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How is Oh Dear different from Uptrends?

Uptrends is an established enterprise website and uptime monitoring suite. 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 Uptrends
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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 Uptrends if you want a mature enterprise uptime suite with multi-step transactions and global checkpoints, and per-seat pricing is not a blocker.

What we have that Uptrends 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 page states. Uptrends doesn't offer this.

Full site crawling

2. Full site crawling

We crawl your entire site to find broken links, mixed content, and sitemap issues. Uptrends checks the specific URLs and transactions you configure.

Simple, flat pricing

3. Simple, flat pricing

One flat price per site with everything included. Uptrends starts around $210/month and gates SSO and extra seats behind higher tiers.

Oh Dear compared with Uptrends

Oh Dear Uptrends
Uptime monitoring? Yes Yes
Ping monitoring? Yes Yes
TCP port monitoring? Yes Yes
Performance monitoring? Yes Yes
Lighthouse audits? Yes No
Certificate health (SSL/TLS)? Yes Yes
Broken links & mixed content? Yes No
Sitemap monitoring? Yes No
DNS monitoring? Yes Yes
DNS blocklist monitoring? Yes No
Domain expiry monitoring? Yes No
Scheduled-task / cron? Yes No
Application health checks? Yes Partial
Port scanning? Yes No
AI-powered checks? Yes No
Notifications & integrations? Yes Yes
Status pages? Yes Yes
Single sign-on (SSO)? Yes Partial
Unlimited users & destinations? Yes Tiered
Uptime check interval? 1 minute 2 min
Incident management / on-call? No Yes
Entry price? €15 $210/mo

Sourced from each vendor's docs · June 2026

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When Uptrends is the better call

Enterprise transaction monitoring

Best for enterprises wanting mature multi-step transaction monitoring and a large global checkpoint network, with budget for per-seat plans.

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Frequently asked questions

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Uptrends is a good fit for enterprises that need mature multi-step transaction monitoring, a large global checkpoint network and built-in on-call, and have the budget for its per-seat enterprise plans.

Oh Dear includes AI-powered monitoring, full site crawling for broken links and mixed content, sitemap monitoring, real Lighthouse audits, domain expiry and cron monitoring, with unlimited users and status pages on every plan rather than gated behind enterprise tiers.

Uptrends has no permanent free tier and its cheapest packaged plan starts around $210/month, with SSO and more seats on higher tiers. Oh Dear starts at €10/month for 5 sites with every feature, unlimited users and unlimited status pages included.
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