SteadySite vs UptimeRobot
Last reviewed 9 November 2026
UptimeRobot is a mature, general-purpose monitor with a generous free plan. SteadySite is narrower: it is built for freelancers and agencies who have to show clients their sites were looked after, with a branded monthly report and status page per client. Here is a fair side-by-side.
The short answer
Choose UptimeRobot if you need many monitor types (ping, port, API, DNS, heartbeat), SMS or voice alerts, Slack/Teams/webhook integrations, multi-location checks, team seats, or a long track record. Its free plan (50 monitors, 5-minute checks) is larger than SteadySite’s.
Choose SteadySite if the job ends in a client deliverable: a white-label monthly uptime report for each client (PDF or no-login link), a status page in each client’s brand, and SSL and domain-expiry warnings on every plan, at a flat price.
Side by side
UptimeRobot details from uptimerobot.com/pricing and its help centre, checked 9 November 2026. Prices change; check their site for current numbers.
| UptimeRobot | SteadySite | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 50 monitors, 5-minute checks, commercial use allowed | 10 monitors, 5-minute checks, commercial use allowed |
| Entry paid plan | Solo: $13/month (10 monitors, 60-second checks), less if billed annually | Pro: $9/month (50 monitors, 1-minute checks, 10 clients). Paid plans are opening soon; every account starts on Free. |
| Larger plan | Team and Scale plans (more monitors, faster checks, seats) | Agency: $19/month (200 monitors, unlimited clients) |
| Monitor types | HTTP, keyword, ping, port, and on paid plans API, UDP, DNS, heartbeat and more | HTTP(S) with optional keyword, SSL certificate expiry, domain expiry |
| Failure confirmation | Re-check from a second data centre before alerting | Re-check before alerting; only confirmed failures count as downtime (single region today) |
| Alert channels | Email, mobile app, SMS/voice (credits), integrations; Slack/Teams and webhooks on paid plans | Email only (down, recovered, SSL expiry, domain expiry) |
| Status pages | 1 basic page on Free; custom domain and white-label on higher plans | One per client with the client’s name, logo and colour; white-label on paid plans |
| Client reports | Monthly email uptime reports (Free: first 3 months) | Branded monthly report per client: uptime, incidents, response time, SSL and domain expiry; PDF or no-login link |
| SSL & domain expiry | Offered (see their plan table for which tier) | Every plan, including Free; warnings 14, 7, 3, 1 days (SSL) and 30, 14, 7, 1 days (domain) before expiry |
| Team access | Login seats on Team and above | One login per account |
| Track record | Long-established, SOC 2 | New product (launched October 2026) |
Where SteadySite is different
- Reports are per client, not per account. Group sites by client; each client gets its own monthly report and status page in their logo and colour. See the sample report.
- Expiry is part of the report. SSL and domain expiry dates sit next to uptime, so a client sees “renewal due in 11 days” before it becomes an outage.
- Flat pricing. One price per account; no per-seat or per-report fees.
Where UptimeRobot is stronger
- More monitor types, integrations and alert channels, including SMS and voice.
- Multi-location monitoring and faster intervals on higher plans.
- Team seats, an API and a mobile app.
Comparing more tools for client reporting? See uptime monitors for agencies: SteadySite vs Repose, Visual Sentinel, up4, UptimePoint and UptimeRobot.
Switching
There is no importer yet: paste your URLs (it takes a couple of minutes for a typical agency), create a client for each customer, assign their sites, and the first monthly report builds itself from that point on.
Frequently asked questions
Is SteadySite a free UptimeRobot alternative?
Yes, for small portfolios: the free plan has 10 monitors with 5-minute checks, SSL and domain-expiry alerts, one status page and one monthly report, and commercial use is allowed. UptimeRobot’s free plan has more monitors (50) but no per-client branded reports.
Does UptimeRobot have client reports?
UptimeRobot sends monthly uptime reports by email to the account (on Free, for the first 3 months). SteadySite builds a separate branded report for each client, in the client’s logo and colour, that you can share as a no-login link or PDF.
Which is better for a web agency?
If your clients expect a monthly report and a branded status page, SteadySite is designed for that. If you need SMS alerts, integrations, many monitor types or team seats, UptimeRobot is the better fit today.
Uptime, SSL and domain expiry, in one report per client
Start with 10 free monitors. Commercial use allowed, no credit card.