Datadog alternative
Uptime monitoring
without the Datadog bill.
Datadog is a full observability platform priced per host. If what you actually need is to know when a site or endpoint goes down, PULSX does that for free.
Why teams switch
from Datadog.
Add a URL, done
No agents, no integrations to wire up. Paste a URL, pick an interval and an alert channel, and the first check runs within a minute.
Built for small teams
Startups, agencies and indie builders get the same thing: 50 monitors per team, 1-minute checks and every feature, with no bill that scales with hosts.
Status pages included
Public status pages in your branding with subscriber updates, something Datadog does not offer at all.
PULSX and Datadog,
side by side.
| Feature | PULSX Free | Datadog from $31 per host per month |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $31 to $270 per host per month |
| Uptime monitoring | 50 monitors per team | Synthetics, billed per test run |
| Check interval | 1 minute | 1 minute |
| SSL monitoring | Yes | Part of Synthetics, extra cost |
| Public status pages | Yes | No |
| Incidents and on-call | Yes | Separate products |
| Setup | Paste a URL | Agent-based |
| Logs, traces, APM | No | Yes |
This is not a like-for-like comparison. Datadog does a great deal PULSX does not (logs, traces, APM, infrastructure metrics). If you need those, you need Datadog. If you need to know whether things are up, you do not.
Move over
in an afternoon.
01
Create a PULSX account
Free, no card, no agent to install.
02
Add the endpoints you care about
Public URLs, health endpoints, cron heartbeats. Pick intervals and expected status codes.
03
Route alerts and publish a status page
Slack, Discord, Telegram, webhook or push, then a public status page if your users should see it too.
Questions
Is PULSX a replacement for Datadog?+
Why is it free?+
Can PULSX monitor private endpoints?+
Know when things are down. Pay nothing.
Uptime monitoring, SSL checks and status pages for every team, free.