FREE UPTIME MONITORING
Check Website Uptime — Free
WebsiteDown monitors your site around the clock and sends a status-change alert by Slack, Email, Telegram, Discord, Teams, or Webhook — typically within 1–5 minutes of detection. No credit card required.
Free plan: 1 monitor · 5-minute checks · Email alerts
Everything You Need to Monitor Uptime
60-second checks
Starter and Growth monitors poll your site every 60 seconds; free monitors run every 5 minutes.
Multi-channel alerts
Slack, Email, Telegram, Discord, Teams, or Webhook. Status-change alerts typically arrive within 1–5 minutes of detection.
Uptime history
View daily, weekly, and monthly uptime percentages. Export CSV for SLA reporting.
HTTP status monitoring
Track specific response codes — alert if your site returns anything other than 200 OK.
What Does Uptime Percentage Actually Mean?
Most hosting providers promise 99.9% uptime — but what does that look like in practice?
WebsiteDown tracks your actual uptime vs the SLA so you can hold your hosting provider accountable.
Free vs Starter
Free
$0/mo
- ✓ 1 monitor
- ✓ 5-minute check interval
- ✓ Email alerts
- ✓ 7-day uptime history
- ✓ Manual one-off checks (unlimited)
Starter
$4.99/mo
- ✓ 5 monitors
- ✓ 60-second check interval
- ✓ Slack, Email, Telegram, Discord, Teams, and Webhook alerts
- ✓ 30-day uptime history & CSV export
- ✓ Alert delivery log
Frequently Asked Questions
How often does WebsiteDown check my site?
Free monitors check every 5 minutes. Starter and Growth monitors check every 60 seconds.
Is the uptime monitor really free?
Yes. The free plan includes 1 monitor with 5-minute checks and 1 alert channel. Starter ($4.99/mo) adds 5 monitors with 60-second checks and up to 3 alert channels; Growth ($12.99/mo) raises that to 25 monitors with longer history.
What does website uptime mean?
Uptime is the percentage of time a website is accessible and responding correctly. 99.9% uptime means roughly 8.7 hours of downtime per year. 99.99% (four nines) means under 53 minutes per year. Most hosting SLAs promise 99.9% uptime.
What alert channels does WebsiteDown support?
WebsiteDown supports Slack, Email, Telegram, Discord, Teams, and Webhook alerts. Every plan can use any channel type; plans differ in how many you can configure — Free 1, Starter 3, Growth 10. Alerts typically arrive within 1–5 minutes of detection.
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