MyUpMonitor vs Better Uptime

Better Uptime (now part of Better Stack) is a premium monitoring and incident management platform. Here's how MyUpMonitor compares.

Feature MyUpMonitor Better Uptime
HTTP / HTTPS Monitoring Yes Yes
TCP & DNS Checks Coming soon Yes
SSL Monitoring Yes — with expiry alerts Yes
Incident Management Auto incidents with postmortems Full incident workflow
Status Pages Yes — with custom domains Yes — with custom domains
Slack / Discord / Telegram Alerts All three included No native Discord
Webhook with HMAC Signing Yes Yes
On-call Scheduling Not yet Yes
Phone/SMS Alerts Not yet Yes
Multi-region Checks Single region Yes — global
Pricing 14-day trial + from $15/mo No trial, starts $24/mo

Where MyUpMonitor excels

  • Price — MyUpMonitor starts at $15/month with a 14-day free trial — cheaper than Better Uptime's $24/month, and with no credit card required to start.
  • Discord alerts — native Discord integration with rich embeds. Better Uptime only supports Slack.
  • Simplicity — MyUpMonitor focuses on doing monitoring well without overwhelming complexity. Set up in under a minute.

Where Better Uptime is stronger

  • On-call scheduling — Better Uptime includes PagerDuty-like on-call rotation. MyUpMonitor doesn't have this yet.
  • Phone/SMS alerts — call and text your team when things go down. MyUpMonitor currently supports email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, and webhooks.
  • Multi-region monitoring — Better Uptime checks from multiple global locations. MyUpMonitor checks from a single region.
  • Ecosystem — Better Stack includes logging and error tracking alongside monitoring. MyUpMonitor is focused purely on uptime.

The bottom line

Better Uptime is a great choice if you need a full incident management suite with on-call scheduling and phone alerts. MyUpMonitor is the better choice if you want reliable uptime monitoring with modern alerting (including Discord) at a lower price — starting at $15/month vs Better Uptime's $24/month.