# Healthchecks.io vs UptimeRobot

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Healthchecks.io

| Attribute | Healthchecks.io | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 83.3 (51% (medium)) | 61.8 (76% (high)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A monitoring platform that tracks cron jobs and scheduled tasks, notifying you when they don't execute on schedule using a heartbeat check-in mechanism. | A service that continuously monitors websites, APIs, and servers at regular intervals and sends alerts when downtime or performance issues are detected. Includes branded status pages to inform users of incidents and maintenance. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"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 | 12 | 18 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Gotify"},{"name":"Matrix"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"ntfy"},{"name":"Telegram"}]` | `[{"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"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"LV","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"CZ","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobbyist","summary":"Free","features":["Monitor 20 cron jobs","100 log entries per job"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"20","log_entries":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Supporter","summary":"$5/month","features":["Monitor 20 cron jobs","100 log entries per job"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"20","log_entries":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$20/month or $192/year","features":["Monitor 100 cron jobs","1000 log entries per job","50 SMS & WhatsApp credits per month","20 phone call credits per month","Email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"100","log_entries":"1000","phone_call_credits":"20/month","sms_whatsapp_credits":"50/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business Plus","summary":"$80/month or $768/year","features":["Monitor 1000 cron jobs","1000 log entries per job","500 SMS & WhatsApp credits per month","100 phone call credits per month","Priority email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":80,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"1000","log_entries":"1000","phone_call_credits":"100/month","sms_whatsapp_credits":"500/month"}}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans from $5–$80/month, with 20% discount for annual billing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:20:52.496Z","startingPrice":{"amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever, 5 monitors","features":["Keyword monitoring","Ping monitoring","Basic status pages","API monitoring","UDP monitoring","DNS monitoring","Email/SMS/push alerts","Mobile app access"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Basic monitoring for personal projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"5","integrations":"5","status_pages":"1","monitoring_interval":"5 min"}},{"free":false,"name":"Solo","features":["60-second monitoring interval","API monitoring with custom headers","Multi-location checks","UDP monitoring","DNS monitoring","SSL/domain monitoring","Port monitoring","Webhook integrations","Zapier","PagerDuty"],"description":"Faster checks with advanced monitoring types","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"3","monitoring_interval":"60 sec"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","features":["Team member access","Granular permissions","Status page customization","Custom domain support","Password-protected status pages","Unlimited integrations"],"description":"Shared access for team collaboration","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"100 white-label"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Dedicated CSM","Private Slack channel","Shortest monitoring intervals","Highest monitor counts","All monitoring types","All integrations"],"description":"Advanced features with dedicated support","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"unlimited","monitoring_interval":"shortest available"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"SMS/Voice call credits"}],"summary":"Free plan with 5 monitors; paid plans from €/month with annual savings","currency":"EUR","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://uptimerobot.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T08:33:05.571Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Healthchecks.io | 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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:15:03.713Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*