UpGex DNS Monitoring

Plans and prices

Every plan, in full

On the record

API

Paid tiers include REST API access for managing monitors and platform resources.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Check intervals

Check intervals are configurable per monitor and plan.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Credit limits

UpGex uses monthly credits, and the credit cost depends on monitor type, check interval, region, and add-ons.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Diagnostics

DNS incident diagnostics can compare public resolver responses, verify the authority chain, compare SOA serials, and classify common DNS failures.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Expected values

Each monitor compares resolved values with the expected values the user defines.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Free tier

The free plan includes real monitoring, a full dashboard, and requires no credit card.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Notifications

The DNS page lists Slack and email as alert channels and describes multi-channel alerts with incident context.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Other alert integrations

The pricing page lists Telegram, email, Slack, webhooks, Discord, Teams, PagerDuty, and SMS as alert channels.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Purpose

UpGex monitors expected DNS values, propagation, and delegation to catch routing drift before it becomes an outage.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Record types

It supports A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS, SOA, PTR, SRV, and other standard DNS record types.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Retries and incidents

UpGex retries failed checks according to monitor settings and opens an incident after the configured threshold is reached.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

Who it is for

The DNS page describes use during provider moves, domain transfers, infrastructure cutovers, releases, rollbacks, and ongoing drift detection.upgex.com · read 30 Sep 2026

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