The short version
Choose Tenium if…
- You look after client sites and want each client to log in and see only their own monitors
- You want a free plan to try the product, and a published price for each size
- You want branded monthly reports per client without building them by hand
- You do not need multi-step transaction checks or real user monitoring
Choose Uptime.com if…
- You need transaction (multi-step) checks or real user monitoring in the same tool
- You need SMS or phone-call alerts
- You want page-speed monitoring alongside uptime
- You want a long-established vendor with 100+ probe servers and 24 months of check history
Switching cost
- We have not tested Uptime.com export files. The importer reads a CSV with name and URL columns, or a plain list of URLs, and shows a preview before anything is created
- Transaction checks, real user monitoring and page-speed tests have no equivalent in Tenium
- Status page addresses on their domain change unless the page is on your own domain
- Alert contacts are not imported: add them again
Price for the same job
100 monitors with checks every minute, 3 people and white-label status pages. Uptime.com publishes a starting price ($9 a month) and a quantity selector, not a price for 100 checks, so we show the starting price and compute no saving. Tenium Starter is the closest plan for the count and the interval. Pages read 2026-11-08. List prices as published; we update when they change.
What the price gap comes to
Uptime.com Website Monitoring (starting price) starts at $9 per month before usage charges, which we cannot compute for you. Tenium Starter is a flat $7, so it sits about 22% below that starting price and the real gap depends on your usage.
| Tenium Starter | Uptime.com Website Monitoring (starting price) | |
|---|---|---|
| Per month | $7 | $9 |
| Source of their number | The same numbers as our pricing page | Starting price only; usage is billed on top |
Uptime.com shows "starting at $9" with a quantity selector. The page does not say how many checks that price includes, so it is a starting point, not a price for your job. Use the selector for your own monitor count and compare that figure with the Tenium one above. Their pages list transaction (multi-step) checks, page-speed monitoring, real user monitoring and SMS and phone alerts, which Tenium does not offer. Tenium adds client workspaces and branded per-client reports. Read 2026-11-08. Prices are the competitor's published list prices in US dollars, next to Tenium prices in US dollars. Nothing is converted.
The job, line by line
| Tenium | Uptime.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Plan needed | Starter | Website Monitoring (quantity-based) |
| Monitors | 100 | Not stated on the pricing page |
| Fastest interval | 1 min | 1 min on the pricing page; "as low as 30 seconds" on the product page |
| Team seats | 2 | Unlimited users (listed) |
| Status pages | 3, custom domain | Custom sub-domain; count not stated |
| White-label status pages | Not on this plan (Pro and above) | Branding removal not stated |
| Client PDF reports | Plain monthly summary email, no branded PDF (Pro) | Scheduled and exportable reports; branding not stated |
| Price per month | $7 | from $9 |
Uptime.com published plans
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Website Monitoring | from $9 / month ($108 a year) | The pricing page shows one plan with a starting price and a quantity selector. Listed: 1-minute checks, unlimited users, 100+ probe servers, status pages with a custom sub-domain, email and SMS alerting, maintenance windows, reports (read 2026-11-08) |
| Higher tiers | Not listed on the page | The FAQ says to select the next pricing tier for more; tier names, check counts and prices are not in the page text we read |
| Custom pricing | On request | For large enterprises; special pricing for non-profits and educational institutions |
Where a cell says "see their pricing page", we do not hold a public figure we can verify, so we do not print one. Spotted something out of date? Tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.
What the same job costs elsewhere
Set your monitors and team size. Tenium is the cheapest paid plan that fits at 1-minute or faster checks; the other tools use the cheapest published plan that covers the same size.
