Side by side
| ViewPeek | UptimeRobot (free) | |
|---|---|---|
| Free monitors | 10 (5-min checks) | 50 (5-min checks) |
| Monitor types | Uptime, SSL expiry, ping, sitemap validation | See current monitoring features and plan limits |
| Alert channels on free | Email, Slack, Discord, webhook — all included | Capped at 5 integrations; no notify seats |
| Status pages | Public pages with incidents + maintenance windows, per-monitor opt-in | Basic status pages on free |
| SSL expiry alerts | Daily during the final 30 days | See current SSL and domain-expiry terms |
| 1-minute interval | Paid plans | Paid plans; see current pricing |
| SSO / SCIM | SAML 2.0 + SCIM 2.0 on every paid plan | Check current team and enterprise terms |
| Data residency | Storage in France; probes and integrations have separate flows | Review current privacy and processing disclosures |
| Paid pricing | Basic €9.99 (50 monitors) · Pro €29.99 (200) | See current paid plans and billing periods |
Free monitor counts, check intervals, integration limits and status-page availability checked October 10, 2026. Paid terms and other feature limits can change; verify them before subscribing.
Monitor counts vs monitor types
UptimeRobot's free plan wins on raw count: 50 monitors is generous, and for a hobbyist watching many small endpoints it's the pragmatic choice. We'd rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise.
ViewPeek's free plan takes a different bet: fewer monitors, but every monitor type included — uptime, SSL certificate expiry, ping, and sitemap validation. For sitemap validation, ViewPeek fetches your sitemap.xml on a schedule, checks the URLs it declares, and alerts you when pages your sitemap promises are broken or missing. If SEO matters to your site, that's a monitor class of its own.
Alerts: where free plans usually squeeze
Alerting is where monitoring tools traditionally push you to paid tiers. UptimeRobot's free plan caps integrations at five and reserves notify seats for paid plans. ViewPeek includes every channel it has — email, Slack, Discord, and generic webhook — on every plan, free included, with a send-test button so you can verify a channel before you rely on it. An alert that can't reach you isn't a feature.
Status pages
Both offer status pages. ViewPeek's are opt-in per monitor — nothing is public until you choose it — and include incident publishing with an acknowledge/resolve timeline plus scheduled maintenance windows that mute alerts and show planned work instead of an outage. If you show a status page to customers, the incident and maintenance layers are what make it credible during a bad day.
Storage, monitoring regions and integrations
Account, configuration and monitoring-result data are stored in France. Probe locations depend on available regions and monitor settings. Payments, optional analytics, bot protection and notification destinations have separate data flows described in the privacy policy.
So which one
Choose according to monitor counts, alert destinations, required check types and team features. ViewPeek supports uptime checks from the available monitoring regions allowed by your plan and settings. Compare the complete service data flow, including any integrations you enable.
Sources: UptimeRobot pricing, ViewPeek pricing, and ViewPeek's privacy policy.
Common questions
Is ViewPeek a good UptimeRobot alternative?
ViewPeek suits teams that want uptime, SSL, ping and sitemap checks together, with email, Slack, Discord and webhook alerts on the free plan. Public status pages can include incidents and maintenance windows.
How do the free plans compare?
ViewPeek includes 10 monitors; UptimeRobot lists 50. Both use five-minute checks on their free plans. UptimeRobot lists a five-integration limit; ViewPeek includes all four of its notification channel types.
Where does ViewPeek process monitoring data?
Account, configuration and monitoring-result data are stored in France. Probe locations depend on available regions and monitor settings. Payments, optional analytics, bot protection and notification destinations have separate data flows described in the privacy policy.
How should I compare paid pricing?
ViewPeek Basic costs EUR 9.99 per month for 50 monitors; Pro costs EUR 29.99 for 200. Paid plans include SAML SSO and SCIM. Check each vendor's live pricing for billing periods, seats, monitor limits and current terms.