PageWarden vs Uptime Kuma
A hosted Uptime Kuma alternative
Uptime Kuma is an excellent open-source monitor, and a great fit if you want to run and maintain your own server. The trade-off is that you host it, patch it, and check from a single box. PageWarden is the managed alternative: multi-region confirmation out of the box, nothing to run or keep online, and a plain-English read on what broke.
Free plan, no credit card. 3-day trial on any paid plan.
At a glance
Switch to PageWarden if
you would rather not host, patch and babysit a server, and you want failures confirmed from several regions a single box cannot reach.
Stay with Uptime Kuma if
running your own open-source monitoring server is a feature for you, not a chore, and self-hosting is a hard requirement.
Keep the monitors, drop the server maintenance
Free plan, no credit card. 3-day trial on any paid plan.
By the numbers
How PageWarden and Uptime Kuma stack up
How we score
- Check breadth
- Number of native check types offered in one monitor (uptime, SSL, domain, keyword, port, DNS, ping and the like).
- Check speed
- Fastest check interval available: 30 seconds or faster scores highest, 60 seconds next, then 5-minute and slower tiers.
- Multi-region
- From single-location checks (low) to multi-region checks, up to a confirmed multi-region vote before paging (high).
- Diagnosis
- Whether incidents carry an automated plain-English root-cause hypothesis. Most tools do not, and score low here.
- Status pages
- From no status pages, to a paid add-on, to branded public status pages included from the free plan.
- Value
- A genuinely free plan and flat, predictable pricing versus per-seat, per-monitor or credit-based models.
| Dimension | PageWarden | Uptime Kuma |
|---|---|---|
| Check breadth | 5 | 5 |
| Check speed | 4 | 5 |
| Multi-region | 5 | 1 |
| Diagnosis | 5 | 0 |
| Status pages | 5 | 4 |
| Value | 5 | 4 |
- PageWarden Starter$29/mo50 monitors, 60-second checks
- Uptime KumaSelf-hostedFree and open-source; you run and maintain the server
Uptime Kuma's plans and pricing change over time. Check their current pricing page before you decide.
Head to head
PageWarden vs Uptime Kuma
| Feature | PageWarden | Uptime Kuma |
|---|---|---|
| Seven check types in one monitor | Yes | YesBroad checks, but you host it |
| 60-second checks | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-region confirmation before paging | Yes | NoOne instance you run; no multi-region vote |
| Plain-English root-cause on every incident | Yes | No |
| Public status pages included | Yes | YesSelf-hosted and self-branded |
| White-label status pages and custom domain | Yes | YesNo vendor branding; you host it |
| Outages grouped into one incident | Yes | PartialEvent log you manage yourself |
| Genuinely free plan, no credit card | Yes | YesFree and open-source; you provide the server |
| Flat pricing, no per-seat fees | Yes | YesFree software; you pay for hosting |
| Dimension | PageWarden | Uptime Kuma |
|---|---|---|
| Check types | All seven checks in one monitor: uptime, SSL, domain, keyword, port, DNS and ping | Broad check coverage, self-hosted |
| Multi-region | Failures re-checked from several regions and voted on before you are paged; continuous per-region scanning on Starter and Pro | A single instance you run; multi-region means standing up and maintaining several servers |
| Root-cause diagnosis | A plain-English root-cause hypothesis on every incident, on Starter and Pro | No built-in root-cause diagnosis |
| Check frequency | Down to 60-second checks | As fast as your server and network allow |
| Status pages | Public status pages on every plan, with white-label and custom domains on Starter and Pro | Status pages you host and maintain yourself |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly tiers, a genuinely free plan, and no per-seat fees | Free and open-source; you provide the server, uptime and upkeep |
| Free tier | Free: three monitors with uptime, SSL and domain checks, no credit card | Free, but you host, patch and monitor the monitor |
Why teams choose PageWarden
What you get with PageWarden
Failures confirmed from multiple regions
PageWarden re-checks a failure from several regions and takes a vote before it opens an incident, so a brief local network blip never pages you. Single-location checks are the main cause of false downtime alerts.
Everything in one monitor
Uptime, SSL, domain expiry, keyword, port, DNS and ping in one tool instead of stitching several together, with SSL and domain coverage included on every website monitor.
A plain-English read on what broke
When an incident opens, PageWarden adds a short hypothesis about the likely cause on Starter and Pro, so you start from a lead instead of a blank page.
Built to stay quiet
PageWarden is designed not to nag. It groups an outage into a single incident with a start, an end and a duration, and only pages you when a failure is confirmed. When it alerts, it is real.
Try PageWarden on the free plan
Three monitors with uptime, SSL and domain checks. No credit card.
Free plan, no credit card. 3-day trial on any paid plan.
The maintenance you stop doing
Self-hosting means you own the server, the patches, the backups, and the awkward truth that a single box cannot tell you whether an outage is global or just its own network. PageWarden runs the infrastructure for you, confirms failures from several regions, and adds a plain-English hypothesis on every incident, so monitoring stops being one more thing you maintain.
Questions
PageWarden vs Uptime Kuma, answered
Is Uptime Kuma still the right pick?
Uptime Kuma is a superb self-hosted project, and the right choice if running your own monitoring server is a feature rather than a chore. If you would rather not host anything, and you want failures confirmed from several regions that a single instance cannot reach, PageWarden gives you that as a managed service.
Uptime Kuma's features and pricing change over time. Check their current site for the latest details before you decide.
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