Managed service & self-hosting

UptimeMonitor360 vs Uptime Kuma

The key decision is who operates the monitoring service. Include updates, backups, alert delivery and the monitoring host itself when comparing the total effort.

Try UptimeMonitor360 free Compare our plans

Published by UptimeMonitor360 · Reviewed 12 October 2026 · Independent, unaffiliated services

20 monitors from €9.00/month

60-second eligible checks. Annual billing is also available.

30 client workspaces on Agency

Scoped client viewers, branded status pages and scheduled reports.

1,000 browser checks/month on Business

Real-user monitoring, Site Health and Linux metrics also included within plan limits.

Compare the differences that affect your work

Operating model

UptimeMonitor360: Hosted service with a free plan and paid subscriptions. We operate the monitoring deployment.
Uptime Kuma: Self-hosted, open-source monitoring software under the MIT license.

Cost to evaluate

UptimeMonitor360: 5 free monitors. 20 monitors from €9.00/month.
Uptime Kuma: No software license fee; you provide hosting and operations.

Monitoring and notifications

UptimeMonitor360: HTTP and heartbeat on Free; additional monitor types, chat integrations and webhooks on Starter.
Uptime Kuma: HTTP, TCP, DNS, push and other checks; more than 90 notification services listed.

Polling

UptimeMonitor360: From 30 seconds for eligible Scale checks; capacity depends on the plan.
Uptime Kuma: The project lists 20-second intervals; actual capacity depends on your deployment.

Status pages

UptimeMonitor360: Hosted status pages; custom domains on paid plans and white-label pages on Agency and Scale.
Uptime Kuma: Multiple status pages with custom-domain mapping.

Where checks run

UptimeMonitor360: One public probe deployment. Simultaneous checks from multiple geographic regions are not included.
Uptime Kuma: Your choice of host determines the observation point and its availability.

Competitor sources: Uptime Kuma official project, features and license. Figures describe the stated plans, not every feature of either product. Our prices are in EUR and include applicable VAT. Compare the final checkout term, total and taxes.

When UptimeMonitor360 fits

Consider UptimeMonitor360 when you prefer a managed account with billing, customer workspaces, scoped client access and recurring reports. Your team can spend its time reviewing incidents instead of maintaining the monitoring installation.

Explore the client workflow

When to evaluate Uptime Kuma

Evaluate Uptime Kuma when controlling your own installation and infrastructure is a priority and you can operate it independently from the services it watches.

Questions to answer before subscribing

Who will apply monitoring updates, restore backups and investigate failed notifications?
Could the same infrastructure failure take down both the site and its monitoring host?
How will you provide separate access and recurring evidence to each customer?

Test with your own endpoints

Run both services on a small set of endpoints you control. Match the interval, timeout, expected status, content assertion and alert recipient. Include a read-only authenticated API check if you need it.

Compare successful observations and response-time variation.
Trigger a controlled failure and recovery; compare the incident and notification timestamps.
Review unknown measurements and maintenance handling.
Open the report as a client with limited access and check what they can see.
Confirm retention, recurring cost and cancellation before moving your monitoring.

Polling interval and notification time differ: confirmation, processing and message delivery add delay. An execution allowance is also different from a monitor allowance; frequent browser checks use more monthly executions.

Our current public coverage is one deployment. Browser monitoring is active on Business and higher, within the published quotas. SMS, voice and simultaneous multi-region checks are not sold. See all plan limits and our comparison methodology.

Check a website before you commit

35 free diagnostic tools. A point-in-time result before you set up continuous monitoring.

Open the free tools

Compare other monitoring options

UptimeMonitor360 vs