StatusCake
Uptime Monitoring · www.statuscake.com
Uptime, page-speed, SSL and domain monitoring with a generous free tier.
Switching to Hyperping saves $293.88 / year and covers 100% of the compared capabilities.
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Way less money.
Top StatusCake alternatives
We compared 8 products and found 5 cheaper alternatives · vs StatusCake Superior at $24.49/mo · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
StatusCake’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
StatusCake costs $24.49/mo on the Superior plan at single user, monthly billing. We found 5 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 3 of them cover at least 75% of the 4 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Hyperping at $0/mo (Hobby plan), 100% less. StatusCake's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Pulsetic Solo plan | 100% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | $185.88 / year 63% cheaper | |
UptimeRobot Solo plan · missing: Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting | 75% | $10/mo how? ⓘ | $173.88 / year 59% cheaper |
Which StatusCake alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best full coverage
- Hyperping — $0/mo (Hobby plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Hyperping — $0/mo (Hobby plan) · covers 100%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Uptime Kuma — $0/mo (Self-hosted (free) plan) · covers 25%
- Best paid drop-in
- Pulsetic — $9/mo (Solo plan) · covers 100%
- Need status pages, SSL monitoring, API access or slack/teams/pagerduty alerting?
- Hyperping — from $0/mo (Hobby plan)
What you give up
Capabilities StatusCake has that the top alternatives lack.
- SSL monitoring — Get alerted before an SSL certificate expires.Missing from Uptime Kuma.
- API access — Manage monitors programmatically via an API.Missing from Better Stack, Uptime Kuma.
- Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting — Send alerts to Slack, Teams, or PagerDuty.Missing from UptimeRobot, Better Stack, Uptime Kuma.
Feature comparison
StatusCake vs the top alternatives, on the 4 compared capabilities.
| Capability | StatusCake | Hyperping | UptimeRobot | Better Stack | Uptime Kuma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status pages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSL monitoring | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| API access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $24.49/mo Superior | $0/mo Hobby | $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 StatusCake covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Status pages
- ✓ SSL monitoring
- ✓ API access
- ✓ Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.statuscake.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- https://www.statuscake.com/features/ (feature_page, checked 2026-09-12)
Frequently asked
How much does StatusCake cost?
StatusCake's Superior plan costs $24.49/mo in our scenario (single user, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free StatusCake alternative?
Yes. Hyperping has a free plan that covers 100% of the 4 capabilities we compared against StatusCake.
What is the cheapest StatusCake alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), Hyperping is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Hobby plan).
What is the cheapest StatusCake alternative with Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting?
Hyperping covers Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting and costs $0/mo (Hobby plan) in our scenario.
Does StatusCake have a free plan?
Yes. StatusCake's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-26 and 2026-09-12, on the vendors' official pricing pages.