Aura Monitoring is a web service for watching websites and related infrastructure. It checks websites and APIs, SSL certificates, DNS records, domain expiry, and heartbeats from multiple EU regions. HTTP and API checks can run as often as every minute, and checks are verified across multiple regions. DNS monitoring covers A, AAAA, MX, TXT, and CNAME records, with alerts when a record differs from its expected value. Alerts can go to Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, PagerDuty, email, SMS, or webhooks. On-call schedules and quiet hours help route alerts to the right person. Public status pages can use branding and custom domains with auto-issued TLS, and can show incidents, scheduled maintenance, and announcements. Customers can subscribe to status updates. Aura also runs nightly WCAG accessibility scans in real browsers and provides alerts and audit-ready reports. A REST API supports read-only and read/write tokens, interactive documentation, and webhooks for incident events. The free plan includes 10 monitors and a status page; HTTP and heartbeat monitors are included. Paid plans start at $19/mo and add SSL, DNS, and domain-expiry monitors. Checks run from EU regions, and monitoring data stays in the EU. Aura focuses on synthetic monitoring and status pages rather than real user monitoring.
Who it is for
Aura suits teams that need frequent checks for websites, APIs, DNS, certificates, domains, or heartbeats, with alerts routed through their preferred channels. It may also suit teams that need branded status pages, on-call routing, or nightly WCAG scans.
What is good
- Checks HTTP and API endpoints as often as every minute.
- Monitors DNS record changes across five record types.
- Routes alerts through chat, email, SMS, and webhooks.
- Provides on-call schedules and quiet hours.
- Status pages support incidents, maintenance, and customer subscriptions.
- Runs nightly WCAG scans in real browsers.
What to know first
- The free plan is limited to 10 monitors.
- SSL, DNS, and domain-expiry monitors require a paid plan.
- It does not provide real user monitoring.
Verdict
Choose Aura if you need synthetic checks, multi-region verification, and status pages with alert routing. The free plan covers 10 monitors, including HTTP and heartbeat checks; SSL, DNS, and domain-expiry monitoring start with the $19/mo paid plan. Teams seeking real user monitoring should look elsewhere.
Get started with Aura Monitoring
- Open https://auramonitoring.com/.
- Start with the free plan, which includes 10 monitors and a status page.
- Add HTTP or heartbeat monitors on the free plan.
- Choose the $19/mo paid plan for SSL, DNS, or domain-expiry monitors.
What the free plan stops at
The free plan includes 10 monitors and a status page, with HTTP and heartbeat monitors. SSL, DNS, and domain-expiry monitors are paid.
Questions about Aura Monitoring
Is Aura Monitoring free?
Yes. Its free plan includes 10 monitors and a status page.
What does the free plan include?
It includes HTTP and heartbeat monitors. SSL, DNS, and domain-expiry monitors are paid.
How much does the paid plan cost?
The paid plan is 19.00 USD per month, billed from $19/mo.
Which platforms does Aura support?
Aura is available on the web.
Does Aura offer real user monitoring?
No. It focuses on synthetic monitoring and status pages.
Where does Aura keep monitoring data?
Monitoring data stays in the EU, and checks run from EU regions.
Aura Monitoring plans and pricing
All plansCompared on DNS monitoring software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $19/mo
- Check interval
- 1 minutes
- Resolution checks
- Yes
- Record-change alerts
- Yes
- Alert channels
- email, SMS, webhook, chat integration
