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Written by the people who run MoniterMySite. When we compare tools we say who each one suits, and we date every comparison.
Comparisons · 7 October 2026 · 8 min
Best uptime monitoring tools in 2026
Seven uptime monitors, from a self-hosted open-source project to full-stack suites, judged on interval, regions, confirmation, alerting and status pages. Who each one is for, and who should skip it.
Comparisons · 7 October 2026 · 8 min
Best free uptime monitors in 2026
Free uptime monitoring comes as a hosted free tier or as open-source software you run yourself. Five options compared on what the free version actually includes and where each one stops.
Comparisons · 7 October 2026 · 8 min
Best status page software in 2026
A status page turns an outage from a flood of support tickets into one link. Six options, hosted and self-hosted, compared on automation, subscribers, custom domains and cost.
Guides · 7 October 2026 · 9 min
How to Set Up Uptime Monitoring: Checklist
Most monitoring setups fail in one of two ways: they page for blips, or they watch a homepage while checkout is broken. This checklist covers what to monitor, how often, from where, and how to route the alerts.
Guides · 7 October 2026 · 9 min
Website down? A 15-minute incident playbook
The first fifteen minutes of an outage decide how long it lasts and how many customers notice. A minute-by-minute playbook: confirm, communicate, locate the layer, decide, recover, learn.
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