StatusCake alternative

The StatusCake alternative
that costs nothing.

StatusCake Pro is $24.95 a month for 1-minute checks, SSL monitoring and status pages. PULSX gives you all three, free.

Why teams switch
from StatusCake.

1-minute checks for everyone

StatusCake gates 1-minute intervals behind Pro. PULSX checks every minute on every monitor, with retries before it alerts.

Built recently, feels like it

A fast, clean dashboard with dark mode, monitor groups and a mobile app, rather than an interface carried over from 2010.

Small team, real support

PULSX is built and run by a small team. Questions go to people who work on the product.

PULSX and StatusCake,
side by side.

Feature
PULSX
Free
StatusCake Pro
$24.95/mo
PriceFree$24.95/mo
Monitors50 per teamVaries by plan
Check interval1 minute1 minute
SSL monitoringYesYes
Public status pagesUnlimited, your brandingYes
Maintenance windowsYesYes
Alert channelsEmail, Slack, Discord, Telegram, webhook, pushEmail, SMS, Slack, webhook and more
Mobile appYesWeb only

StatusCake also offers page-speed and domain monitoring on its paid plans, which PULSX does not do. For uptime, SSL and status pages, the comparison above is the whole story.

Move over
in an afternoon.

01

Create a PULSX account

Free, no card. You are in a team workspace immediately.

02

Add your tests as monitors

Paste the URLs from StatusCake, pick 1-minute intervals and the status codes you expect.

03

Wire alerts and cancel

Connect your channels, send a test alert, then cancel StatusCake Pro.

Questions

Why is PULSX free?+
It costs very little to run and there is no paid tier to sell you. Instead of a price list there are fair-use caps: 50 monitors, 25 members and 50 notification channels per team.
Does PULSX do page speed or domain expiry monitoring?+
No. PULSX covers HTTP, keyword, heartbeat and SSL monitoring, status pages, incidents and on-call. If you rely on StatusCake's page-speed tests, keep those.
How long does switching take?+
Most accounts are moved in under half an hour: add monitors by URL, connect alert channels, send a test alert.

Drop the StatusCake bill.

1-minute checks, SSL monitoring and status pages, free for every team.