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Open source monitoring tools promise control and flexibility, but the tradeoffs show up fast. Setup takes longer than expected, alerts need tuning, and ownership shifts to your team the moment something breaks at three a.m. Picking the wrong tool can slow response instead of improving it. This article reviews widely used open source monitoring options […]

On November 18th, 2025, a large Cloudflare outage briefly broke big chunks of the internet. For several hours, users around the world were greeted with 500 errors, including platforms like X, ChatGPT, Spotify, and many others that run behind Cloudflare’s network. At UptimeRobot, we sit in a slightly unusual spot during events like this: So […]

In this special Q&A session, the UptimeRobot community team sat down with Tomas Koprusak, CPO at Itrinity and the product development team to discuss the most requested features and upcoming improvements. Based on community feedback following the mobile application launch, we cover three critical topics: tiered alerting, status page enhancements, and API improvements. Prefer to […]

At UptimeRobot, we love hearing how creators and founders use our tools to keep their projects running smoothly. This week, we’re shining a light on Hardcover.app, a fast-growing, community-driven alternative to Goodreads that’s helping readers connect, track their books, and share their literary journeys. We caught up (async!) with Adam Fortuna, founder of Hardcover, to […]

As you may have noticed, we released the latest version of the UptimeRobot API a few weeks ago. Don’t worry, the v2 will remain available; however, it will no longer receive support or updates. New features will be added only to v3. Built on a RESTful architecture, v3 unlocks more flexibility, cleaner workflows, and expanded […]

We’re excited to introduce Monitor Grouping, a new way to organize your monitors directly from the UptimeRobot dashboard. This feature makes it easier to keep track of large sets of monitors and quickly see the health of related services at a glance. Monitor Grouping is available on Solo, Team, and Enterprise plans starting today. What […]