Gatus vs UptimeRobot
Thinking of swapping UptimeRobot for the open-source Gatus? Here’s the honest trade-off.
11k Go Apache-2.0 26 days ago
What you give up vs UptimeRobot
- Configuration is YAML-only; no UI to add/edit monitors (less friendly than UptimeRobot's dashboard)
- Status pages are basic compared to Statuspage.io (no incident timeline workflow, subscriber management, or component grouping UX)
- No built-in multi-region probing without running multiple instances
- Limited historical analytics / long-term reporting
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host Gatus on your own infrastructure.
- • No per-seat SaaS bill (UptimeRobot: monitor and interval limits).
- • Open-source code you can audit and extend (Apache-2.0).