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Should I use updown.io?

ϟ Website monitoring — beautiful, simple and inexpensive. - updown.io

· 1 month ago

Buy it if you run a handful of sites or APIs and want cheap, commitment-free uptime alerts. Skip it if you need deep transaction checks, 40+ probe locations, or enterprise security paperwork.

Confidence

High. Based on 30+ public sources including G2, Hacker News, vendor docs, and competitor comparison pages. Vendor site publishes no security page.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

1 credit = 1 check

Pay-as-you-go

ModelPay-per-check
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Indie devs and solo founders
  • Small teams watching a few sites
  • Agencies monitoring client sites cheaply
  • Anti-subscription, pay-as-you-go buyers

Not for

  • Enterprises needing SOC 2 reports or vendor security reviews
  • Teams needing multi-step or deep transaction monitoring
  • Buyers wanting 40+ global probe locations out of the box
  • Anyone needing guaranteed support SLAs

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Costs scale with frequency — 15s checks across many sites add up

medium

Cloudflare sites need probe whitelisting or you get false 403 alarms

medium

One-person company since 2012; support and roadmap depend on one founder

low

No published security page may stall procurement or security reviews

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Pay only per check; no monthly fees or commitment
  • Clean UI; G2 calls pricing 'cheap and simple'
  • Five check types (HTTP(S), TCP(S), ICMP) cover most services
  • Check frequency 15s to 1h; pricing scales linearly
  • Plenty of free credit to try before paying

Cons

  • Cloudflare-protected sites can show false 403 alerts
  • Only measures server response time, not full page behavior
  • Solo founder works 5-10 hours weekly on the product
  • No public security page for vendor due diligence

Sources & method

- 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. No security page; a GDPR DPA is offered.

official x2review x6security x2news x2

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • 1 credit = 1 check

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Pay-per-check, no commitment; repeatedly called cheap
  • Ease of use: 5/5. Reviewers consistently praise clean, simple UI
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Five basic check types; no deep transaction monitoring
  • Support quality: 2/5. Solo founder works 5-10 hours weekly
  • Security posture: 2/5. No public security page; GDPR DPA offered
  • 4.3/5 G2 rating 865 reviews
  • Pay-per-check Pricing model 1 credit = 1 check, no monthly fees
  • 2012 Founded Solo founder, Paris, France
  • Yes Free tier Plenty of free credit to start

Pricing

Pay-as-you-go

1 credit = 1 check

  • No monthly fees, no commitment
  • Checks every 15s to 1h
  • Pricing scales linearly with frequency

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

No security page; a GDPR DPA is offered.

What users say

Reviewers consistently praise the clean interface and cheap, simple pay-per-check pricing.

“If you are looking for a great uptime monitoring tool I highly recommend giving updown.io a”
woorkup review, Jun 2020
“Love everything about updown.io.”
updown.io site testimonial
Full analysis

Based on 30+ public sources including G2, Hacker News, vendor docs, and competitor comparison pages. Vendor site publishes no security page.

Dirt-cheap pay-per-check uptime monitoring. Perfect for small teams; too thin for enterprise or deep checks.

Methodology

Based on 30+ public sources including G2, Hacker News, vendor docs, and competitor comparison pages. Vendor site publishes no security page.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. updown.io homepageupdown.io
    official
  2. updown.io Terms of Serviceupdown.io
    official
  3. updown.io on G2g2.com
    review
  4. Uptime Monitoring from updown.io Is Just Perfection (woorkup)woorkup.com
    review
  5. HN: I run updown.io since 2012news.ycombinator.com
    news
  6. updown.io Security pageupdown.io
    security
  7. updown.io DPAupdown.io
    security
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