Most free monitoring plans give you uptime checks and stop there. StatusCake's gives you ten uptime monitors plus one each of page speed, server, domain and SSL — which means you can watch a certificate and a domain renewal without paying anything. That mix, and the sub-accounts on its Business tier, are what make it the tool agencies keep coming back to.
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Is StatusCake worth it?
Yes, particularly for agencies. The Superior tier at $20.41 a month gives 100 monitors at one-minute intervals with 50 SSL and 50 domain monitors alongside, which is a lot of coverage for the money. Business at $66.66 adds sub-accounts, and if you manage sites for clients that single feature often justifies the jump on its own. The main frustration is that the interface has aged.
StatusCake is a monitoring platform covering uptime, page speed, server health, domain expiry and SSL certificates. Its distinguishing trait is that all five are treated as first-class monitor types with their own allowances, rather than uptime being the product and the rest being extras.
The free plan reflects that: ten uptime monitors at five-minute intervals, plus one each of page speed, server, domain and SSL. Being able to watch a certificate on a free plan is unusual.
For anyone managing sites on behalf of others, the Business tier adds sub-accounts and audit logs, which is the structural feature agencies need and most competitors reserve for enterprise pricing or omit entirely.
Five monitor types, generous allowances, and structure for agencies.
10 uptime monitors at five minutes, plus one each of page speed, server, domain and SSL. Most free tiers give uptime only.
50 of each on Superior and 100 SSL with 120 domain on Business — enough to cover a real portfolio.
Separate client accounts under one subscription, which is exactly how an agency needs to organise work.
Faster checks arrive at a lower price point than most competitors ask for them.
CPU, memory and disk through an agent, so the host itself is covered alongside the site.
Performance tracking included as its own monitor type rather than sold separately.
A free tier worth using, then two paid tiers that each make sense for a different buyer.
| Plan | Price/mo | Monitors | Interval and extras |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 10 uptime | 5-minute checks, plus 1 each page speed, server, domain, SSL |
| Superior | $20.41 | 100 | 1-minute checks, 50 SSL, 50 domain |
| Business | $66.66 | 300 | 30-second checks, 100 SSL, 120 domain, status page, audit logs, sub-accounts |
| Custom | Quote | Unlimited | Dedicated locations and SLAs |
Monitoring vendors change plan limits and prices frequently and without announcement. Every figure here carries a "verify on their site" caveat and you should take it seriously before making a decision on cost.
StatusCake beats us in two concrete places. They have a free plan and we no longer do, and theirs includes an SSL and a domain monitor — so for a single site on no budget, they cover ground we ask $5 for. They also do server monitoring through an agent, which we do not offer at all; we only ever look at things from the outside.
On paid tiers the comparison is closer than it looks. Superior is $20.41 for 100 monitors; our Pro is $34 for 100 and our Growth is $19 for 50. Where we differ is what a monitor can be: ours includes page content change detection and cron heartbeats, neither of which StatusCake offers, so a single allowance covers more kinds of question.
Their sub-accounts are the honest gap for agency work. We have team members, not client sub-accounts, and for someone managing twenty client sites that structural difference matters more than a price comparison.
The honest split: agencies with client separation and server metrics — theirs. Content changes and heartbeats alongside uptime and certificates on one allowance — ours.
Every recorded change is compared word by word and kept with a before-and-after image. This is the real output, shown with worked example data.
Price fell from $49 to $39, and an annual discount was added.
The item is available again and the basket button returned.
A new subprocessor was added in another jurisdiction.
The free plan sends to one email address. Every paid plan adds the chat and webhook channels below, with 2 to 10 destinations depending on the plan. However many alerts you receive, the price does not change — nothing here is metered or charged per alert.
There are no voice calls and no SMS. If a phone call at 3am is a hard requirement, say so before you subscribe — we would rather tell you now than refund you later.
Yes. The free plan covers 10 uptime monitors at five-minute intervals plus one each of page speed, server, domain and SSL monitor. That mix is unusually generous for a free tier.
Superior is $20.41 a month for 100 monitors at one-minute checks with 50 SSL and 50 domain monitors. Business is $66.66 for 300 monitors at 30-second checks with 100 SSL, 120 domain, a status page, audit logs and sub-accounts. Custom plans are quoted.
Yes, as a dedicated monitor type with its own allowance — one on free, 50 on Superior and 100 on Business. SSL tests run at ten-minute intervals.
Separate client accounts under one subscription, available on the Business tier. For agencies this is the feature that makes client work manageable, and most competitors do not offer it below enterprise pricing.
Yes, through an agent that reports CPU, memory and disk. That is different from external checks and covers the host rather than the site.
No. It can check for a keyword, but it does not diff page content and report what changed.
For one small site, plausibly — ten uptime monitors plus a certificate and a domain covers the basics. For anything with client work or multiple sites you will reach Superior quickly.
They have a free plan, server monitoring and agency sub-accounts, and we have none of those. We have page content change detection and cron heartbeats drawing from the same monitor allowance, which they do not offer.
Last updated May 2026 · Written by Amit Gupta, founder of MonitoringDaddy
StatusCake has a free plan and agency sub-accounts. We have content change detection and heartbeats. Different tools.