UptimeRobot alternative
Half the price of UptimeRobot — with SMS included
To get SMS alerts and multiple recipients on UptimeRobot, you need the Team plan ($34/mo) or Enterprise ($64/mo) — and SMS credits are still purchased separately on top. Upscanr Pro costs $15/mo with SMS included, and Upscanr Premium costs $29/mo with 10 recipients and 100 SMS credits. No add-ons, no surprises.
Comparison
Upscanr vs UptimeRobot
An honest side-by-side. UptimeRobot has more free monitors — Upscanr is cheaper for teams that need SMS.
UptimeRobot requires the $34/mo Team plan to get multiple recipients and 60-second checks. Upscanr Pro costs $15/mo and includes SMS alerts.
UptimeRobot Enterprise ($64/mo) gives 200+ monitors and 5 seats. Upscanr Premium ($29/mo) gives 50 monitors, 10 recipients, and 100 SMS credits — better value for teams that primarily want SMS alerts.
UptimeRobot SMS credits are bought on top of the subscription price.
Upscanr Premium includes 10 SMS and email recipients. UptimeRobot Team includes 3 login + 3 notify seats.
UptimeRobot checks more frequently on paid plans.
UptimeRobot wins on free volume.
Both support keyword monitoring on paid plans. Upscanr includes it on free too.
Trigger SMS from PowerAutomate, Azure Monitor, Grafana, or any HTTP request.
The real cost difference
What you actually pay for team monitoring with SMS
If you're monitoring your own sites and want SMS when something breaks, UptimeRobot pushes you to the $34/mo Team plan for 60-second checks and SMS. Upscanr Pro gives you 5-minute checks and 20 SMS credits for $15/mo — less than half the price.
To notify 5+ colleagues by SMS on UptimeRobot, you need the Enterprise plan at $64/mo — plus SMS credits on top. Upscanr Premium at $29/mo includes 10 alert recipients across SMS and email, 100 SMS credits, and 50 SMS webhooks. Less than half the cost for most teams.
Why Upscanr
What you get that UptimeRobot does not offer
Every Upscanr plan includes SMS credits: 3 on Free, 20 on Pro, 100 on Premium. No credit top-ups, no auto-refill settings to manage. Your team gets alerted by text when something breaks.
Upscanr Premium lets you add up to 10 alert recipients — email and SMS — without extra seat costs. Notify your whole on-call team by text from a single $29/month subscription.
Get a unique URL you can call from PowerAutomate, Azure Monitor, Grafana, or a custom script. A GET or POST to that URL sends an SMS to your number. UptimeRobot has no equivalent.
Servers return 200 OK even when a checkout page is broken or a maintenance banner is live. Upscanr checks page content and alerts when a keyword disappears or appears — on every plan including free.
When UptimeRobot is the better choice
If you need 50+ monitors on a free plan, UptimeRobot is hard to beat on volume. It also has 60-second check intervals on paid plans (Upscanr's minimum is 5 minutes), a larger integration ecosystem, and public status pages. Upscanr is the better fit when SMS for your team matters more than raw monitor count.
Try Upscanr free
3 monitors, email and SMS alerts, keyword monitoring — no credit card required. Upgrade to Premium for team alerts with up to 10 SMS recipients at $29/month.