Website & Uptime Monitoring Tools

HetrixTools vs UptimeRobot

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HetrixTools

by HetrixTools

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Pricing: Free plans on both parts. Uptime Monitor $9.95 to $49.95 a month and Blacklist Monitor $9.95 to $99.95 a month, billed monthly; yearly billing gives 2 months free.

HetrixTools is a website uptime, server and IP blacklist monitoring service with a free server agent and public status pages, for web hosts and sysadmins.

16 /17 features Full profile

UptimeRobot

by itrinity

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Pricing: Free plan for 50 monitors; Solo $10, Team $41, Scale $77 a month billed monthly, less on annual; Enterprise on quote

UptimeRobot is uptime monitoring for websites, APIs and cron jobs, with checks from 5 minutes down to 15 seconds and a free tier that runs 50 monitors.

15 /17 features Full profile

Feature Comparison

Website & Uptime Monitoring Tools features side-by-side

Feature	HetrixTools 16/17 features	UptimeRobot 15/17 features
Check intervals of one minute or faster Polls a monitored URL at least once a minute on a paid plan, not only every five minutes.	Yes	Yes
Keyword and content checks Passes a check only when the response contains, or lacks, a given string in the page body.	Yes	Yes
Ping, TCP port and DNS checks Monitors hosts by ICMP ping, an open TCP port or a correct DNS answer beyond plain HTTP.	Yes	Yes
SSL certificate expiry alerts Warns a set number of days before a certificate expires or when the chain fails validation.	Yes	Yes
Domain expiry monitoring Warns before a domain registration lapses so a renewal is not missed.	Yes	Yes
Heartbeat checks for cron jobs Expects a periodic ping from a job or backup and alerts when the ping goes silent.	Yes	Yes
Multi-location checks with failure confirmation Re-checks from a second region before alerting so one probe's failure is not reported as an outage.	Yes	Yes
Downtime alerts by SMS and phone call Reaches on-call people by text message and voice call, not only by email or push notification.	Yes	Yes
Outage alerts to chat and paging tools Posts downtime alerts to chat channels and on-call paging services and calls a webhook.	Yes	Yes
Response time history charts Records response time on every check and plots it over days and months per monitor.	Yes	Yes
Built-in hosted status page Publishes a hosted page that shows monitor status and incidents without a separate product.	Yes	Yes
Maintenance windows that pause checks Pauses alerting for a scheduled window so planned downtime is not reported as an outage.	Yes	Yes
Failure screenshot and error detail Captures the response code, headers, a screenshot or a traceroute at the moment a check fails.	Yes	No
Uptime percentage reports Exports availability per monitor for a chosen period for SLA reporting to clients or management.	Yes	No
API for creating and pausing monitors Creates, pauses and deletes monitors through a documented API so checks can be automated.	Yes	Yes
Free plan with a monitor cap Offers a no-cost plan that runs a limited number of monitors at a slower interval.	Yes	Yes
Check history retained for 12 months Keeps per-check results and incidents for at least a year rather than a few weeks.	No	Yes
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HetrixTools 16/17 features

Check intervals of one minute or faster: Yes
Keyword and content checks: Yes
Ping, TCP port and DNS checks: Yes
SSL certificate expiry alerts: Yes
Domain expiry monitoring: Yes
Heartbeat checks for cron jobs: Yes
Multi-location checks with failure confirmation: Yes
Downtime alerts by SMS and phone call: Yes
Outage alerts to chat and paging tools: Yes
Response time history charts: Yes
Built-in hosted status page: Yes
Maintenance windows that pause checks: Yes
Failure screenshot and error detail: Yes
Uptime percentage reports: Yes
API for creating and pausing monitors: Yes
Free plan with a monitor cap: Yes
Check history retained for 12 months: No

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UptimeRobot 15/17 features

Check intervals of one minute or faster: Yes
Keyword and content checks: Yes
Ping, TCP port and DNS checks: Yes
SSL certificate expiry alerts: Yes
Domain expiry monitoring: Yes
Heartbeat checks for cron jobs: Yes
Multi-location checks with failure confirmation: Yes
Downtime alerts by SMS and phone call: Yes
Outage alerts to chat and paging tools: Yes
Response time history charts: Yes
Built-in hosted status page: Yes
Maintenance windows that pause checks: Yes
Failure screenshot and error detail: No
Uptime percentage reports: No
API for creating and pausing monitors: Yes
Free plan with a monitor cap: Yes
Check history retained for 12 months: Yes

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Pricing

HetrixTools

Free plans on both parts. Uptime Monitor $9.95 to $49.95 a month and Blacklist Monitor $9.95 to $99.95 a month, billed monthly; yearly billing gives 2 months free.

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UptimeRobot

Free plan for 50 monitors; Solo $10, Team $41, Scale $77 a month billed monthly, less on annual; Enterprise on quote

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