Summary
StatusCake is an established monitoring service with a free plan and paid tiers covering uptime, page speed, SSL, domain and server monitoring. Uptime Tracker is a hosted uptime monitor with status pages, incidents and, on Team, on-call and escalation in flat workspace plans. Pick StatusCake if you want page speed or server monitoring; pick Uptime Tracker if team incident workflows and status communication matter most.
Quick summary
Uptime Tracker is a solid StatusCake alternative for teams that want uptime monitoring tightly connected to incidents, status pages and on-call. StatusCake is an established service whose public pages list uptime, page speed, SSL, domain and server monitoring, with a free plan and several paid tiers. If page speed tests or server resource monitoring are important to you, StatusCake covers areas Uptime Tracker does not.
For StatusCake's current plan limits and prices, check StatusCake's pricing page.
What Uptime Tracker offers
Uptime Tracker monitors HTTP(S), TCP ports, DNS records and cron jobs on every plan, adds ping, domain expiry and advanced HTTP on Starter, and adds gRPC, SMTP/IMAP and multi-step API workflows on Team. Monitors are marked down only after consecutive failures, and incidents open automatically with a timeline and public updates for your status page.
- Free ($0): 2 standard monitors at a 5-minute interval, 5 heartbeat monitors, 1 status page, 1 login seat, email, Slack, Discord, Telegram and signed webhook alerts. Commercial use is allowed.
- Starter ($9/month or $90/year): 10 monitors down to 60-second checks, 10 heartbeat monitors, 3 status pages with custom domains, 2 seats, SMS from prepaid credit, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, Pushover, ntfy, Gotify, Mattermost and Rocket.Chat, routing rules, ping, domain expiry and advanced HTTP checks.
- Team ($49/month or $490/year): 50 monitors down to 30-second checks, 50 heartbeat monitors, 10 status pages including private password-protected pages, 10 seats plus 20 read-only guest viewers, PagerDuty, on-call rotations, escalation policies, monitor dependencies, gRPC, SMTP/IMAP and multi-step API workflows.
Every new owner can try Team free for 14 days without a card; the trial ends on Free automatically. Annual billing costs 10 times the monthly price. Downgrading never deletes data: excess monitors are paused and excess status pages archived.
Maintenance windows suppress alerts and are excluded from availability; recurring weekly windows are available on Starter and up. Learn more about cron job monitoring and alerts.
Current limitations, stated plainly: checks run from a single probe location today, with additional probe regions planned. There are no voice-call alerts, no browser or synthetic (scripted click-through) checks, and heartbeat monitors accept expected intervals from 15 seconds up to 1 hour, so daily or weekly jobs are not a fit yet. HTTPS monitors show the certificate expiry date and alert when a certificate is expired or invalid, but there are no separate advance expiry warning emails yet.
Where StatusCake is a strong choice
StatusCake is a strong choice if you want a broad set of check types from one long-standing vendor. Its pricing page lists uptime, page speed, SSL, domain and server monitoring, and it offers status pages as a separate product.
- If you need page speed tests, Uptime Tracker does not offer them; it records response time and timing breakdowns only.
- If you want server resource monitoring (CPU, memory, disk), Uptime Tracker does not install agents on servers.
- If you need advance SSL certificate expiry alerts, StatusCake lists SSL monitoring; Uptime Tracker alerts only once a certificate is expired or invalid.
- If you need checks from several locations today, review StatusCake's plans; Uptime Tracker currently uses one probe location.
Key differences to evaluate
| Consideration | Uptime Tracker | What to check with StatusCake |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 2 monitors, 5 heartbeats, 1 status page; commercial use allowed | How many uptime checks and which interval does the free plan include? |
| Check types | HTTP, TCP, DNS, heartbeat; ping, domain expiry (Starter); gRPC, SMTP/IMAP (Team) | Which check types are on each plan, including page speed and server? |
| Status pages | Included on every plan; custom domain on Starter and up | Are status pages part of your plan or a separate purchase? |
| Incidents | Automatic incidents with acknowledge, assign, notes and public updates | How are incidents managed and communicated? |
| On-call | Rotations, escalation, PagerDuty on Team | Is on-call scheduling built in? |
| Seats | 1, 2 or 10 seats, plus guest viewers on Team | How many users does each plan include? |
| Heartbeat / cron | 15 seconds to 1 hour interval, grace up to 60 minutes | Is cron or push monitoring available, and on which plans? |
Switching from StatusCake
You can switch by recreating monitors via CSV import or the API, then rebuilding alerts and status pages. There is no direct StatusCake importer.
- Sign up with your email; no password is needed.
- Prepare a CSV of your uptime checks and import it, or script the move with the REST API (300 requests per minute) or the
monctlCLI. - Recreate alert destinations. On Starter, add SMS (prepaid credit), Microsoft Teams or Google Chat, and routing rules.
- Rebuild your status page and invite subscribers to re-subscribe; subscriptions use double opt-in, so existing subscriber lists cannot simply be copied.
- Keep page speed or server monitoring in StatusCake or another tool if you rely on it.
History does not transfer. Step-by-step guides are in the help center.
Bottom line
Choose StatusCake if you want page speed, server and SSL monitoring from one established provider. Choose Uptime Tracker if you value incident management, status pages and on-call in a flat price, with a free plan that allows commercial use. Compare our pricing with StatusCake's current plans.
StatusCake is a trademark of its respective owner. This page is an independent comparison based on publicly available information as of October 2026; it is not affiliated with or endorsed by StatusCake. Check the vendor's own website for current features and pricing.
Frequently asked questions
Does Uptime Tracker have a free plan like StatusCake?
Yes. The Free plan includes 2 monitors at a 5-minute interval, 5 heartbeat monitors and 1 status page, with commercial use allowed. Check StatusCake's pricing page for its current free plan.
Does Uptime Tracker offer page speed monitoring?
No. Uptime Tracker records response time with DNS, connect, TLS and time-to-first-byte timing, but does not run page speed tests.
Does Uptime Tracker warn me before my SSL certificate expires?
Not yet. Every HTTPS monitor shows the certificate expiry date, and an expired or invalid certificate fails the check and triggers an alert. Domain registration expiry warnings are available on Starter.
Can I move my status page subscribers?
Subscribers must re-subscribe because Uptime Tracker uses double opt-in confirmation for status page email subscriptions.
