WatchCat vs UptimeRobot

How WatchCat and UptimeRobot differ in where your data lives, what each plan includes, and status pages.

UptimeRobot is one of the most widely used uptime monitoring tools. It has been around since 2010, has a generous free tier, and covers uptime, heartbeat and SSL monitoring with status pages. It's operated by UptimeRobot s.r.o., a company registered in Slovakia.

The difference for EU teams is infrastructure. UptimeRobot's privacy policy lists US-based providers such as Limestone Networks, Amazon Web Services and DigitalOcean for sending monitoring requests and storing data, and says data may be accessed outside the European Economic Area. WatchCat runs its core monitoring on EU infrastructure.

Data residency

WatchCat UptimeRobot

Company EU EU (Slovakia)

Monitoring and data storage EU infrastructure Providers including Limestone Networks, AWS and DigitalOcean; access from outside the EEA possible

Check locations EU regions North America, Europe, Asia and Australia

DPA All plans Available

Subprocessor list Public Public

Alerts you send to Slack, Discord, Telegram or other providers leave the EU through those providers, with either tool.

Plans and monitoring

WatchCat UptimeRobot

Uptime monitoring Yes Yes

Cron and heartbeat monitoring All plans, with start and end pings Yes

SSL monitoring Included Included

Free plan 5 monitors, 3-minute checks, 7 days of history 50 monitors, 5-minute checks, 3 months of history

Fastest check interval 1 minute (Pro and Team) 30 seconds (Team), 15 seconds (Scale)

Paid plans Pro €19: 50 monitors · Team €49: 200 monitors Solo €10: 10 monitors · Team €41: 100 monitors · Scale €77: 200+ monitors

Team members Unlimited on Pro and Team; Free is one user None on Free and Solo; 3 on Team, 5 on Scale

UptimeRobot prices are monthly billing, before VAT.

Alerts

WatchCat UptimeRobot

Email All plans All plans

Slack and Telegram All plans From Solo

Discord and Google Chat All plans All plans

Webhooks All plans From Team

Status pages

Both tools offer full-featured status pages, and on most points they're close. UptimeRobot is ahead on custom domains and languages; WatchCat includes every status page feature on the free plan apart from white-label and private pages.

WatchCat UptimeRobot

Status pages 1 (Free), 3 (Pro), 10 (Team) 1 (Free), 3 (Solo), 100 (Team), unlimited (Scale)

Logo, colors and fonts Yes Yes

Incident updates and scheduled maintenance Yes Yes

Email subscribers Double opt-in, all plans Yes

Uptime % and response times Yes Yes

Status badge Yes Yes

JSON status endpoint and embeddable widget Yes Not mentioned

Cron monitors on the page Yes Not mentioned

Password-protected pages Pro and Team, plus unlisted links Yes

Remove the vendor's branding Pro and Team From Team

Custom domain Not yet From Solo

Languages English 11 languages

Manage through an API REST API and MCP server API

Customize your status page shows everything a WatchCat status page can do.

When UptimeRobot makes sense

You want to monitor many sites for free — 50 monitors on the free plan
You need checks faster than once a minute
You need checks from outside Europe, such as North America or Asia
Your status page needs a custom domain or a language other than English today
Where monitoring data is hosted isn't a concern for you

When WatchCat makes more sense

Monitoring data should stay on EU infrastructure
Your whole team needs access — members are unlimited on Pro and Team, with no per-seat pricing
You want Slack, Telegram and webhook alerts without upgrading
You want uptime and cron monitors in one incident flow and on one status page
You want an AI agent to set up monitors and status pages through an MCP server

Last checked October 2026 against UptimeRobot's pricing, status page, terms and privacy pages. Plans and features change; check their site for the latest.

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