Blackbox Exporter
Monitor endpoint health across multiple network protocols
- Also known as
- blackbox-exporter
Available worldwide
What is Blackbox Exporter?
An open-source exporter that performs synthetic health checks on network endpoints including HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, ICMP, and gRPC, measuring availability and collecting performance metrics for Prometheus.
Blackbox Exporter pricing
We don't have Blackbox Exporter's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Blackbox Exporter does
The capabilities that matter for uptime monitoring, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Self host
- 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
- Open source
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (1)
Independently observed- Prometheus
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 1 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity HIGH sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Blackbox Exporter FAQ
Common questions about Blackbox Exporter, answered from independent, dated evidence.
Is Blackbox Exporter free to use?
Blackbox Exporter is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
What platforms does Blackbox Exporter support?
Blackbox Exporter supports Windows, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
Can Blackbox Exporter be self-hosted?
Yes. Blackbox Exporter can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://github.com/pricing
Is Blackbox Exporter open source?
Yes. Blackbox Exporter is published under the Apache-2.0 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.
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Compare Blackbox Exporter
Side by side against other uptime monitoring, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Blackbox Exporter, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 43 | 0.09 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.06 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Security score | 69 | 0.04 | 2.9 | ✓ |
| Stars | 71 | 0.03 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 32 | 0.05 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 21 | 0.06 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.07 | 0.6 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 22 | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 4 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 69% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: open_source · Dns monitoring: Yes · Deployment model: self_host · Http https checks: Yes · Ssl expiry monitoring: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-09-13 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Scorecard | 6.9 | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90% |
| 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 | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90% |
| Trust center | https://github.com/security | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
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