StatusPulse vs UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot is great when your needs are "is this URL up?". StatusPulse is what you reach for when you need real protocol-level probes (gRPC, WebSocket, Postgres, SMTP/IMAP round-trip), a polished public status page included, and AI-drafted incident updates — at a comparable price.
Prices and feature lists last verified 2026-05-21. Vendor pricing can change — check both pricing pages before deciding.
At a glance
11
Probe types built in
StatusPulse: HTTP, gRPC Health, WebSocket, Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server, Redis, DNS, SSL, Domain expiry, SMTP/IMAP. UptimeRobot: HTTP, Ping, Port, Keyword, Heartbeat, SSL — mostly TCP-level.
Free
Both have a free tier
UptimeRobot Free: 50 monitors at 5-min interval. StatusPulse Free: 5 probes + 1 status page (custom domain unlocks at Pro). Same "free forever" promise, different shape.
US or EU
Hosting region
StatusPulse provisions your tenant in either US or EU Azure regions. UptimeRobot doesn't expose a customer-facing region choice — relevant if your DPA or SOC 2 review asks.
Pricing for a typical team
A team running ~15 probes + a public status page on a custom domain, with email subscribers and Slack alerts. Annual pricing where each vendor offers a discount.
| StatusPulse | UptimeRobot | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 5 probes, 1 status page | 50 monitors, no custom domain, 5-min interval |
| Paid tier — entry | Starter $5 / mo | SE $7 / mo (1-min interval) |
| Paid tier — typical (~50 monitors, status page) | Pro $19 / mo | Team $36 / mo |
| Custom domain on status page | Pro+ included | Team+ ($36/mo+) |
| 30-day data retention | Included | 60-day on paid, less on Free |
| SMS alerts | Pay-per-use (low rate) | Credit packs |
| API access | Included on all tiers | Limited on Free |
Pricing-wise they're in the same ballpark for the basic case. The differentiator is what you get for that money — UptimeRobot stays HTTP/TCP-level; StatusPulse adds protocol-level probes (gRPC, WebSocket, Database, Email round-trip), built-in branded status pages from $5/mo, AI incident summaries, and region choice.
Feature matrix
| Feature | StatusPulse | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring — basics | ||
| HTTP / HTTPS | Free+ (headers, body assertion, redirects) | Yes |
| Ping (ICMP) | Starter+ (IPv4 + IPv6) | Yes |
| TCP port | Starter+ | Yes |
| Keyword / body-contains | Free+ (in HTTP probe) | Yes |
| Heartbeat / cron probe | Starter+ | Yes |
| SSL certificate expiry | Free+ (incl. cert chain, weak crypto flags) | Yes (basic) |
| Monitoring — advanced | ||
| gRPC Health probes | Pro+ (Check + Watch, mTLS) | No |
| WebSocket probes | Pro+ (HTTP/1.1 + HTTP/2) | No |
| Database (Postgres / MySQL / SQL Server / Redis) | Business (custom probe queries) | No |
| SMTP/IMAP round-trip | Pro+ (3 modes — submit, receive, both) | No |
| DNS record probe | Starter+ (A/AAAA/MX/TXT/CNAME/NS/CAA) | No (only resolution) |
| Domain expiry (WHOIS/RDAP) | Starter+ | Domain expiry only (basic) |
| Anomaly forecast (ML) | Business | No |
| Multi-region probe locations | Business — EU + US + APAC + SA, quorum rules | Multi-location available on Team+ |
| Status page | ||
| Public status page | Yes (included from Free) | Yes (limited on Free, custom domain Team+) |
| Custom domain + auto HTTPS | Pro+ included | Team+ ($36/mo) |
| Custom branding (logo, colours, font) | Pro+ included | Limited customisation |
| Subscribers (Email, Slack, Teams, SMS, Webhook) | All five channels; public sign-up + double opt-in | Email only |
| RSS / Atom / iCal feeds | Yes | Yes |
| Status badge (SVG + shields.io JSON) | Free+ | No |
| Embeddable widget + oEmbed | Free+ (zero-asset iframe) | No |
| Component groups | Free+ (flat groups, SortOrder) | No |
| Incidents | ||