Shown for 100 monitors and 3 people.
| Tool | Their price as published | In US dollars | Tenium against them |
|---|---|---|---|
| UptimeRobot List price Team, from €41 | €41 | ≈ $44 | Tenium about 35% cheaper |
| Better Stack Estimate 2 x $25 monitor blocks + 3 x $34 responders = $152 | $152 | $152 | Tenium about 81% cheaper |
| Pingdom No public price | No verified price | — | — |
| StatusCake List price Superior, $24.49 | $24.49 | $24.49 | Tenium about 18% more expensive |
| Hyperping List price Pro, $74 | $74 | $74 | Tenium about 61% cheaper |
| Uptime.com No public price | No verified price | — | — |
Prices checked 6 November 2026. Euro prices are converted at about 1 € = $1.08; their US dollar list price may differ.
Difference = 1 - Tenium price / their price in US dollars. Within 10% counts as the same.
“List price” is a published monthly price. “Estimate” is our arithmetic on several published prices, not a quote. “Server cost” is hosting only, the software is free.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Tenium | Uptime.com |
|---|---|---|
| HTTP, keyword, ping, port monitors | yes, also on Free | Website, network and port checks are listed |
| Transaction (multi-step) checks | — | yes (no-code transaction checks) |
| Real user monitoring and page speed | — | yes (both listed) |
| Heartbeat (cron) monitoring | Starter and above (20 on Starter) | yes (listed) |
| SSL expiry and domain (WHOIS) checks | Starter and above | yes (both listed) |
| Multi-region confirmation before alert | All 2 regions must agree | "100+ probe servers worldwide" on the pricing page; how a failure is confirmed is not stated |
| Fastest check interval | 30 s (Pro and Agency) | 1 min on the pricing page; "as low as 30 seconds" on the product page |
| Status pages | 1 on Free, 3 on Starter, 10 on Pro, unlimited on Agency | Custom sub-domain and private pages are listed; the count and the plan are not stated |
| White-label status pages | Pro and above | Branding removal is not stated |
| Client workspaces (the client logs in and sees only their monitors) | Agency plan | Sub-accounts are listed; what a client can see is not described |
| Branded monthly PDF reports | Pro: one branded PDF; Agency: one per client, auto-sent | Scheduled and exportable reports are listed; branding is not stated |
| Telegram alerts | Starter and above | Not stated on the pages we read |
| SMS and phone-call alerts | no (Telegram and email only) | yes (listed) |
| Mobile app | no (responsive web) | Native iOS and Android push notifications are mentioned |
| REST API | yes (write access on Pro) | yes (API access is listed) |
| Free plan | yes, 30 monitors | Not mentioned; 30-day money-back guarantee for new users |
Where Uptime.com is better
- Multi-step transaction monitoring and real user monitoring
- Page-speed monitoring
- SMS and phone-call alerts, which Tenium does not have
- Probe network: 100+ probe servers worldwide are listed
- 24 months of check history on the pricing page
- Private status pages for internal audiences
Where Tenium is better
- A free plan with 30 monitors
- Published prices for each size: Starter $7, Pro $29, Agency $59
- Client workspaces with viewer logins and automatic per-client reports on Agency
- White-label status pages included on Pro ($29)
- Telegram alerts from Starter
Moving from Uptime.com
We have not tested Uptime.com export files. Upload a CSV with a name and a URL column (or a plain list of URLs) and Tenium shows a preview before anything is created. Alert contacts, status pages and transaction checks are not imported: add contacts again and recreate pages by hand.
Nothing is deleted at the source, so your old account keeps running until you cancel it.
Start free Import docsA fair look at Uptime.com
Uptime.com is an established monitoring service built around synthetic checks. Its pages list transaction (multi-step) checks, real user monitoring, page-speed monitoring, API and heartbeat checks, SMS and phone alerts, status pages and scheduled reports, and the pricing page mentions 100+ probe servers worldwide. That is a broader product than the one Tenium sells.
It is also a product with a very short public price list. When we read the pricing page on 2026-11-08 it showed one plan, "Website Monitoring", with "starting at $9" a month ($108 a year), a quantity selector and a note that more is available on the next pricing tier. It did not state how many checks the starting price includes and did not name or price the higher tiers. This page therefore does not print a saving: a percentage computed from a starting price would be invented.
