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Uptime monitoring is table stakes

Uptime monitoring is table stakes

by m_prads·Apr 12, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidShip It

Yet another uptime monitor, but $3/month undercuts Pingdom and UptimeRobot significantly.

Strengths
  • •15-second check intervals beat most competitors' 1-minute minimums.
  • •MCP integration lets AI tools query uptime data directly.
  • •Unlimited monitors on paid tier removes artificial constraints.
Weaknesses
  • •Uptime monitoring is saturated with established players like Better Stack.
  • •Cheap pricing alone doesn't create defensibility against well-funded competitors.
Target Audience

DevOps engineers, small business owners, solo developers

Similar To

UptimeRobot · Better Stack · Pingdom

Post Description

I'm trying to disrupt the insane pricing of uptime monitoring. I hope you'll help me out.

I'm trying to create the absolute cheapest dev monitoring tool on the market, while still being competitive with all the others.

This means $3/month plan, while still having monitoring for: Website, REST API, UDP/TCP, ICMP, Heartbeat/CRON, WS/WSS, DNS, Domain Intel/expiry and SSL.

Everything with unlimited alerts through webhooks.

I'm also taking an unlimited approach to the amount of checks you can have.

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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