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.21.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.21.0","date":"2022-05-30T15:06:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.21.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.21.0-rc.0","date":"2022-05-11T11:14:26Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.21.0-rc.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.20.0","date":"2022-03-16T23:52:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.20.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.20.0-rc.0","date":"2022-02-17T20:34:32Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.20.0-rc.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.19.0","date":"2021-05-10T13:18:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.18.0","date":"2020-10-12T10:13:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.17.0","date":"2020-06-19T12:14:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.16.0","date":"2019-11-11T18:16:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.15.1","date":"2019-09-17T12:52:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.15.0","date":"2019-09-11T13:09:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.14.0","date":"2019-03-15T13:49:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.9 | - |
| security.trust_center | https://github.com/security | - |
| security.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"}` | - |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Prometheus Blackbox Exporter | Site24x7 |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Multi region probes | - | ✓ |
| Private location agent | - | - |
| Status page hosting | - | ✓ |
| Json schema assertions | - | - |
| Monitoring as code | ✓ | - |
| Multistep API flows | - | - |
| Heartbeat deadmans switch | - | ✓ |
| Self hostable | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:29:48.336Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*