UptimeRobot alternative
The free UptimeRobot alternative with API and MCP built in
Same generous free tier — 50 monitors, 5-minute checks — plus the things UptimeRobot keeps behind paywalls: Slack, Discord and webhook alerts, maintenance windows, a full REST API, and an MCP server for AI assistants. All free.
If you like UptimeRobot's free plan but keep hitting its limits — email-only alerts, no maintenance windows, a 10-request-per-minute API cap — Uptime Monitor gives you the same 50-monitor starting point with those ceilings removed. And when you're ready to move, paste your UptimeRobot JSON export into our importer and your monitors come with you.
| Uptime Monitor | UptimeRobot | |
|---|---|---|
| Free monitors | 50 | 50 |
| Check interval (free) | 5 minutes | 5 minutes |
| Monitor types | 8: HTTP(S) + keyword, ping, TCP port, heartbeat, SSL expiry, domain expiry, DNS | HTTP(S), ping, port, keyword, heartbeat and more |
| Slack / Discord / webhook alerts on free | ✓ | ✕ |
| Maintenance windows on free | ✓ | ✕ |
| REST API on free | Yes — 600 req/min per key | Yes — 10 req/min on free |
| MCP server for AI assistants | ✓ | ✕ |
| Commercial use on free plan | ✓ | Personal use only (per their ToS) |
| Public status pages | Coming with Pro | 1 basic page on free |
| Import from UptimeRobot | One-click JSON import | — |
Comparison based on each product's public pricing and docs, checked October 2026. Plans change — verify before you decide.
Why teams switch from UptimeRobot
- Alerts where your team actually is. UptimeRobot's free plan is email-only — Slack, Discord and webhooks need a paid plan. Ours includes all four on free.
- An API you can actually build on. 600 requests per minute per key on the free plan, versus 10/min on UptimeRobot free. Custom dashboards, scripts, and integrations without the ceiling.
- MCP support, free. Point Claude or any MCP client at our endpoint and manage monitors conversationally. No competitor in this list offers that.
- Maintenance windows included. Silence alerts during deploys without paying for the privilege.
- Free for business use. UptimeRobot's free plan is personal-use-only per their terms. Ours isn't.
Already on UptimeRobot? Export your monitors as JSON, hit Import on your dashboard, and you're moved in minutes.
The honest part
Stay with UptimeRobot if you need public status pages today — ours arrive with the Pro plan — or if you're deep in their ecosystem with years of history. For everything else on the free tier, you'll get more here.
Questions
Is Uptime Monitor really free?
Yes. 1 user, 5 notification contacts, 50 monitors with 5-minute checks, every monitor type, every alert channel, the REST API and the MCP server — free forever, no credit card required.
Can I import my monitors from UptimeRobot?
Yes. Export your monitors as JSON from UptimeRobot, then use the Import button on your dashboard. Types, intervals and alert contacts are mapped automatically.
What is MCP support?
MCP (Model Context Protocol) lets AI assistants like Claude manage your monitors for you — list monitors, create checks, trigger manual checks — through a standard endpoint. It's included on the free plan; setup takes one config block.
How does the API compare?
Our REST API covers monitors, incidents, stats and manual checks at 600 requests/minute per key on the free plan. UptimeRobot's free API is capped at 10 requests/minute.
Free forever · No credit card · API & MCP included