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PingRobot vs StatusCake
StatusCake's Free plan has 10 uptime monitors but only 1 SSL monitor and 1 domain monitor, and its first paid plan is $20.41 a month. PingRobot's Free plan has the same 10 monitors with SSL and domain expiry reminders for each site, plus signed webhooks, maintenance windows and a status page, and Pro is $9 a month for 50 one-minute monitors.
StatusCake plans and prices were checked on 16 October 2026 on statuscake.com/pricing and their push monitoring article. Prices are in US dollars before tax. Plans change, so check their page before you decide.
Free plans
| PingRobot Free | StatusCake Free | |
|---|---|---|
| SSL certificate expiry reminders | Available on every website monitor | 1 SSL monitor, checked every 24 hours |
| Domain expiry reminders | Available on every website monitor | 1 domain monitor, checked every 7 days |
| Webhooks | Yes, signed | "15+ third-party integrations", not itemized |
| Status pages | 1, on yourname.pingrobot.io, with announcements and status, uptime and SLA badges | Sold as a separate product |
| Uptime monitors | 10 | 10 |
| Check interval | 5 minutes | 5 minutes |
| Heartbeat / cron job monitoring | Yes | Yes (push tests) |
| Page speed monitors | No | 1, every 24 hours |
| DNS record monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Domain blacklist monitoring | No | Yes |
| Alert channels | Email, signed webhooks | Email, integrations |
The monitor count and interval are the same. The difference is what comes with them: on PingRobot every site you add can warn you before its certificate or domain expires, without upgrading, and alerts can go straight to your own systems through signed webhooks.
Cheapest paid plans
| PingRobot Pro | StatusCake Superior | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9/month, or $90/year ($7.50/month) | $24.49/month, or $20.41/month billed annually |
| Uptime monitors | 50 | 100 |
| Price per uptime monitor | $0.18/month ($0.15 on annual) | About $0.24/month ($0.20 on annual) |
| Check interval | 1 minute | 1 minute |
| SSL and domain expiry | Available on every website monitor | 50 SSL and 50 domain monitors |
| Alert channels | Email, signed webhooks, Slack, Discord, ntfy push | Email, integrations, 75 SMS credits a month |
| Status pages | 5, on your own domain, with email subscribers | Separate product |
| Extras | SLA badge and monthly SLA email on status pages | 15 page speed and 3 server monitors, custom locations, white-label reports |
Where PingRobot is ahead
- SSL and domain expiry on every website monitor, free: no separate per-certificate or per-domain allowance to run out of.
- Cheaper to start paying: $9 a month instead of $20.41, and less per monitor.
- Maintenance windows, custom requests, slow-response alerts, alert delay and repeat reminders on the Free plan.
- Signed webhooks you can verify (webhook docs), and a status page with announcements, SLA badge and monthly SLA email included; on Pro, 5 pages on your own domains with email subscribers.
- Certificate problems, not only expiry: host name mismatch, missing intermediate and issuer changes.
- Free tools: SSL checker, domain expiry checker, is it down?
- Room to grow: Business is $29 a month ($290 a year) for 250 monitors checked every 30 seconds, 100 status pages, 2 years of history and 10 team members as admins or viewers.
- Automation on every plan: a REST API with an OpenAPI 3.1 document, and a remote MCP server so Claude, Cursor or VS Code can tell you what is down and add monitors for you.
Where StatusCake is ahead
- More kinds of monitoring: page speed, server monitoring, domain blacklist checks, SSL mixed-content alerts and certificate scores.
- More monitors at the top: 100 on Superior and 300 on Business, against 50 on PingRobot Pro and 250 on PingRobot Business.
- Team and agency features: SMS credits, custom test locations and white-label reports.
Which one should you choose?
Choose StatusCake if you need page speed or server monitoring, blacklist checks, SMS alerts or white-label reports for clients.
Choose PingRobot if you want every site covered for downtime, certificate and domain expiry on the Free plan, and 50 one-minute monitors for $9 when you need more.
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Frequently asked questions
Is PingRobot a free StatusCake alternative?
Yes. Both free plans have 10 uptime monitors checked every 5 minutes. StatusCake Free includes 1 SSL monitor and 1 domain monitor; PingRobot Free can send SSL certificate and domain expiry reminders for every website you add, and adds signed webhooks, maintenance windows and a status page with SLA badges.
How do the paid plans compare?
StatusCake Superior is $20.41 a month billed annually ($24.49 monthly) for 100 uptime monitors checked every minute. PingRobot Pro is $9 a month or $90 a year for 50 one-minute monitors, which works out cheaper per monitor.
What does StatusCake have that PingRobot doesn't?
Page speed monitoring, server monitoring, domain blacklist monitoring, SSL mixed-content alerts and scores, SMS credits, custom test locations, and white-label reports.
Can I move from StatusCake to PingRobot?
Yes, by adding your URLs again in PingRobot. Run both for a few days and compare the alerts before switching the old monitors off.