UptimeDuck vs UptimeRobot
Free plans, paid plans and features, compared using each provider’s published information.
Last checked: October 20, 2026
UptimeDuck and UptimeRobot both monitor websites and services and have a free plan with no credit card required. This page puts the published facts side by side so you can see which fits your needs.
Free plans
| UptimeDuck Free | UptimeRobot Free | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | €0 | $0 [1] |
| Uptime monitors | 10 | 50 [1] |
| Check interval | Every 180 seconds | Every 5 minutes [1] |
| Monitor types | HTTP(s), TCP, Ping, plus 3 cron & heartbeat, 1 server, 1 Minecraft server and 1 blacklist (RBL) monitor | HTTP, port, ping and keyword [2] |
| Monitoring locations per monitor | 2 | Multi-location checks start on Solo [2] |
| SSL and domain expiry alerts | Yes, on HTTP(s) monitors | Start on Solo [2] |
| Cron & heartbeat monitoring | 3 monitors | Starts on Solo [2] |
| Alert integrations | Email, mobile app push, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Matrix and SMS (1 channel per monitor) | 5 integrations: Google Chat, Discord, Pushover, Pushbullet, Splunk [2] |
| SMS | None included | Not included, credits can be bought [1] |
| Status pages | 1 project, with a status page | 1 [2] |
| Data retention | 7 days | 3 months [1] |
| Activity requirement | Monitors pause after 30 days without a login | — |
Paid plans
UptimeDuck prices are in euros, billed monthly from prepaid credit. UptimeRobot offers monthly or annual billing; the US dollar amounts below are the ones its pricing page showed when we checked [1], and its machine-readable pricing notes that the currency and amounts shown depend on your region [2].
| UptimeDuck plan | Price | Uptime monitors | Minimum interval |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | €4.99/month | 20 | 60s |
| Medium | €12.99/month | 50 | 30s |
| Large | €24.99/month | 100 | 20s |
| Enterprise | €59.99/month | 300 | 20s |
| UptimeRobot plan | Price (monthly / annual billing) | Monitors | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | $13 / $12 per month [1] | 10 (or 50 at a higher price) [1] | 60 seconds [1] |
| Team | $46 / $39 per month [1] | 100 [1] | 30 seconds [1] |
| Scale | $98 / $79 per month [1] | 200 (or 500 at a higher price) [1] | 15 seconds [1] |
| Enterprise | Custom quote [1] | Custom [1] | Custom [1] |
What each includes beyond uptime checks
UptimeDuck
- Server monitoring with a Linux agent: CPU, RAM, disks, network and disk health, on every plan. Docs
- Kubernetes monitoring with a Helm chart, on paid plans. Docs
- Minecraft server monitors and IP blacklist (RBL) monitors, on every plan.
- Cron & heartbeat monitors on every plan, including 3 on Free.
- Downtime confirmation: immediately, after 3 consecutive failures, or from a second region.
- iOS and Android app with push alerts.
- Team members, projects and status pages, with custom domains on paid plans.
UptimeRobot
- Keyword monitoring on every plan, including Free.
- API, UDP, DNS and multi-location monitoring, slow-response alerts, custom headers and maintenance windows from Solo.
- Third-party service monitoring on every paid plan.
- Email, SMS, voice call and Email2SMS alert contacts; Slack, Mattermost, Telegram and MS Teams from Solo; Webhook, Zapier and PagerDuty from Team.
- Status pages with custom design and own domain from Solo; password protection, white-label and subscribers from Team.
- A platform API on every plan, two-factor authentication and an iOS and Android app.
- 12 months of data retention on Solo and 24 months on Team and Scale.
Which one fits?
- If you want many basic HTTP checks for free and longer history on the Free plan, UptimeRobot’s Free plan includes more monitors and 3 months of retention.
- If you want uptime, server, cron, blacklist and Minecraft server monitoring in one account, with checks every 180 seconds on Free and paid plans from €4.99/month, UptimeDuck covers those on every plan.
Sources
Competitor details come only from the public pages below, last checked on October 20, 2026. UptimeDuck details come from the pricing page and the documentation. Plans and prices change; check each provider’s site before you decide.
- UptimeRobot pricing — https://uptimerobot.com/pricing/
- UptimeRobot machine-readable pricing (linked from the pricing page) — https://uptimerobot.com/pricing.md
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