Uptime Monitoring Cost Comparison
Turn monitors, check interval and regions into exact check volume and compare monthly cost for five uptime plans using rates you enter.
At a glance
Uptime Monitoring Cost Comparison is a free, client-side calculator that turns monitor count, check interval and regions into monthly cost for five uptime plans using rates you enter. Illustration example: 25 monitors at 60s across 2 regions costs $41.60 vs $57.80 per month — no vendor prices, no signup.
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Your monitoring profile
Checks per month are derived from monitors × regions × interval using a fixed 30-day month.
Plan rates (editable example rates)
| Plan | Base $/mo | Monitors incl. | Checks incl. | Extra $/monitor | Extra $/1K checks |
|---|
Every rate above starts as a labeled illustration so the tool works out of the box. Overwrite each row with the numbers from that vendor's quote or pricing page, then compare.
Cost comparison for your inputs
| Plan | Base | Monitor overage | Check overage | Monthly total | Effective $/monitor |
|---|
Monitor-count sensitivity (1× / 2× / 4×)
Totals recompute with the same rates at 1×, 2× and 4× your monitor count, so you can see how the verdict shifts as you grow.
How costs are calculated
Monthly total = base fee + max(0, monitors − included monitors) × extra $/monitor + max(0, checks − included checks) ÷ 1,000 × extra $/1,000 checks. Checks/month = monitors × regions × floor(2,592,000 ÷ interval seconds), a fixed 30-day month. Components are rounded to cents, then summed. No vendor prices are fetched or stored; every number above comes from your inputs or a labeled illustration.
Checks per monitor, per region, per 30-day month (fixed math)
| Check interval | Checks / monitor / region / month | Derivation |
|---|---|---|
| 30 seconds | 86,400 | floor(2,592,000 ÷ 30) |
| 60 seconds | 43,200 | floor(2,592,000 ÷ 60) |
| 5 minutes (300 seconds) | 8,640 | floor(2,592,000 ÷ 300) |
| 10 minutes (600 seconds) | 4,320 | floor(2,592,000 ÷ 600) |
2,592,000 = 30 days × 24 hours × 3,600 seconds. Multiply by your monitor count and regions for total monthly check volume.
Worked example (example values)
| Profile: 25 monitors × 2 regions × 60s = 2,160,000 checks/month | Plan A (illustration) | Plan B (illustration) |
|---|---|---|
| Base fee | $9.00 | $29.00 |
| Included monitors / checks | 10 / 400,000 | 30 / 1,200,000 |
| Extra $/monitor · extra $/1,000 checks | $1.00 · $0.01 | $2.00 · $0.03 |
| Monitor overage (25 monitors) | 15 × $1.00 = $15.00 | — (within included 30) = $0.00 |
| Check overage (2,160,000 checks) | 1,760 × $0.01 = $17.60 | 960 × $0.03 = $28.80 |
| Monthly total | $41.60 | $57.80 |
Verdict at this profile: Plan A costs $16.20/mo less than Plan B — 28.03% lower. Both plans are hypothetical illustrations, computed from the documented formula; they are not UptimeRobot, Better Stack, Pingdom, Site24x7 or Uptime.com rates.
Why Use This Uptime Monitoring Cost Comparison?
How to Use Uptime Monitoring Cost Comparison
Describe your monitoring profile
Enter the number of monitors, the check interval (30s, 60s, 5m or 10m) and how many regions run each check — the calculator derives exact monthly check volume.
Enter each plan's rates
For up to five rows (pre-labeled UptimeRobot, Better Stack, Pingdom, Site24x7, Uptime.com) enter the quoted monthly base, included monitors, included checks and the extra rates. Defaults are labeled illustrations — replace them with your vendor quotes.
Read the verdict and sensitivity
Compare monthly totals and effective $/monitor, see the cheapest plan for your profile (ties reported explicitly), then check the 1x/2x/4x monitor-count sensitivity table before deciding.
Worked example: Two Plans on One Workload
The calculator computes check volume from a 30-day month (2,592,000 seconds ÷ 60 = 43,200 checks per monitor per region), then applies each plan's base, monitor overage and check overage per 1,000 checks, rounding each component to cents before summing.
Profile: 25 monitors, 60-second interval, 2 regions. Plan A illustration: $9.00/mo base, 10 monitors included, $1.00 per extra monitor, 400,000 checks included, $0.01 per extra 1,000 checks. Plan B illustration: $29.00/mo base, 30 monitors included, $2.00 per extra monitor, 1,200,000 checks included, $0.03 per extra 1,000 checks.
Checks: 25 monitors x 2 regions x 43,200 = 2,160,000/month. Plan A: $9.00 + 15 x $1.00 + 1,760 x $0.01 = $41.60/mo. Plan B: $29.00 + $0.00 + 960 x $0.03 = $57.80/mo. Verdict: Plan A is cheaper by $16.20/mo (illustration values, not vendor rates).
Technical Specifications & Engine Details
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Cost model | monthly = base + extra monitors x $/monitor + extra checks / 1,000 x $/1,000 checks |
| Check volume | checks/month = monitors x regions x floor(2,592,000 / interval seconds) (30-day month) |
| Checks per monitor/region/month | 30s: 86,400 | 60s: 43,200 | 5m: 8,640 | 10m: 4,320 |
| Plan rows | 5 fixed labels (UptimeRobot, Better Stack, Pingdom, Site24x7, Uptime.com); every rate user-entered |
| Price data | None asserted — built-in defaults are labeled illustrations, never vendor pricing |
| Execution | 100% client-side in your browser; no signup, upload, or network calls |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Methodology
Monthly cost = monitors × checks per month × price per check, plus any base fee. Interval-to-check counts are fixed: 30s = 86,400; 60s = 43,200; 5m = 8,640; 10m = 4,320 checks per monitor-region-month. All prices are user inputs.
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