Comparison

Uptime Kuma vs UptimeRobot

On the evidence we track, UptimeRobot leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Uptime Kuma50
★UptimeRobot60
Score
vioscaleAI score
Uptime Kuma50 / 100medium · 52%
UptimeRobot60 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Uptime Kuma✓
UptimeRobot✓
Model
Uptime Kumaopen_source
UptimeRobotfreemium
Price level
Uptime Kumafree
UptimeRobotlow
Transparent
Uptime Kuma–
UptimeRobot✓
Integrations
Count
Uptime Kuma6
UptimeRobot16
Security
Certifications
Uptime Kuma–
UptimeRobotSOC 2
Gdpr
Uptime Kuma–
UptimeRobot✓
Pci
Uptime Kuma–
UptimeRobot✓
Soc2
Uptime Kuma–
UptimeRobot✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Uptime Kuma–
UptimeRobot✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Uptime Kuma2
UptimeRobot–
Github stars
Uptime Kuma92,397
UptimeRobot–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Uptime Kuma54
UptimeRobot–
Release
Cadence days
Uptime Kuma8
UptimeRobot–
History
Uptime Kuma20 items
UptimeRobot–
License
Spdx
Uptime KumaMIT
UptimeRobot–
Language
Primary
Uptime KumaJavaScript
UptimeRobot–
Market
Availability
Uptime Kuma–
Content
Faq
Uptime Kuma4 items
UptimeRobot7 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Multi region probes
Uptime Kuma-
UptimeRobot✓
Private location agent
Uptime Kuma-
UptimeRobot-
Status page hosting
Uptime Kuma✓
UptimeRobot✓
Json schema assertions
Uptime Kuma✓
UptimeRobot✓
Monitoring as code
Uptime Kuma-
UptimeRobot✓
Multistep API flows
Uptime Kuma-
UptimeRobot-
Heartbeat deadmans switch
Uptime Kuma-
UptimeRobot✓
Self hostable
Uptime Kuma✓
UptimeRobot✗

What each one is

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

Uptime Kuma

A self-hosted monitoring solution that tracks the availability of websites and services across multiple protocols and endpoints, with flexible alerting through numerous notification channels.

Independently observed

UptimeRobot

Leader

A website and infrastructure monitoring service that continuously checks the uptime and performance of websites, APIs, and servers, providing instant notifications through multiple channels when problems are detected.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Uptime Kuma

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

UptimeRobot

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier

Free plan available. Paid plans from €/month with 60-second monitoring intervals; save ~15% with annual billing.

  • FreeFree
    • 5 min monitoring interval
    • Ping monitoring
    • HTTPS monitoring
    • Port monitoring
    • API monitoring
    • +9 more
  • Solo-
  • Team-
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Uptime Kuma✓
UptimeRobot✓
iOS
Uptime Kuma✗
UptimeRobot✓
Android
Uptime Kuma✗
UptimeRobot✓
Windows
Uptime Kuma✓
UptimeRobot✗
Linux
Uptime Kuma✓
UptimeRobot✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Uptime Kuma✗
UptimeRobot✓
Self-hosted
Uptime Kuma✓
UptimeRobot✗
On-premise
Uptime Kuma✓
UptimeRobot✗

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • Slack
  • Telegram
  • Discord

Uptime Kuma

6 total - 3 not shared
  • Gotify
  • Pushover
  • Email
Independently observed

UptimeRobot

Leader
20 total - 17 not shared
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Mattermost
  • Google Chat
  • PagerDuty
  • Splunk On-Call
  • Zenduty
  • ilert
  • PagerTree
  • Zapier
  • Pipedream
  • Pushbullet
  • Webhooks
  • Email to SMS
  • Voice call
  • Mobile push notification
  • MS Teams
  • Google Analytics
Independently observed
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