Uptime Kuma is a great open-source monitor if you want to run and maintain it yourself. PulseStack is fully hosted, checks from multiple locations, and adds SEO and security monitoring in one platform. Nothing to self-host.
Free plan, no card required. Paid plans from £15 per month with a 14-day trial.
Uptime
Live
SEO
8/8
Security
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8
Monitor types
3-in-1
Uptime, SEO, security
8
Native alert channels
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Servers to maintain
Self-hosting is free to download but rarely free to run. Here is what you gain when the platform is managed for you.
No VPS, no Docker, no reverse proxy and no database backups. PulseStack runs on our infrastructure so your monitoring never shares a fate with the box it lives on.
Checks run from more than one location so a blip in a single region does not page your whole team. Outages are verified before an alert leaves the building.
Uptime, SEO monitoring and a passive Security Shield sit under one login. You watch availability, search visibility and security posture without stitching tools together.
HTTP, Keyword, TCP Ping, Port, API, Heartbeat, DNS and Domain Expiry. Cover websites, APIs, background jobs and certificates without extra plugins to wire up.
Eight native channels including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, PagerDuty and Telegram, plus SMS, Email and Webhooks. No community scripts to keep patched.
Publish a public status page and schedule maintenance windows so planned work does not trigger false alarms or worried customers.
A self-hosted uptime monitor tells you when a site is down. PulseStack also tells you when search visibility slips or your security posture weakens.
Cover websites, services, APIs, background jobs and certificates from the same account.
HTTP
Website and endpoint availability
Keyword
Watch for text that must or must not appear
TCP Ping
Reachability of a host
Port
A specific service port is open
API
Structured API health checks
Heartbeat
Cron jobs and background tasks check in
DNS
Records resolve as expected
Domain Expiry
Catch expiring domains early
No changes to your site or DNS. Run both in parallel, then retire the server you were maintaining.
Sign up in under a minute. No server to provision and no card needed to start on the Free plan.
Add your URLs, hosts and jobs as monitors. Pick the monitor type and interval that suits each one.
Keep your self-hosted instance running for a few days and confirm PulseStack alerts line up.
Once you trust the alerts, switch off the box you were maintaining and reclaim the time.
Every plan is listed below. Annual billing saves 20 percent, and paid plans include a 14-day trial.
| Plan | Price / month | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | £0 | 5 monitors, HTTP, 5-min checks, 1 status page, email alerts, no card |
| Starter | £15 | 10 monitors, 60s checks, all 8 monitor types |
| Pro | £39 | 50 monitors, SSL, DNS and domain insights, competitor tracking |
| Team | £79 | 100 monitors, server diagnostics, 3 seats |
| Enterprise | £149 | 200 monitors, 30s checks, 5 seats |
No add-on tax for the essentials. Here is what comes with PulseStack.
Eight native channels, no community scripts to keep patched. Choose which fire per monitor.
Get professional monitoring without paying for and babysitting a server just to watch one that might fail at the same time.
Watch client sites for uptime, SEO regressions and security posture, then hand over a branded status page.
Route incidents to PagerDuty or Slack, cover APIs and cron jobs, and confirm outages from multiple locations.
Scale from a handful of monitors to hundreds without re-architecting a self-hosted stack as you grow.
Uptime Kuma is a well-regarded open-source, self-hosted monitor. The difference is who runs the infrastructure and how much sits under one roof.
| PulseStack | Uptime Kuma | |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting model | Fully hosted, nothing to install | Self-hosted, you run the server |
| Maintenance | Managed by PulseStack | You patch, update and back up |
| Check locations | Multiple locations | Wherever you host it |
| Monitor types | 8 types built in | Uptime-focused, open-source |
| SEO monitoring | 8 checks included | Not part of the tool |
| Security testing | 10 passive Security Shield tests | Not part of the tool |
| Alert channels | 8 native channels | Community-supported notifications |
| Status pages | Public status pages included | Available, self-managed |
| Getting started | Free plan, no card | Provision and configure a server |
Uptime Kuma is an independent open-source project. Positioning shown reflects its widely known self-hosted, open-source nature.
Uptime Kuma is a popular self-hosted, open-source uptime monitor that you install and keep running yourself. PulseStack is fully hosted, so there is no server, container or database to maintain, and it adds multi-location checks along with SEO and security monitoring in one platform.
No. PulseStack is a fully managed, hosted service. There is nothing to install, patch or back up - you add your endpoints, connect your alert channels and you are live. That removes the upkeep and the single point of failure that comes with running your own monitor.
Yes. PulseStack runs multi-location checks so a regional fault or routing problem does not hide behind a single vantage point. On the Enterprise plan checks run as often as every 30 seconds.
Alongside its 6 core monitor types (HTTP, Keyword, TCP Ping, Port, API and Heartbeat) plus DNS and domain expiry, PulseStack includes 8 SEO checks and a Security Shield of 10 passive tests graded A to F, with SSL, DNS and domain insight modules.
PulseStack has 8 native alert channels: Email, SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, PagerDuty, Telegram and Webhooks. They are built in, so there are no custom integrations to wire up yourself.
Yes. There is a 14-day trial, and a free plan that includes 5 monitors with HTTP checks and email alerts and needs no card. Paid plans start at £15 per month, with annual billing saving 20 percent.
Get hosted uptime, SEO and security monitoring in one platform. Start free, no card required, and upgrade only when you are ready.