Ask HN: Free Monitoring tools other than Pingdom?

nickb · on May 11, 2009

Give this a try: http://mon.itor.us/

vaksel · on May 11, 2009

yeah I use that too

gaoshan · on May 11, 2009

Siteuptime offers free monitoring for 1 site: http://siteuptime.com/

I've used it for 2 years and it has never failed me. Great for one, single site.

nreece · on May 11, 2009

Have a look at:

HostTracker: http://host-tracker.com

Hyperspin: http://www.hyperspin.com

fossb · on May 12, 2009

If you want anything more than just monitor if your site is alive, like knowing if it changes (or if your domain , host, whois, etc changes), try: http://sucuri.net/?page=nbi

(network-based integrity monitoring)

danohuiginn · on May 11, 2009

http://uptime.openacs.org/uptime/

[Can't remember where I discovered this, possibly through HN. I've been using it for a while and it works well, although my needs are pretty basic]

moomerman · on May 11, 2009

I have a project I've been working on for a while, it's in public beta and should fit your requirements as is. http://pingy.moocode.com/

soundsop · on May 11, 2009

http://www.montastic.com/

Been using it for a few years for monitoring my personal website.

ajju · on May 11, 2009

Alertfox is great. I think their basic service is free. I got a free pro account via TechCrunch when they launched.

jmcdonald · on May 11, 2009

Try : http://www.websitehawk.com

3 free monitors plus a pagerank check.

tripngroove · on May 11, 2009

If you happen to be using EC2 or Slicehost, cloudkick(.com) has easy, free monitoring.

jemerick · on May 12, 2009

http://aremysitesup.com/

luckyland · on May 11, 2009

slap this on a host external to your monitored infrastructure: http://github.com/dustin/whatsup/tree/master

mvardany · on May 11, 2009

check also http://www.monitis.com which is not free but has very cheap prices for the offered stuff