{"question": "best uptime monitoring services for agencies", "category": "uptime-monitoring-services", "category_name": "uptime monitoring services", "audience": "agencies", "audience_name": "agencies", "engine": "Claude (Anthropic) with web search", "model": "claude-opus-5", "asked_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:09Z", "permalink": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/uptime-monitoring-services-agencies-2026-10-28", "question_page": "https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/uptime-monitoring-services/agencies", "brands_named": [{"position": 1, "brand": "UptimeRobot", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 2, "brand": "Oh Dear", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 3, "brand": "WordPress", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 4, "brand": "Better Stack", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 5, "brand": "Hyperping", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 6, "brand": "StatusCake", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 7, "brand": "Uptime Kuma", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 8, "brand": "Checkly", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 9, "brand": "Uptimeify", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 10, "brand": "SiteBrief", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 11, "brand": "WakeStat", "label": "mentioned"}, {"position": 12, "brand": "Notifier", "label": "mentioned"}], "sources_cited": [{"url": "https://uptimerobot.com/knowledge-hub/comparisons-and-alternatives/15-better-stack-alternatives/", "domain": "uptimerobot.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://ohdear.app/pricing", "domain": "ohdear.app", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://betterstack.com/community/comparisons/better-stack-vs-hyperping/", "domain": "betterstack.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://hyperping.com/blog/uptimerobot-vs-betterstack", "domain": "hyperping.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://statuscake.com/", "domain": "statuscake.com", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://www.getapp.com/all-software/a/uptimeify/", "domain": "getapp.com", "source_type": "review"}, {"url": "https://alternativeto.net/software/sitebrief/about/", "domain": "alternativeto.net", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://alternativeto.net/software/wakestat/about/", "domain": "alternativeto.net", "source_type": "other"}, {"url": "https://notifier.so/guides/best-uptime-monitoring-for-agencies/", "domain": "notifier.so", "source_type": "vendor"}, {"url": "https://theadminbar.com/the-best-uptime-monitoring-tools-for-web-agencies/", "domain": "theadminbar.com", "source_type": "other"}], "answer_text": "A note on the research: searches for this phrase are heavily polluted with affiliate/SEO pages and a few tools that exist mainly as listing-site entries. I've leaned on products with verifiable pricing pages and real track records, and flagged the thin ones separately.\n\n## What I'd actually recommend\n\n**1. UptimeRobot** - the default for most agencies. 50 free monitors, paid from ~$29/mo for 100 monitors, with status pages on custom domains and team seats. Nothing is cheaper per client site at the 50-200 site range, and the alerting is boring in the good way. Weakness: the UI gets unwieldy past ~100 monitors and the reporting is plain. ([pricing/comparisons](https://uptimerobot.com/knowledge-hub/comparisons-and-alternatives/15-better-stack-alternatives/))\n\n**2. Oh Dear** - the best fit if your clients are WordPress/Laravel/custom builds and you want one tool instead of four. Flat per-site pricing ($27/mo for 10 sites, $77/mo for 50, $146/mo for 100) and *every* plan includes all check types: uptime, SSL expiry, broken links, mixed content, DNS, domain expiry, scheduled-task/cron monitoring, unlimited users. Broken-link and cert-expiry checks are what actually generate client-facing", "answer_truncated": true, "measurement": "One answer from one engine on one date. Not a ranking and not a claim about the world; brands the engine did not name are not recorded.", "limitation": "Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.", "alerts": {"name": "Answer Watch Pro", "price_usd": 79, "period": "month", "gets": "daily change alerts for up to 5 brands in what one AI answer engine says, history, CSV export. Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included", "url": "https://bikoosh.com/answers"}}