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Distill Web Monitor vs Uptime Monitor

Both stand on website monitoring software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Distill Web Monitor

Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+5

Distill offers a broad set of monitor types, filtering controls, and notification routes. Check frequency and quotas vary by plan, and unused resources do not carry forward past the billing period.

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Uptime Monitor provides broad protocol monitoring, grouped health views, status pages, and alert routing in a self-hosted package. Its retention periods differ by data granularity, while deployment and ongoing infrastructure remain your responsibility.

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The facts

	Distill Web Monitor	Uptime Monitor
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	No	Not published
Runs on	Android, API, Extension, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows	API, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Starter: $15 a month	Not published
Plans published	5	None
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	distill.io	uptime-monitor.org
On website monitoring software	#2 of 55	#36 of 55

Distill Web Monitor: what it does well

Monitors webpages, PDFs, JSON, and other listed content.
Local checks can run every five seconds.
Offers email, SMS, app, and team notifications.
Supports visual selection and code-based refinements.

What to know first

Free cloud checks start at six-hour intervals.
Unused resources expire at the billing period’s end.
Cloud checks count in ten-second units.

Uptime Monitor: what it does well

Monitors 17 protocols
Self-hosted with no external tracking
Real-time WebSocket status updates
Responsive, customizable status pages
Distributed checks from multiple locations

What to know first

Requires self-hosted deployment
Raw pulse history lasts 24 hours
Uses GPL-3.0 licensing
Configuration and infrastructure are user-managed

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