Getting started

Quick start

Create your account, add the first monitor and receive the first alert in under five minutes.

1. Create an account

Sign up at the app with an email address or a Google account. The Free plan needs no card and includes 50 monitors, 1 region, 1 status page and the HTTP(S), keyword, ping and port monitor types.

2. Add a monitor

Click New monitor, paste a URL and press Create. Defaults are sensible: HTTP GET, 10-second timeout, expected status 2xx or 3xx, all regions your plan allows, interval at the fastest your plan allows.

The first check runs within a few seconds from every region. The monitor page shows the status code, timing breakdown and resolved IP per region.

3. Add an alert contact

Go to Alerts → Contacts and add at least one: email is pre-filled from your account; Telegram takes 30 seconds (open the bot link, press Start, done) and starts on the Starter plan. Discord and Google Chat work on Free, Slack and Teams start on Starter, and webhooks need Pro.

Attach the contact to your monitor, or make it the default so every new monitor uses it.

4. Test the alert

On the monitor page, choose Send test alert. You should receive a message on every attached contact within a few seconds. If you do not, check the contact’s status on the Contacts page.

5. Create a status page

Status pages → New, pick the monitors to show, choose a slug (status.tenium.app/your-slug) or connect a custom domain with a CNAME. Public status pages update automatically when incidents open and close.

Next steps

Monitor types explains every check type.
Alerts and escalation covers routing and on-call style escalation.
Import brings monitors from UptimeRobot, and lists of monitors from other tools as CSV or JSON.

Importing monitors →