# Blackbox Exporter vs Oh Dear

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Oh Dear

| Attribute | Blackbox Exporter | Oh Dear |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 47.2 (32% (low)) | 63.9 (42% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 13 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 17 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 5,841 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | - | Unified monitoring service that tracks uptime, SSL certificate health, performance metrics, DNS status, broken links, and cron jobs across multiple sites from a single dashboard, replacing the need for separate specialized monitoring tools. |
| integrations.count | 1 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Prometheus"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Opsgenie"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"SMS"},{"name":"Pushover"},{"name":"ntfy"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Laravel Health"},{"name":"Laravel Forge API"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"BE","primaryMarkets":["BE"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:59:48.980Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Solo","summary":"€15/month","features":["Uptime monitoring","SSL certificate monitoring","Performance monitoring","DNS monitoring","Broken link detection","Cron/scheduled task monitoring","TCP port monitoring","Status pages","API monitoring","Unlimited users","All third-party integrations","Single sign-on","Two-factor authentication"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Freelance","summary":"€49/month billed annually (includes 2 months free)","features":["Uptime monitoring","SSL certificate monitoring","Performance monitoring","DNS monitoring","Broken link detection","Cron/scheduled task monitoring","TCP port monitoring","Status pages","API monitoring","Unlimited users","All third-party integrations","Single sign-on","Two-factor authentication"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Monitor up to 10 sites & servers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"sites":"10"}},{"free":false,"name":"Growth","summary":"€99/month","features":["Uptime monitoring","SSL certificate monitoring","Performance monitoring","DNS monitoring","Broken link detection","Cron/scheduled task monitoring","TCP port monitoring","Status pages","API monitoring","Unlimited users","All third-party integrations","Single sign-on","Two-factor authentication"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Monitor up to 25 sites & servers. Most popular.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"sites":"25"}},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","summary":"€149/month","features":["Uptime monitoring","SSL certificate monitoring","Performance monitoring","DNS monitoring","Broken link detection","Cron/scheduled task monitoring","TCP port monitoring","Status pages","API monitoring","Unlimited users","All third-party integrations","Single sign-on","Two-factor authentication"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":149,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Monitor up to 50 sites & servers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"sites":"50"}}],"summary":"From €15/month. 10-day free trial, no credit card required. 30-day money-back guarantee. All plans include the same features.","currency":"EUR","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://ohdear.app/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:00:28.718Z","freeTrialDays":10,"startingPrice":{"amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":15,"currency":"EUR"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 122 | - |
| release.history | `[{"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"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.13.0","date":"2018-12-04T15:20:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.13.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 7 | - |
| 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 (Uptime Monitoring)

| Capability | Blackbox Exporter | Oh Dear |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| HTTP HTTPS checks | - | - |
| Ssl expiry monitoring | - | - |
| Cron heartbeat monitoring | - | - |
| Synthetic browser checks | - | - |
| DNS monitoring | - | - |
| Multi location checks | - | - |
| Slack teams alerting | - | - |
| SMS voice alerting | - | - |
| Incident pagerduty integration | - | - |
| Bundled status page | - | - |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:14:29.626Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*