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Uptime Kuma 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.

Uptime Kuma

Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWeb+1

Uptime Kuma provides broad self-hosted monitoring, alerting and status-page features under an MIT license. Check the supported operating systems and storage limitations before choosing a deployment.

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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

	Uptime Kuma	Uptime Monitor
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows	API, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Free or on request	Not published
Plans published	1	None
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	github.com	uptime-monitor.org
On website monitoring software	#19 of 55	#36 of 55

Uptime Kuma: what it does well

Monitors services, DNS, Docker containers and more.
Supports more than 90 notification services.
Multiple status pages can map to specific domains.
Installation instructions cover Docker and non-Docker setups.
Includes two-factor authentication.

What to know first

Network file systems such as NFS are unsupported.
FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Replit and Heroku are unsupported.
General or technical support by email is unavailable.

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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