Verified comparison

Uptime Kuma is an alternative
to Oh Dear

$0/mo (Self-hosted (free)) vs Oh Dear at — — covering 20% 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.

Scenario

single user, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.

Oh Dear basis

plan at —, the cheapest paid plan.

Uptime Kuma basis

Self-hosted (free): 0 USD/monthly.

The short version

We list 1 assessed alternative; Oh Dear's own price is not verified yet, so no cheaper-than claim is made.

Uptime Kuma covers 20% 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	✗	✓

Capabilities Oh Dear has that Uptime Kuma lacks.

SSL monitoring — Get alerted before an SSL certificate expires.
Missing from Uptime Kuma.
Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting — Send alerts to Slack, Teams, or PagerDuty.
Missing from Uptime Kuma.
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.

Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.

Uptime Kuma

Self-hosted (free)

Free

Oh Dear

What does Uptime Kuma lack compared with Oh Dear?

SSL monitoring, Slack/Teams/PagerDuty alerting, API access, Heartbeat / cron monitoring — 4 of the 5 compared capabilities.

When were these prices checked?

Oh Dear: 2026-08-31; Uptime Kuma: 2026-09-07 — on the official pricing pages.