Everything included in Starter
One flat price unlocks the full monitoring toolkit. Nothing here is a teaser you have to upgrade to actually use.
- 50 monitors running around the clock
- 60-second check frequency on every monitor
- All nine monitor types unlocked (HTTP(S), Keyword, TCP Ping, Port, API with custom headers, Heartbeat, SSL certificate, DNS record and domain expiry), plus SSL, DNS and domain details in the dashboard
- Email, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Telegram alerts
- 3 public status pages to keep customers informed
- Checks from London, New York and Sydney so a single blip does not page you
- Alerts on failure AND on recovery
- Failed checks re-tested a few seconds later to filter out blips
- Maintenance windows to mute planned downtime
- 30-day check history
- SEO monitoring with 8 crawl checks
- Security Shield available as a bolt-on from GBP 29/mo
Everything in Free, plus the parts you were missing
The Free plan is genuinely useful for a personal project. Starter is what you move to the moment monitoring stops being a hobby.
50 monitors, not 25
Double the coverage so a single client can have its site, API and cron all watched.
60-second checks
Down from 5 minutes on Free. You hear about an outage in a minute, not five.
All nine monitor types
Free is HTTP only. Starter adds Keyword, TCP Ping, Port, API, Heartbeat, SSL certificate, DNS record and domain expiry monitors.
More alert channels
Slack, Microsoft Teams and Telegram join Email.
3 status pages
Give each client their own branded public status page instead of just one.
Maintenance windows
Mute planned work so scheduled deploys do not fire false alerts.
Starter at a glance
Need faster than 60-second checks or more seats? Pro drops to 30-second checks, and Team adds server diagnostics and 3 seats. Everything below Team runs a single login seat.
Who Starter is for
Freelance developers
You hand a site to a client and want to know it is up before they do. Fifty monitors covers a handful of client projects comfortably.
Solo SaaS builders
Watch your marketing site, app, API and background jobs with heartbeat and API monitors, all on 60-second checks.
Side-project owners
You have outgrown a single HTTP ping and want DNS, domain-expiry and keyword checks without paying agency prices.
All nine monitor types, unlocked
Free is limited to HTTP checks. On Starter every monitor type below is available from day one, and website monitors also show SSL, DNS and domain insights in the dashboard.
HTTP / HTTPS
Status codes, response time and content on any URL.
Keyword
Confirm expected text is present or a bad string is absent.
TCP Ping
Reachability of any host by TCP handshake.
Port
Watch a specific service port stays open.
API
Checks against API endpoints, with custom headers.
Heartbeat
Cron and background jobs check in, or you get paged.
SSL certificate
Alerts when a certificate nears expiry or turns invalid.
DNS record
Confirm an A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT or NS record still holds its expected value.
Domain expiry
Alerts when a domain registration is close to expiring.
Alert wherever your team already lives
Starter alerts you by email, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Telegram. Alerts go out on failure and on recovery, and a failed check is re-tested a few seconds later so short blips stay quiet.
Webhooks (including Zapier via webhook) and PagerDuty arrive on Pro, and SMS alerts are included on Team and Enterprise.
Where Starter sits
Five plans, one honest ladder. Starter is the first paid tier and the one where every monitor type is unlocked.
Why Starter is the smart first step
No monitor type is fenced off
Every monitor type is included, SSL certificate, DNS record and domain expiry among them. You are limited by count, not by monitor type.
Fast enough to matter
60-second checks mean an outage becomes an alert in about a minute, five times faster than Free.
Priced for one person
GBP 9 a month, or GBP 86.40 a year. It is the plan that respects a freelancer's margins.
Room to grow
When 50 monitors is not enough, Pro at GBP 19 unlocks 150 monitors, 30-second checks and competitor tracking.
Starter questions, answered
What do I actually get for GBP 9 a month?
50 monitors checked every 60 seconds, all nine monitor types including SSL certificate, DNS record and domain expiry monitors, email, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Telegram alerts, 3 public status pages, maintenance windows, SEO monitoring and a 30-day check history. It is billed at GBP 9 per month, or GBP 86.40 per year if you pay annually, which saves 20%.
How is Starter different from the Free plan?
Free gives you 25 monitors, HTTP(S) checks only, 5-minute intervals and email alerts. Starter takes you from 25 to 50 monitors, cuts checks to 60 seconds, unlocks all nine monitor types including SSL certificate, DNS record and domain expiry monitors, adds Slack, Microsoft Teams and Telegram alerts, maintenance windows and SEO monitoring, and gives you 3 status pages. Both plans keep a 30-day check history.
Do I need a credit card to start the trial?
No. The 14-day free trial needs no card. If you have not added a card by the end of the trial, your account moves to the Free plan automatically. The Free plan itself never asks for a card.
Can I really use all nine monitor types on Starter?
Yes. HTTP(S), Keyword, TCP Ping, Port, API (with custom headers), Heartbeat, SSL certificate, DNS record and domain expiry monitors are all included. Starter is the plan where every monitor type is unlocked, so you are not boxed into simple uptime pings.
Which alert channels are included?
Email, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Telegram. Pro adds webhooks (including Zapier via webhook) and PagerDuty, and SMS alerts are included on Team and Enterprise. You get failure and recovery alerts, and a failed check is re-tested a few seconds later and must fail from at least two of the three check locations, so a single flap does not wake you.
What happens if I outgrow 50 monitors?
Move up to Pro at GBP 19 per month for 150 monitors, 30-second checks and competitor tracking, or higher. You can change plan at any time and your monitors, alerts and history carry across.
Is SEO monitoring or Security Shield included?
SEO monitoring with its 8 crawl checks is included on Starter and every plan above it. Security Shield with its 10 tests is a separate add-on that starts from GBP 29 per month.
How long is my data kept?
Starter keeps a 30-day check history, the same as every PulseStack plan, so you can see recent uptime trends and response-time patterns.
Start monitoring properly for GBP 9 a month
Fifty monitors, all nine monitor types including SSL certificate, DNS record and domain expiry, and email, Slack, Microsoft Teams and Telegram alerts. Try it free for 14 days, no card needed.