Why Monitoring Your Website’s Uptime Matters (and How to Do It
for
Free)
If you run a website — whether it’s for your startup, personal blog, small business,
or
open source project — one thing’s certain: downtime sucks.
When your site goes down, people notice. Visitors can’t access your content,
customers
can’t make purchases, and your credibility takes a hit. Worse, if you’re not
monitoring
your uptime, you might not even know it’s down until someone complains (never a good
look).
What does Uptime Monitoring Give You?
- Instant alerts when your site is down
- Response time and performance tracking
- Reliability reports over time
- Patterns and insights into recurring issues
Free
Essentials for hobby projects and OSS — launch a public status page in minutes.
- 1 Status Page
- 2 Monitors (2 min check interval)
- Public Status Page
- Free URL (several subdomains)
- Embeds & Widgets
- 1 location(s) for checks
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- 3 Status Pages
- 10 Monitors (60 sec check interval)
- Public Status Page
- Free URL (several subdomains)
- Embeds & Widgets
- 2 location(s) for checks
- Custom Domain
- API Access
- GA Tracking
- Auto Incidents
- Silent Incidents
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Postmortem Reports
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