# Source: src/lib/business/vs-pages.ts → vsPages[uptime-com]. Keep in sync. # SiteGuardian vs Uptime.com (2026) > SiteGuardian vs Uptime.com. Uptime.com is the enterprise monitor with status pages, root-cause analysis, synthetic transaction monitoring, and 20+ integrations. Uptime.com does not crawl your site for broken links on any tier — broken-link coverage is the SG-killer check it still does not ship. SiteGuardian ships uptime, SSL expiry, broken-link coverage, checkout-failure monitoring, and form-failure monitoring on every paid plan, in one loud email. URL: /vs/uptime-com Canonical page: /vs/uptime-com Site index: /llms.txt Hub of all comparisons: /vs/all Updated: 2026 ## TL;DR - SiteGuardian wins for the one-inbox storefront; Uptime.com wins for the enterprise routing surface. Uptime.com ships public + private status pages with custom sub-domain, root-cause analysis, alerting to Slack / MS Teams / PagerDuty / Opsgenie / webhooks, and 1-minute probe cadence on every tier (Basic Monitoring $9/mo monthly). It does not ship a broken-link crawler on any tier, and the dedicated checkout-path and form-path probes ship only as Synthetic Transactions paid Advanced Checks that require recording a Chromium script. - When Uptime.com: you want a public status page, root-cause analysis, synthetic transaction monitoring, and 20+ integrations. - When SiteGuardian: one inbox, $19 a month, and a flat pricing bill cover the entire reason you bought a monitor — and you want broken-link coverage plus checkout and form checks without recording a script. - The verdict: Uptime.com for the enterprise routing surface; SiteGuardian for the one-inbox storefront. ## Pricing at a glance - SiteGuardian Starter — $19/mo — 1 site, 10 URLs, every-5-min probes. - SiteGuardian Pro — $39/mo — 3 sites, 50 URLs, every-1-min probes. - SiteGuardian Lifetime — $299 once — 1 site, 50 URLs, every-5-min probes, every future update included. - Uptime.com Basic Monitoring — $9/month monthly (~$7/mo annual) — 10 Basic Checks, 1 Advanced Check, 25 SMS alerts, 1-minute cadence, SSL/certificate monitoring. - Uptime.com Status Pages — From $13/month — Public + private status pages, custom sub-domain, password protection, 250 subscribers at tier 1. - Uptime.com Synthetic Transactions — Paid add-on (Advanced Check) — Recorded Chromium-browser checkout + form scripts, screenshot-on-error, root-cause analysis on transactions. - Uptime.com Enterprise — Contact sales — Custom check count, SAML/SSO, dedicated support, custom data residency. ## How they differ - Probe cadence (paid) — SiteGuardian: Every minute; Uptime.com: Every minute (every tier). - Probe cadence (free tier) — SiteGuardian: not available; Uptime.com: No free tier. - Alert destination — SiteGuardian: One inbox; Uptime.com: Email, SMS, Slack, MS Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Discord, webhooks. - Public status page — SiteGuardian: not available; Uptime.com: included. - Custom slow threshold per URL — SiteGuardian: On every plan; Uptime.com: Per check. - Free tier — SiteGuardian: not available; Uptime.com: No free tier (Basic from $9/mo). - Pricing model (paid) — SiteGuardian: $19/mo Starter, $39/mo Pro, $299 once Lifetime; Uptime.com: $9/mo Basic Monitoring + $13/mo Status Pages + Synthetic add-on. - SSL expiry alerts — SiteGuardian: included; Uptime.com: On Basic Monitoring (every tier). - Broken-link coverage — SiteGuardian: Watches your configured URL list; Uptime.com: not available. - Checkout-failure monitoring — SiteGuardian: included; Uptime.com: Via Synthetic Transactions (paid add-on). - Form-failure monitoring — SiteGuardian: included; Uptime.com: Via Synthetic Transactions (paid add-on). ## When each is the right fit - SiteGuardian — A one-founder Shopify, WordPress, Squarespace, or Wix shop that wants uptime, broken-link coverage, checkout-failure monitoring, form-failure monitoring, and SSL expiry in one loud email without instrumenting the storefront or recording a transaction script. - Uptime.com — A mid-market or enterprise team that wants a public status page, root-cause analysis, and a routing surface that fires into Slack / MS Teams / PagerDuty / Opsgenie, and is willing to stack modules to get there. ## The verdict - Uptime.com for the enterprise routing surface; SiteGuardian for the one-inbox storefront. - Pick SiteGuardian if: A one-founder Shopify, WordPress, Squarespace, or Wix shop that wants uptime, broken-link coverage, checkout-failure monitoring, form-failure monitoring, and SSL expiry in one loud email without recording a transaction script or stacking modules. - Pick Uptime.com if: A mid-market or enterprise team that wants a public status page, root-cause analysis, and a routing surface that fires into Slack / MS Teams / PagerDuty / Opsgenie, and is willing to stack modules and pay for Synthetic Transactions as an add-on. ## Buying-time FAQ - Q: Does SiteGuardian replace Uptime.com for a small shop? A: For a one-shop operation whose requirement is "tell me the minute my home page stops, my SSL is about to expire, or my checkout returns 5xx," yes — and SiteGuardian ships it from the first URL in one loud email. Uptime.com now starts at $9/mo for Basic Monitoring, but the moment you want status pages ($13/mo), Synthetic Transactions for checkout + form simulation (paid add-on), or root-cause analysis you are stacking modules and inbox noise. - Q: Does Uptime.com have a free tier? A: No. Uptime.com Basic Website Monitoring is $9/mo monthly or $84/yr annual (about $7/mo annualized). Uptime.com also offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, but there is no permanently free monitoring tier as of August 2026. - Q: Is SiteGuardian cheaper than Uptime.com? A: At the entry point, no — Uptime.com Basic Monitoring at $9/mo is cheaper than SiteGuardian Starter at $19/mo. Once you stack the modules Uptime.com is modular on, it is not. Status Pages start at $13/mo. Synthetic Transactions for checkout and form simulation is a paid Advanced Check add-on. - Q: Can I run Uptime.com and SiteGuardian together? A: Yes. Each ships one email per outage to its own inbox. Most teams do this for a fortnight, then pick one based on which email they actually open. A common pairing is Uptime.com for the public status page and SiteGuardian for the loud inbox that catches broken-link, checkout, form, and SSL signals in one message. - Q: Does SiteGuardian integrate with Uptime.com? A: Not directly. SiteGuardian ships one loud email and stops. Uptime.com ships Slack, MS Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Discord, webhooks, Zapier, and others. If a routing surface is a buying-time requirement, Uptime.com is the right pick. - Q: Which is the right fit for a SaaS signup page? A: SiteGuardian. A SaaS signup page that returns 500 right before a ProductHunt launch needs one loud email the minute it stops, plus the broken-link and SSL signal in the same inbox. - Q: Does SiteGuardian monitor SSL expiry like Uptime.com's Basic Monitoring? A: Yes — and they are at parity here as of August 2026. Uptime.com ships SSL/certificate expiry alerts on Basic Monitoring at every tier. SiteGuardian also ships SSL expiry monitoring on every paid plan, included — no add-on. - Q: Does SiteGuardian crawl my site for broken links like Oh Dear? A: Partially, and Uptime.com does not crawl at all. SiteGuardian watches the URL list you configured during setup and re-probes it for broken links on the same cadence. Oh Dear ships a deeper crawler that follows links off the list. - Q: Can SiteGuardian tell me when my checkout breaks? A: Yes — and without recording a transaction script. Configure your checkout URL on SiteGuardian and a separate probe runs against it on the same cadence as your uptime checks. ## Freshness - Pricing and features last checked July 2026. Competitor offerings may change. ## Related reads - /vs/all — every comparison in one matrix. - /vs/sentry — SiteGuardian vs Sentry. - /vs/uptime-robot — SiteGuardian vs UptimeRobot. - /tools/ssl-checker — Free SSL checker. - /tools/uptime-check — Free uptime check. - /tools/page-speed — Free page speed test. - /tools/broken-links — Free broken link scanner. - /broken-link-monitor — Broken link monitor. - /ssl-expiry-monitor — SSL expiry monitor. - /checkout-failure-monitoring — Checkout failure monitoring. - /form-failure-monitoring — Form failure monitoring. - /online-store-uptime — Online store uptime. - /pricing — See plans & pricing.