Uptrends

Uptrends monitors websites, web applications, APIs, and servers for availability and performance. Its synthetic checks run from more than 230 ISP-based locations, with private locations also available. Monitoring options include uptime, browser, transaction, and API checks, and plans use credits that customers allocate across monitor types. Supported protocols include HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, Ping, DNS, FTP, Connect, SQL, and MySQL.

The service can automate multi-step checks for identity-based journeys using SSO or MFA. Alerts can be sent by email, text, phone, mobile push, Slack, PagerDuty, StatusHub, ServiceNow, Microsoft Teams, and other listed channels. iOS and Android apps display monitoring data and send push notifications. Core costs $42.00 per month with annual billing and includes 10 users, US and EU checkpoint regions, two-minute uptime checks, browser checks every 15 minutes, ticket support, and 180 days of retention. Pro is $60.00 per month with annual billing. There is no free plan, but a 30-day trial is available.

Uptrends combines external monitoring with multiple alert channels, mobile apps, and support for identity-driven journeys. Compare plan limits and credit needs with the monitoring coverage your team requires.

Core is described for teams needing regional availability and performance monitoring; Pro targets SRE and Ops teams. Enterprise is aimed at organization-wide monitoring standardization.

Uptrends is a synthetic monitoring service for websites, web applications, APIs, and servers. It is best suited to operations teams that need broad protocol coverage, regional checkpoints, and alert routing into existing incident tools. The main trade-off is a paid, credit-based model whose value depends on how many checks and locations your environment requires.

Overview

Uptrends runs outside-in checks from more than 230 ISP-based locations and can add private locations. That makes it useful for detecting regional availability and performance problems that internal infrastructure telemetry can miss. Browser, transaction, uptime, and API monitors cover both straightforward endpoint checks and more involved customer paths.

Automated multi-step journeys can exercise identity-driven flows using SSO or MFA. SSL-expiry and keyword monitoring address common website failures, while support for HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, Ping, DNS, FTP, Connect, SQL, and MySQL lets one service watch diverse web, network, and data-facing services.

Key features

Alert delivery is unusually broad: email, SMS/text, phone or voice, mobile push, Slack, PagerDuty, StatusHub, ServiceNow, Splunk On-Call, Microsoft Teams, Zapier, Opsgenie, Statuspage, webhooks, and API are supported. Predefined integrations also include AlertOps and Grafana, so alerts can fit established on-call and status workflows rather than forcing a new destination.

The API retrieves monitor and alert data. Enterprise adds OpenTelemetry export, Terraform monitoring as code, SSO and SCIM, and lightweight Linux- or Windows-based private checkpoints for services behind a firewall. iOS and Android apps display monitoring data and send push notifications, extending incident awareness beyond a desktop.

Security controls include TLS 1.2 or higher, HSTS, encrypted sensitive data in Vault, and SAML 2.0 single sign-on. Uptrends states that it is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant. Credits are allocated across monitor types and do not expire during the annual term, but requirements vary by monitor type, so intensive browser or transaction coverage can consume an allowance faster than basic uptime checks.

Pricing

Uptrends starts at $42 a month with annual billing and a 10% discount, and includes a 30-day trial. There is no free plan.

Core — $42 a month

Core is aimed at teams needing regional availability and performance monitoring. It includes 10 users, US and EU checkpoint regions, uptime checks every 2 minutes, browser checks every 15 minutes, ticket support, and 180 days of data retention. Those intervals and regional limits suit smaller teams watching key services, but are less appropriate when minute-level response or broad global reach is required.

Pro — $60 a month

Pro targets SRE and operations teams. It raises the allowance to 25 users and 230+ checkpoints, runs uptime and API checks every minute, adds live chat alongside ticket support, and retains data for 365 days. The higher fee is justified when faster detection, wider checkpoint coverage, and longer trend history matter.

Enterprise — custom pricing

Enterprise is for organization-wide standardization. It offers unlimited users, 30-second uptime checks, private checkpoints, OpenTelemetry, Terraform monitoring as code, SSO, and SCIM. Priority support and onboarding services are included. Organizations needing internal-network monitoring, centralized identity administration, or infrastructure-as-code control will find capabilities here that the lower tiers do not provide.

Platforms

Uptrends is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, the web, and through an API. The mobile apps provide monitoring views and push notifications, while the API supports programmatic access to monitor and alert data.

Who it's for

Core fits smaller or regional teams focused on essential uptime and browser coverage. Pro is the stronger choice for SRE and operations groups that need one-minute checks, extensive locations, API monitoring, and longer retention. Enterprise suits larger organizations standardizing monitoring across teams, including services behind firewalls and environments managed through SSO, SCIM, OpenTelemetry, or Terraform.

Pros and cons

• Pro: More than 230 ISP-based checkpoints and private locations provide meaningful regional and internal-network visibility.
• Pro: Identity-aware journeys, broad protocol support, and numerous incident integrations cover complex operational setups.
• Pro: Credits remain valid through the annual term, allowing allocation between monitor types as priorities change.
• Con: There is no free plan, so even small deployments move to a paid subscription after the trial.
• Con: Credit consumption varies by monitor type, making the practical capacity harder to judge before sizing a plan.
• Con: Core limits users, regions, retention, and check frequency; teams needing global, rapid, or long-term coverage may need Pro or Enterprise.

Alternatives

For a no-cost starting point with 50 monitors and five-minute checks, choose UptimeRobot. Teams wanting free uptime monitoring for up to 50 resources with instant downtime email alerts can consider Site24x7 API Monitoring. Dotcom-Monitor offers a free tier for up to 25 targets, five-minute frequency, and two locations.

Choose Loadster Synthetic Monitoring when a free starter allocation for synthetic work is the priority. APIContext is a better fit for a free tier offering 10,000 API, MCP, and HTTP tests per month without simulated browser journeys. Cisco ThousandEyes is an alternative for teams seeking a paid network and internet-performance platform. HostTracker suits very small monitor counts, with a free plan covering two monitors and 30-minute checks. ObserveOne API Monitoring is worth considering when a free tier with AI verifications, video, and a single saved check meets the requirement.

For category-focused comparisons, see API Monitoring Tools, Synthetic Monitoring, Uptime Monitoring Software, Internet Performance Monitoring Software, and Website Monitoring Software.

Verdict

Choose Uptrends if your team needs synthetic coverage across regions, protocols, authenticated journeys, and established incident channels, with a clear upgrade path to private checkpoints and enterprise observability. Look elsewhere if you need a genuinely free service, very small monitor counts, or simpler pricing that does not depend on monitor-specific credits.