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Oh Dear alternatives
Uptime Monitoring · ohdear.app
Oh Dear is a website and server monitoring service that bundles uptime, SSL, broken links, performance/Lighthouse, DNS, cron and status pages into per-site plans.
We only list alternatives we can defend with sourced pricing data.
Top Oh Dear alternatives
We compared 8 products and found 6 alternatives · Oh Dear pricing is still being verified, so savings are not computed yet · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
We list 6 assessed alternatives; Oh Dear's own price is not verified yet, so no cheaper-than claim is made.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Pulsetic Solo plan · missing: API access | 80% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
UptimeRobot Solo plan | 100% | $10/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
StatusCake Superior plan · missing: Heartbeat / cron monitoring | 80% | $24.49/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Hyperping Essentials plan | 100% | $29/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Better Stack Responder plan · missing: Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting, API access | 60% | $34/mo how? ⓘ | — |
Which Oh Dear alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Hyperping — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 80%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Uptime Kuma — $0/mo (Self-hosted (free) plan) · covers 60%
- Best paid drop-in
- Pulsetic — $9/mo (Solo plan) · covers 80%
- Need status pages, SSL monitoring, slack/teams/pagerduty alerting or heartbeat / cron monitoring?
- Hyperping — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need API access?
- StatusCake — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Oh Dear has that the top alternatives lack.
- Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting — Send alerts to Slack, Teams, or PagerDuty.Missing from Better Stack.
- API access — Manage monitors programmatically via an API.Missing from Hyperping, Better Stack, Uptime Kuma.
- Heartbeat / cron monitoring — Monitor that a scheduled job or cron task ran on time.Missing from StatusCake, Uptime Kuma.
Feature comparison
Oh Dear vs the top alternatives, on the 5 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Oh Dear | Hyperping | StatusCake | Better Stack | Uptime Kuma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status pages from Solo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSL monitoring from Solo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting from Solo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| API access from Solo | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Heartbeat / cron monitoring from Solo | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | — | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free (for personal projects) | $0/mo Self-hosted (free) |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Oh Dear covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Status pages — from Solo
- ✓ SSL monitoring — from Solo
- ✓ Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting — from Solo
- ✓ API access — from Solo
- ✓ Heartbeat / cron monitoring — from Solo
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://ohdear.app/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://ohdear.app/pricing#main-content (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
Is there a free Oh Dear alternative?
Yes. Hyperping has a free plan that covers 80% of the 5 capabilities we compared against Oh Dear.
What is the cheapest Oh Dear alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), Hyperping is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Oh Dear alternative with API access?
StatusCake covers API access and costs $0/mo (Free plan) in our scenario.
Does Oh Dear have a free plan?
No. Oh Dear has no free plan on its official pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.
