# Uptime Kuma vs UptimeRobot

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** UptimeRobot

| Attribute | Uptime Kuma | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 49.9 (52% (medium)) | 60.2 (74% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 54 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 2 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 92,397 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"An open-source application for monitoring website uptime and checking service health. Designed to be deployed on your own infrastructure via Docker or traditional server setups. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"What is Uptime Kuma?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Uptime Kuma is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"Is Uptime Kuma free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Uptime Kuma can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"Can Uptime Kuma be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Uptime Kuma is published under the MIT 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/louislam/uptime-kuma","question":"Is Uptime Kuma open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"A platform that continuously checks whether your websites and services are operational by sending requests from distributed locations around the world. Users receive notifications when issues are detected, with details including response times, error codes, and regional outage information. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com","question":"What is UptimeRobot?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"UptimeRobot offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com","question":"Is UptimeRobot free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"UptimeRobot supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com","question":"What platforms does UptimeRobot support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for UptimeRobot, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com","question":"Can UptimeRobot be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 18 integrations for UptimeRobot, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Mattermost, Telegram, Discord, Google Chat, PagerDuty and Splunk On-Call, plus 10 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com/pricing/","question":"What does UptimeRobot integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for UptimeRobot. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as UptimeRobot not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com/free-tools/compliance-monitoring/","question":"What security certifications does UptimeRobot have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"UptimeRobot is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the Czechia.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com/pricing/","question":"Where is UptimeRobot available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"self_hostable":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"json_schema_assertions":true}` | `{"self_hostable":false,"monitoring_as_code":true,"multi_region_probes":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"json_schema_assertions":true,"heartbeat_deadmans_switch":true}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | 16 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack","native":true},{"name":"Telegram","native":true},{"name":"Discord","native":true},{"name":"Gotify","native":true},{"name":"Pushover","native":true},{"name":"Email","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Splunk On-Call"},{"name":"Zenduty"},{"name":"ilert"},{"name":"PagerTree"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Pipedream"},{"name":"Pushbullet"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Email to SMS"},{"name":"Voice call"},{"name":"Mobile push notification"},{"name":"MS Teams","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Google Analytics","native":false}]` |
| language.primary | JavaScript | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:21:28.490Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["5 min monitoring interval","Ping monitoring","HTTPS monitoring","Port monitoring","API monitoring","UDP monitoring","DNS monitoring","Keyword monitoring","3rd party service monitoring","Dependency monitoring","Domain expiration monitoring","Heartbeat monitoring","Basic status pages","5 integrations max"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"50","integrations":"5","status_pages":"3","monitoring_interval_minutes":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Solo","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"3","monitoring_interval_seconds":"60"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","description":"For high-volume, self-serve monitoring","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"100","status_pages_white_label":"True"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"Dedicated account management and private Slack support","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"None","monitoring_interval_seconds":"30"}}],"summary":"Free plan available. Paid plans from €/month with 60-second monitoring intervals; save ~15% with annual billing.","currency":"EUR","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://uptimerobot.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-06T11:31:42.889Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 8 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.6","date":"2026-10-09T15:46:26Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.5","date":"2026-09-16T13:31:07Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.4","date":"2026-09-11T10:09:10Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.3","date":"2026-08-22T09:20:48Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.2","date":"2026-08-22T08:44:26Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.1","date":"2026-08-22T06:50:57Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.0","date":"2026-08-01T16:35:53Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.4.0","date":"2026-05-31T00:55:12Z","type":"stable","version":"2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.2","date":"2026-05-03T16:15:29Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.1","date":"2026-05-03T13:40:11Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.0","date":"2026-05-01T04:01:17Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.2.1","date":"2026-03-10T02:25:33Z","type":"stable","version":"2.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.2.0","date":"2026-03-05T02:08:14Z","type":"stable","version":"2.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.3","date":"2026-02-19T05:37:30Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.2","date":"2026-02-19T05:09:11Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.1","date":"2026-02-13T16:07:33Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0","date":"2026-02-07T02:31:49Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.3","date":"2026-01-22T13:01:00Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.2","date":"2026-01-14T02:45:36Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.1","date":"2026-01-05T02:02:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.1"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"}]` |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://uptimerobot.com/is-it-down/trustpilot/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Flouislam%2Fuptime-kuma&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Uptime Kuma | UptimeRobot |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-10-16T20:15:11.797Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*