What we can and cannot compare
The part we can verify: Uptime.com starts at $9 a month, with one-minute checks, unlimited users and status pages on a custom sub-domain listed. Tenium Starter is $7 flat for 100 monitors with 1 min checks and 2 seats, and Tenium Free is 30 monitors at no cost.
The part we cannot: what Uptime.com charges for 100 or 300 monitors. Set the selector on their page to your monitor count, write the number down, and compare it with the Tenium figure for the same count. The worked lines below show the Tenium side and say plainly where there is no verifiable number on theirs.
- 20 monitors, 3 people: Tenium Pro at $29. For Uptime.com: no public price we can verify for this size, so ask Uptime.com for a quote.
- 100 monitors, 3 people: Tenium Pro at $29. For Uptime.com: no public price we can verify for this size, so ask Uptime.com for a quote.
- 400 monitors, 3 people: Tenium Agency at $59. For Uptime.com: no public price we can verify for this size, so ask Uptime.com for a quote.
What you gain by moving
The reasons are about agency work, not about the first dollar. Pro ($29) includes white-label status pages, custom request headers, escalation and a branded monthly PDF; Agency ($59) adds client workspaces where the client logs in and sees only their own monitors, and an automatic report per client on the 1st. Uptime.com lists sub-accounts, but its pages do not describe a client login view or branded per-client reports. Failures are confirmed by all two regions before an incident opens.
What you lose by moving
Check this list against what you actually use:
- Transaction (multi-step) checks. Tenium checks single URLs, keywords, JSON paths, ports and certificates, not scripted flows through a checkout.
- Real user monitoring and page-speed monitoring. Tenium stores response time for every check but does not run a browser.
- SMS and phone-call alerts. Tenium alerts by email, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Teams and webhooks.
- A native mobile app. Their pages mention iOS and Android push notifications; Tenium has a responsive web app and Telegram.
- Their check history: export what you need before you cancel.
Steps for the switch
For a few dozen checks this takes an hour or two.
- List your checks: copy the URLs, or export them if your plan allows it. We have not tested Uptime.com export files.
- Open Import in Tenium and upload a CSV with name and URL columns, or paste one URL per line. Read the preview before you confirm; transaction checks have no equivalent and should be left out.
- Add your alert contacts again and attach them to the monitors in bulk.
- Recreate the status page, point your own domain at it with a CNAME, and keep the old page running until the new one is live.
- Run both tools for a billing cycle. Cancel Uptime.com after you have seen a real or test outage handled on the Tenium side.
When not to switch
You depend on transaction checks, real user monitoring or SMS and phone alerts, or your clients' contracts name Uptime.com. There is no saving worth losing those for. Also keep what works if the price on their selector for your monitor count is already low and nobody needs client logins or branded reports.
Tenium vs Uptime.com: questions
How much does Uptime.com cost for 100 monitors?
Their pricing page shows "starting at $9" a month and a quantity selector; the text we read on 2026-11-08 does not say how many checks the starting price includes. Set the selector to 100 on their page for the real figure. Tenium Starter is $7 a month for 100 monitors.
Does Uptime.com have a free plan?
The pages we read mention no free plan or trial, only a 30-day money-back guarantee for new users. Tenium Free gives 30 monitors with 5 min checks.
Does Tenium have transaction checks or SMS alerts?
No on both. Tenium checks single URLs, keywords, JSON paths, ports, DNS, certificates and heartbeats, and alerts by email, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Teams and webhooks. If you need scripted flows or phone alerts, stay with a tool that has them.
Can I import my Uptime.com checks?
Upload a CSV with a name and a URL column, or paste a list of URLs; you see a preview before anything is created. We have not tested Uptime.com's own export format, and alert contacts and status pages are not imported.
Try the Tenium side of this table
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Uptime.com is a trademark of its respective owner. Tenium is not affiliated with or endorsed by Uptime.com. Prices and features are from public sources as we last checked (November 2026) and may have changed; please verify on uptime.com.