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How is Oh Dear different from Uptime.com?

Uptime.com is an enterprise SRE platform with synthetic transactions and RUM. Oh Dear takes a wider view: uptime plus SSL, DNS, full-site crawling, cron checks and Lighthouse, in one tool with one bill. Here's the honest comparison.

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Oh Dear vs Uptime.com
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the quick verdict
Choose Oh Dear if you want uptime, SSL/TLS, DNS, full-site crawling, cron checks and Lighthouse in one place, with unlimited users and one predictable bill.
Choose Uptime.com if you need enterprise synthetic transactions, RUM and global probes at scale.

What we have that Uptime.com doesn't

AI-powered monitoring

1. AI-powered monitoring

Use natural language to verify anything on your pages. Check if forms work, content exists, or validate complex states without scripting synthetic transactions.

Simple pricing

2. Simple pricing

One price per site with all check types included. No calculator needed. Uptime.com has many pricing tiers plus separate billing for status pages and RUM.

Full site crawling

3. Full site crawling

We crawl your entire site to find broken links, mixed content, and sitemap issues automatically. Uptime.com monitors the specific URLs you configure.

Oh Dear compared with Uptime.com

Oh Dear Uptime.com
Uptime monitoring? Yes Yes
Ping monitoring? Yes Yes
TCP port monitoring? Yes Yes
Performance monitoring? Yes Yes
Lighthouse audits? Yes Yes
Certificate health (SSL/TLS)? Yes Yes
Broken links & mixed content? Yes No
Sitemap monitoring? Yes No
DNS monitoring? Yes Yes
DNS blocklist monitoring? Yes Yes
Domain expiry monitoring? Yes Yes
Scheduled-task / cron? Yes Yes
Application health checks? Yes Partial
Port scanning? Yes No
AI-powered checks? Yes No
Notifications & integrations? Yes Yes
Status pages? Yes Add-on
Single sign-on (SSO)? Yes Yes
Unlimited users & destinations? Yes Metered
Uptime check interval? 1 minute 1 minute
Incident management / on-call? No Partial
Entry price? €15 $9

Sourced from each vendor's docs · June 2026

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When Uptime.com is the better call

Enterprise SRE platform

Best for synthetic transaction checks, global probes and SOC2/SSO when you are an SRE team at scale.

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Frequently asked questions

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When should I choose Uptime.com over Oh Dear?

Uptime.com is better if you need synthetic transaction monitoring for complex multi-step workflows, real user monitoring (RUM), or many global probe locations. Their enterprise features and compliance certifications suit large organisations with complex requirements.

What does Oh Dear offer that Uptime.com doesn't?

Oh Dear includes AI-powered monitoring for natural-language page verification, full site crawling for broken links and mixed content, Lighthouse audits for SEO and Core Web Vitals, and simple per-site pricing with all features included, without the enterprise complexity.

How does pricing compare?

Uptime.com starts around $9/month with no free tier and bills additional status pages separately. Oh Dear starts at €10/month for 5 sites with all check types and unlimited status pages included.
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