Uptime Kuma is an alternative
to Oh Dear
$0/mo (Self-hosted (free)) vs Oh Dear at — — covering 60% of the 5 compared capabilities.
Same job. Way less money.
Comparison scenario
Every cheaper-than claim is tied to a defined scenario — never a bare list price.
single user, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.
plan at —, the cheapest paid plan.
Self-hosted (free): 0 USD/monthly.
We list 1 assessed alternative; Oh Dear's own price is not verified yet, so no cheaper-than claim is made.
Capability comparison
Uptime Kuma covers 60% of the 5 capabilities compared against Oh Dear. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Uptime Kuma | Oh Dear |
|---|---|---|
| Status pages | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSL monitoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access | ✗ | ✓ |
| Heartbeat / cron monitoring | ✗ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Oh Dear has that Uptime Kuma lacks.
- API access — Manage monitors programmatically via an API.Missing from Uptime Kuma.
- Heartbeat / cron monitoring — Monitor that a scheduled job or cron task ran on time.Missing from Uptime Kuma.
Plans & pricing, side by side
Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.
| Self-hosted (free) | Free |
| Solo | Contact sales |
| Solo Plus | Contact sales |
| Freelance | Contact sales |
| Studio | Contact sales |
| Agency | Contact sales |
| Agency Plus | Contact sales |
| Portfolio | Contact sales |
| Portfolio Plus | Contact sales |
| Scale | Contact sales |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
Frequently asked
What does Uptime Kuma lack compared with Oh Dear?
API access, Heartbeat / cron monitoring — 2 of the 5 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Oh Dear: 2026-10-26; Uptime Kuma: 2026-10-26 — on the official pricing pages.
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 & freshness
- https://ohdear.app/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://ohdear.app/pricing#main-content (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- Uptime Kuma data last verified 2026-10-26