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SiteGuardian vs Uptime.com. For the shop that does not need an enterprise platform.
Uptime.com is the enterprise monitor. Root-cause analysis, 80+ integrations, public / private status pages, named tiers from $59 to $249 plus enterprise. SiteGuardian is the smallest paid product that probes and emails. The gap is the size of the team each is built for.
- Enterprise pricing from $59 to $249 a month on Uptime.com. SiteGuardian is $19 / $39 / $299.
- Root-cause analysis and incident timelines. Uptime.com ships them; SiteGuardian deliberately does not.
- 80+ integrations on Uptime.com. SiteGuardian ships one loud email.
- Public / private status page with branded subdomain on Uptime.com paid.
- Per-URL slow threshold on SiteGuardian every plan.
When Uptime.com is the right fit
Uptime.com is the right fit when you want root-cause analysis, 80+ integrations, named tiers, and a status page that ships with the watch.
When SiteGuardian is the right fit
SiteGuardian is the right fit when one inbox, $19 a month, and a flat pricing bill cover the entire reason you bought a monitor.
Feature-by-feature
Where each one differs, side by side.
The rows below are the axes a small shop should care about most when choosing a monitor. Anything outside this list is something most small shops do not use.
| Feature | SiteGuardian | Competitor |
|---|---|---|
| Probe cadence (paid) | Every minute (Pro) | Every 30 seconds (Standard+) |
| Public status page | ||
| Root-cause analysis | ||
| Incident timeline | ||
| 80+ integrations (Slack, PagerDuty, OpsGenie) | ||
| Custom slow threshold per URL | Per check | |
| Pricing model (paid) | $19/mo Starter, $39/mo Pro, $299 once Lifetime | $59/mo Starter to $249/mo Professional |
| Best fit | Small shop | Mid-market / enterprise |
| AI-powered root cause | Not yet available | Not yet available |
Pricing, line by line
Uptime.com’s real public pricing, next to SiteGuardian’s.
Each row is one tier the competitor publishes on their pricing page, plus SiteGuardian Starter / Pro / Lifetime. The verification trail below the table names the source URL and the date we re-checked it.
| Tier | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
SiteGuardianSiteGuardian Starter | $19/month | 1 site, 10 URLs, every-5-min probes |
SiteGuardianSiteGuardian Pro | $39/month | 3 sites, 50 URLs, every-1-min probes |
SiteGuardianSiteGuardian Lifetime | $299 once | 1 site, 50 URLs, every-5-min probes, all future updates included |
CompetitorUptime.com Starter | $59/month | 20 checks, basic status page, 30-second cadence |
CompetitorUptime.com Standard | $129/month | 40 checks, root-cause analysis, public+private status pages |
CompetitorUptime.com Professional | $249/month | 80 checks, 80+ integrations, scheduler, audit logs |
CompetitorUptime.com Enterprise | Contact sales | Custom check count, SSO, dedicated support |
Verification trail
- SiteGuardian — SiteGuardian Starter: https://siteguardian.app/pricingverified 2026-07-17
- SiteGuardian — SiteGuardian Pro: https://siteguardian.app/pricingverified 2026-07-17
- SiteGuardian — SiteGuardian Lifetime: https://siteguardian.app/pricingverified 2026-07-17
- Uptime.com — Uptime.com Starter: https://uptime.com/pricingverified 2026-07-17
- Uptime.com — Uptime.com Standard: https://uptime.com/pricingverified 2026-07-17
- Uptime.com — Uptime.com Professional: https://uptime.com/pricingverified 2026-07-17
- Uptime.com — Uptime.com Enterprise: https://uptime.com/pricingverified 2026-07-17
Honest pros & cons
What each tool genuinely does well — and where it’s rough.
Uptime.com
Pros
- Root-cause analysis shipped on Standard and above.
- 80+ integrations (Slack, PagerDuty, OpsGenie, etc.).
- Public / private status pages with branded subdomains.
- Incident timeline for post-mortems.
Rough edges
- No free tier; lowest paid is $59/month.
- Standard at $129/month and Professional at $249/month are well above SiteGuardian’s $39 Pro.
SiteGuardian
Pros
- Flat $19 / $39 / $299 pricing.
- Per-URL slow thresholds on every plan.
- One loud email per outage, no routing chain.
Rough edges
- No integrations beyond email.
- No root-cause analysis or incident timeline.
- No status page in the base product.
Who it’s for
The two buyer profiles — and which one you are.
Uptime.com is for
A mid-market or enterprise team with a Slack / PagerDuty / OpsGenie pipeline that benefits from root-cause analysis.
SiteGuardian is for
A small SaaS team or solo founder whose signup page outage is the only outage they want to know about.
The verdict
Uptime.com for the enterprise routing surface; SiteGuardian for the small shop.
A mid-market or enterprise team with a Slack / PagerDuty / OpsGenie pipeline that benefits from root-cause analysis.
Frequently asked
The buying-time questions, answered flat.
Frequently asked
Mega comparison
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Fourteen alternatives, side by side in one decision matrix.
Try it
If Uptime.com feels heavier than you need. Try SiteGuardian.
Starter is $19 a month. One site, ten URLs, every-five-minute checks. Pro is $39 a month. Three sites, fifty URLs, every-minute checks. Lifetime is $299 paid once and stays yours with every future update included.
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