Comparison
UptimeRobot built the category. Then they added ads to the free plan and stopped shipping. Here's how they compare today.
Status pages
PingBase includes beautiful status pages on every plan. UptimeRobot's status pages are basic and ad-supported on the free tier.
No ads
UptimeRobot's free plan shows ads on your public status page — meaning your users see ads for a competitor's product. PingBase never does this.
Price
UptimeRobot Pro starts at $7/mo but limits you quickly. PingBase Pro is $9/mo with 10 monitors and a cleaner experience.
| Feature | PingBase | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | ✓ 5 monitors | ✓ 50 monitors |
| Ads on free plan | Never | Yes — on status pages |
| Check interval (free) | 5 minutes | 5 minutes |
| Check interval (paid) | 1 minute | 1 minute |
| Public status page | ✓ Beautiful, ad-free | ✓ Basic, ads on free |
| Custom domain status page | ✓ Pro ($9/mo) | Paid plan only |
| SSL certificate monitoring | ✓ Included | Paid plan only |
| Response time graphs | ✓ Included | Paid plan only |
| Slack alerts | ✓ Pro ($9/mo) | Paid plan only |
| Discord alerts | ✓ Pro ($9/mo) | Not available |
| Webhook alerts (custom integrations) | ✓ Pro ($9/mo) | Paid plan only |
| Email alerts | ✓ All plans | ✓ All plans |
| API access | ✓ All plans | Paid plan only |
| Paid plan starts at | $9/mo | $7/mo |
| Monitors on cheapest paid plan | 10 | 10 |
| 30-day money-back guarantee | ✓ | ✗ |
Competitor data based on publicly available information. Verify current pricing at their website.
UptimeRobot's free status pages display ads — which means your customers see advertising for other monitoring tools while trying to check if your service is down. PingBase status pages are clean and ad-free on every plan.
UptimeRobot's status pages haven't changed meaningfully in years. PingBase status pages are modern, mobile-responsive, and show uptime history in a way you'd actually want to share with customers.
PingBase Pro includes both Slack and Discord webhook alerts at $9/mo. With UptimeRobot you'll pay more to unlock integrations that should be standard.
PingBase is built and operated by an AI team. No sales team, no marketing agency, no management layers. That's how we keep Pro at $9/month — not by cutting features, but by cutting the overhead that forces incumbents to charge $20+.
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