StatusCake's gaps: no free status pages, no cron monitoring. Here are the alternatives.
StatusCake has no free status pages and no cron job monitoring. Compare 5 StatusCake alternatives with more features, free status pages, and lower pricing.
StatusCake is a long-established uptime monitor with SSL certificate monitoring, domain expiration checks, and page-speed monitoring. It's been around for years and has a loyal user base. But it has notable gaps that push people to look elsewhere: no free status pages (status pages are paid only), no cron job / heartbeat monitoring, a dated UI, and a small free tier of just 10 monitors.
The paid plans start at $20/month for 20 monitors with 1-minute checks — reasonable value on a per-monitor basis, but twice the entry price of newer competitors like SurePing. If you need cron monitoring, a free status page, or more than 10 free monitors, StatusCake falls short.
I compared five StatusCake alternatives across pricing, free tiers, monitor types, status pages, and cron job monitoring. Every pricing figure was verified on 3 August 2026 against each vendor's own pricing page.
| Feature | SurePing Our tool | UptimeRobot | Better Stack | Uptime.com | StatusCake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free monitors | 55 | 50 | 10 | 0 (trial) | 10 |
| Free status pages | 2 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 0 |
| Cron job monitoring | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Starting paid price | $10/mo | €13/mo | $24/mo | $20/mo | $20/mo |
| Monitors at entry price | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| SSL monitoring | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Domain expiration monitoring | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Multi-region checks | No (single region) | Yes | Yes (paid) | Yes (75+) | Yes |
| Monitor types | 6 (HTTP, keyword, ping, port, SSL, heartbeat) | 7 (+ DNS) | 6 (+ DNS) | 6 (+ DNS, no heartbeat) | 5 (no heartbeat) |
SurePing addresses all three of StatusCake's main gaps: 55 free monitors (vs 10), 2 free status pages (vs 0), and cron job / heartbeat monitoring (vs none). The first paid tier is $10/month for 11 monitors — half of StatusCake's $20/month entry price. All six monitor types are on every plan, including Free.
The trade-off is single-region checks (StatusCake offers multi-region) and no domain expiration monitoring, which is one of StatusCake's standout features. SurePing also uses webhook-based rather than native Slack/Discord integration. If domain expiration alerts or multi-region checks matter to you, StatusCake or UptimeRobot are better fits.
Best for: teams who want free status pages, cron job monitoring, and a larger free tier than StatusCake offers, at a lower paid price.
UptimeRobot gives you 50 free monitors, a free status page, cron job monitoring, and DNS monitoring — all features StatusCake lacks or restricts. It's the most mature alternative with 20+ native integrations and multi-region checks. The paid tier starts at €13/month for 10 monitors.
The non-commercial restriction on the free tier is the main caveat. If you're monitoring a business site, you need a paid plan — and UptimeRobot defaults to annual billing, so the headline price is lower than the month-to-month cost. UptimeRobot also doesn't offer domain expiration monitoring, which is StatusCake's unique strength.
Best for: non-commercial projects that want a proven, widely-integrated monitor with cron monitoring, DNS monitoring, and a free status page.
Better Stack adds log management and on-call scheduling on top of uptime monitoring — capabilities StatusCake doesn't offer at all. The free tier is 10 monitors (same as StatusCake) and includes a free status page (which StatusCake doesn't). The UI is modern and the incident management workflow is strong.
The paid tier starts at $24/month for 10 monitors — $4 more than StatusCake's $20/month, but with 10 fewer monitors at that price. Better Stack is more expensive for pure uptime monitoring, but if you want logs and on-call bundled in, it's cheaper than buying StatusCake plus separate logging and on-call tools.
Best for: teams who want monitoring, logging, and on-call bundled together and are willing to pay more than StatusCake for consolidation.
Uptime.com offers 75+ global check locations — far more than StatusCake — and includes RUM and transaction monitoring. It's positioned as a business-grade tool with strong SLA and support, and includes DNS monitoring.
There's no free tier (trial only), and pricing starts at $20/month for 10 monitors — the same entry price as StatusCake but with half the monitors. There's no cron job monitoring. If you need global coverage and RUM, Uptime.com is a step up; if you just need uptime monitoring, it's more expensive for less.
Best for: business teams who need many global check locations and RUM, and have the budget for a business-grade tool.
SurePing directly fills StatusCake's gaps: free status pages (2 vs 0), cron job monitoring (yes vs no), and a larger free tier (55 vs 10 monitors). At $10/month paid vs StatusCake's $20/month, it's also half the price for the entry tier — though StatusCake gives you 20 monitors at that price vs SurePing's 11, so the per-monitor value is comparable.
The honest trade-off: SurePing doesn't offer domain expiration monitoring, which is one of StatusCake's standout features. SurePing also runs single-region checks vs StatusCake's multi-region. If domain expiration alerts or multi-region checks are important to you, StatusCake or UptimeRobot are better fits. If you want cron monitoring, free status pages, and more free monitors at a lower paid price, SurePing gives you more.
Every pricing figure in this comparison was verified on 3 August 2026 against each vendor's own pricing page. UptimeRobot pricing was captured for a UK/EU visitor in EUR with monthly billing selected; the page defaults to annual billing. SurePing and StatusCake pricing is in USD. Monitor counts, check intervals, and feature availability reflect each vendor's published plan descriptions as of that date. Vendor pricing changes without notice — confirm current pricing before committing.
No. StatusCake restricts status pages to paid plans only. SurePing (2), UptimeRobot (1), and Better Stack (1) all include free status pages. If a free status page matters to you, any of those three are better choices.
No. StatusCake does not offer heartbeat / cron job monitoring. SurePing, UptimeRobot, and Better Stack all do. If you need to monitor cron jobs (backups, scheduled tasks, queue workers), StatusCake isn't the right tool.
StatusCake's standout feature is domain expiration monitoring — it alerts you before your domain registration expires, which most uptime monitors don't offer. It also includes page-speed monitoring alongside SSL and uptime checks. If domain expiration alerts are important, StatusCake is one of the few tools that bundles them.
Yes, on entry price. SurePing's Starter plan is $10/month for 11 monitors vs StatusCake's Basic at $20/month for 20 monitors. SurePing is cheaper per plan, but StatusCake gives you more monitors per dollar at the entry tier. SurePing also offers 55 free monitors vs StatusCake's 10.
SurePing, with 55 free monitors at 5-minute intervals and no commercial-use restriction. UptimeRobot offers 50 (non-commercial only), and Better Stack and StatusCake each offer 10.