Comparison

Prometheus Blackbox Exporter vs StatusCake

On the evidence we track, Prometheus Blackbox Exporter leads this comparison with a composite score of 47/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter47
StatusCake20
Score
Vioscale score
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter47 / 100medium · 55%
StatusCake20 / 100low · 3%
Pricing
Free tier
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter
StatusCake
Model
Prometheus Blackbox Exportercommercial
StatusCakecommercial
Price level
Prometheus Blackbox Exporterfree
StatusCake
Transparent
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter
StatusCake
Integrations
Count
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter1
StatusCake4
Adoption
Dependent repos
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter17
StatusCake
Github stars
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter5,841
StatusCake
Activity
Commits last 30d
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter13
StatusCake
Release
Cadence days
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter122
StatusCake
History
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter20 items
StatusCake
License
Spdx
Prometheus Blackbox ExporterApache-2.0
StatusCake
Language
Primary
Prometheus Blackbox ExporterGo
StatusCake

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Prometheus Blackbox Exporter

Leader

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

StatusCake

Not documented yet.

Pricing

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

Prometheus Blackbox Exporter

Leader
Open sourceFree tier

Open-source (no licensing cost)

as of verify ↗

StatusCake

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Linux
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter
StatusCake
CLI
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter
StatusCake
Deployment
Self-hosted
Prometheus Blackbox Exporter
StatusCake

Integrations

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

Prometheus Blackbox Exporter

Leader
1 total
  • Prometheus
Independently observed

StatusCake

4 total
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Autotask
Independently observed

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