The short version
Both tools cover HTTP, keyword, ping, port and heartbeat monitoring with public status pages. The main differences are how team access is priced, what each free plan includes, and that SutramX paid plans confirm an outage across 3 regions and add escalation and on-call.
Side by side
| SutramX | UptimeRobot | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 50 monitors at 3-minute intervals, free forever, no card | 50 monitors at 5-minute intervals; commercial use allowed source |
| Entry paid price | $12/month incl. taxes (Starter), or ₹599/month incl. GST in India | $9/month (Solo, billed annually) or $10 billed monthly; legacy plans were moved to higher prices in 2025 source |
| Team seats | Unlimited on every plan, including Free and on-call responders | Login seats by plan (3 on Team, 5 on Scale); extra seats cost more source |
| Fastest check interval | 15 seconds (Pro) | 15 seconds (Scale plan) source |
| Status pages | Included on every plan; custom domain on Growth and Pro | Included; custom domain on paid plans source |
| On-call and escalation | Escalation policies on Growth and Pro; on-call schedules on Pro | Basic notification routing; no full on-call scheduling source |
| Billing in India | Rupee pricing through Razorpay, including UPI Autopay; WhatsApp alerts | USD pricing; card or PayPal source |
Why teams switch to SutramX
- Alerts confirmed across regionsSutramX paid plans check from 3 regions and only open an incident when the required number of them agree, which cuts the "it was just one location" false alarms.
- Unlimited seats on every plan, including on-callInvite the whole team, including on Free, without per-seat pricing; escalation policies come with Growth and Pro and on-call schedules with Pro.
- Incident context built inDeployment correlation, SLO tracking and monitor dependencies are part of the paid plans rather than separate products.
When UptimeRobot is the better choice
- A long track recordUptimeRobot has been running since 2010 and has a large community and many third-party integrations.
Moving from UptimeRobot
- In UptimeRobot, copy a read-only API key (Integrations & API → API), or download a CSV export of your monitors.
- Create a free SutramX account, open the import wizard (Settings → Import from another tool) and choose UptimeRobot.
- Paste the key or upload the CSV, check the preview and import. HTTP, keyword, ping, port and heartbeat monitors map directly; with the API key, alert contact emails come across too. Imports follow your plan's monitor limit and fastest interval.
- Connect your chat and webhook alert channels, run both tools side by side for a week, then switch your status page domain.
More detail, including any current switching offer, is on the migration page. To see how SutramX decides a site is down, read how we check, and compare plans on the pricing page.
- 50 monitors at 3-minute intervals, free forever, no card
- Unlimited seats on every plan, including on-call
- Cancel any time and keep the Free plan
Before you switch from UptimeRobot
- Features: Multi-Region Probes, Uptime Monitoring and Why This Alert
- Guides: Uptime Monitoring Services Compared and Reducing False Alerts
- Free tools: Website Uptime Checker
- Integrations: Telegram alerts setup
- Use cases: Monitoring for Developers & Indie Hackers
- Documentation: Migrate (incl. Opsgenie)
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Last reviewed 2 October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.