TidyMonitor vs UptimeRobot: the free plans comparedFree, but double-checked.
They watch more websites. We check more often. Every alert double-checked from another city. Even on Free.
- Checked every3 minUptimeRobot: 5 min
- Before an alert2nd city checksUptimeRobot: one region
- SSL and domainRemindersUptimeRobot: not on Free
- Websites20UptimeRobot: 50
Checked 19 Oct 2026 from their pricing page. Dollars at ≈ ₹95 per $, 19 Oct 2026.
Feature by feature.
Including where they come out ahead.
| Free plan | TidyMonitor | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| Websites you can watchUptimeRobot gives you more here. | 20 | 50 |
| How often a site is checked | Every 3 minutes | Every 5 minutes |
| A second location confirms a failure before you are alertedOn their Free plan every check comes from one region. | Yes | No, not on the Free plan |
| Where checks run from | Mumbai, Chennai and Singapore | One region: North America |
| SSL certificate expiry alerts | Yes | No, not on the Free plan |
| Domain expiry alerts | Yes | No, not on the Free plan |
| Heartbeat (scheduled job) checksYou ping a URL from the job; if the pings stop, you are alerted. On their Free plan heartbeat monitoring is paid. | Yes | No, not on the Free plan |
| Website (HTTP) and keyword checks | Yes | Yes |
| Slow-response alertsOurs shows slow responses but does not send an alert for them. | Marks a response as slow, no alert | No, not on the Free plan |
| Response-time charts | 7 days | Last hour and last 24 hours |
| Uptime % and incident historyTheir 365-day uptime is paid. | Yes | Uptime for 7 and 30 days |
| Status pageBoth have a status page on Free; theirs is limited. | 1 basic status page | Not the full-featured one |
| Alert channels on FreeThey give you more here. Ours: WhatsApp and Telegram from Lite; Slack, Teams and Google Chat from Plus; webhooks on Pro. | Email and Discord, at most 2 channels | Up to 5 integrations: Discord, Google Chat, Splunk, app push, Pushbullet, Pushover |
❌ = not on their Free plan, per their pricing page. Their paid plans add some of these.
Why TidyMonitor?
Double-checked alerts
Every alert double-checked from another city. Even on Free.
WhatsApp and Telegram
From ₹199 a month, on the apps you already read.
Rupees, UPI, GST invoice
GST included: the price you see is the price you pay.
Checked from India
Mumbai, Chennai and Singapore. Pro: every 30 seconds at ₹1,799.
Need phone calls, SMS or on-call rotas? Their paid plans cover that.
No card. See plans or the comparison with Better Stack.
Questions.
- Is TidyMonitor Free better than UptimeRobot Free?
- It depends on what you need. UptimeRobot Free watches more websites (50 against our 20) and has more alert integrations (up to 5, where ours is email and Discord, 2 at most). TidyMonitor Free checks more often (every 3 minutes against 5), asks a second location before it alerts you, and includes SSL certificate and domain expiry alerts, 7-day response-time charts and business use.
- Does UptimeRobot Free check SSL certificates and domain expiry?
- When we read their pricing page on 19 Oct 2026, the SSL monitor and the domain expiry monitor were not included on the Free plan. TidyMonitor Free includes both.
- Can I use TidyMonitor Free for a business?
- Yes. Use it for your own business or for client websites. The limits are the numbers on this page, not who you are.
- How long do the response-time charts go back?
- On TidyMonitor Free, 7 days. On UptimeRobot Free the charts cover the last hour and the last 24 hours, and the longer ranges are on paid plans.
- What is a second opinion?
- When one of our locations sees your website fail, another location checks it before we alert you, so a short network blip on one path stays quiet. This is part of Confirmed Alerts.
Their facts: their pricing page and dashboard, 19 Oct 2026; plans change. Found a mistake? Tell us. Named only to identify it; not affiliated. All comparisons.