| Auto-incident from probe transitions | Yes | Basic |
| Manual incident updates / post-mortems | Yes | Basic |
| Scheduled maintenance windows | Yes | Yes |
| AI-drafted incident summaries | Pro+ | No |
| Incident metrics dashboard (MTTR, time-to-first-update) | Free+ (30/90/365-day windows) | No |
| Incident CSV export (metadata + components + timeline + SLO) | Starter+ (RFC 4180-escaped) | No |
| Reports & analytics | ||
| PDF reports (uptime / SLA) | Yes (4 cadences, 14 sections) | Basic uptime reports |
| AI executive summary in reports | Business | No |
| Scheduled report delivery | Yes | No |
| SLO / error-budget impact per incident | Pro+ | No |
| Anomaly-driven incident proposals | Business | No |
| Internal-only incidents | Free+ | No |
| Severity escalation (auto-page on stale incident) | Pro+ | No (built-in) |
| Public trust score panel (MTTR / postmortem rate) | Free+ | No |
| Compliance & hosting | ||
| EU hosting option | Yes | No customer-facing choice |
| GDPR-friendly DPA | Yes | Yes |
| Audit log of admin actions | Yes (90-day retention) | Limited |
| Multi-team workspaces / RBAC | Yes (4 roles) | Team tier |
| Integrations | ||
| Slack alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Teams alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Generic webhook (HMAC-signed + retry) | Pro+ | Yes (basic, unsigned) |
| Custom request headers per webhook | Pro+ (PagerDuty / Opsgenie ready) | Limited |
| On-call rotation builder | Pro+ (weekly rotation + escalation policies) | No (basic alerting only) |
| Custom Reply-To on alert emails | Business (route Reply to support@your-co) | No |
| Developer / API & compliance | ||
| Public read API (status / incidents / probes) | Free+ | Yes (read-only) |
| Audit log API export (cursor-paginated) | Business | No |
| SSO domain lock (Microsoft + Google work accounts) | Business | No |
| White-label (hide "Powered by" + custom footer) | Business | Pro (limited) |
Which one is right for you?
Pick UptimeRobot if…
- You just need URL uptime checks at the cheapest possible price, and the 50-monitor free tier covers you.
- Your stack is HTTP all the way down — no databases, gRPC services, message queues, or WebSocket channels you need direct probes for.
- You don't need a polished status page, or you already have one elsewhere.
- You're a solo dev or hobby project where the Free tier is plenty and you don't expect to outgrow it.
Pick StatusPulse if…
- You've outgrown HTTP-only checks. Your stack has Postgres replicas, gRPC microservices, or WebSocket sessions that need protocol-level probes — not a TCP-port check that lies when the application is broken.
- You want a public status page in the same product, with custom domain and branding included — no upgrade gymnastics.
- EU hosting matters for your customers or compliance.
- You want AI-drafted incident updates and predictive anomaly forecasts out of the box.
- You're building a B2B product and the status page is part of how customers judge your operational maturity.
Switching from UptimeRobot
Most teams keep both running for a week before cutting over:
- Sign up for the free plan. Add the same 5 monitors you have on UptimeRobot — same URL, same interval. Watch the two dashboards in parallel for a week.
- Upgrade the probes that matter. Where you have "HTTP check" on UptimeRobot pointing at a Postgres-backed health endpoint, swap to a real Database probe. Where you have an HTTP check on a gRPC service, swap to gRPC Health.
-
Publish the StatusPulse status page on a sub-domain
first (e.g.
status-v2.example.com). Show it to a few key customers for feedback before flipping the DNS. - Cancel UptimeRobot once you're confident. Free tier stays free if you want a backup, or downgrade and only keep the external-region monitors.
Try StatusPulse free
5 probes, 1 status page, forever. No credit card. US or EU host — you choose.