Alternatives

Best Gatus alternatives in 2026

Data compiled by Toolradar Updated November 2, 2026 How we rate

Cite this list: Toolradar, best Gatus alternatives 2026, toolradar.com/alternatives/gatus

7 direct alternatives to Gatus, compared on pricing, features, and best-for use cases. Pick the right replacement without the marketing fluff.

Quick answer

Freshping is the top alternative to Gatus on our list, followed by Uptime Kuma and Oh Dear.
4 of the 7 alternatives have a free plan, starting with Freshping.
Highest rated: Freshping, 4.6 out of 5 from 993 ratings, Sep 2026.

Publications that cover the tools tracked here

7 alternatives
4 with a free plan

Freshping
#1 Top pick
Free website uptime monitoring
Starting price
From $11 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026
4.6 /5 on G2 · 993 ratings, Sep 2026
Our take
Best overall
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Uptime Kuma
#2
Self-hosted uptime monitoring with beautiful status pages
Pricing
Free
4.6 /5 on G2 · 348 ratings, Jun 2026
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Oh Dear
#3
Website health monitoring for your entire site, not just the homepage.
Starting price
From $15 /mo
Cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026
4.5 /5 across SourceForge and G2 · 100 ratings, Sep 2026
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Gatus vs 7 alternatives

Gatus and its alternatives compared on starting price (cheapest paid plan, monthly, as of November 2026), free plan and average user rating.
Tool	Starting price (Nov 2026)	Free plan	Rating
Gatus Compared tool	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	n/a
Freshping	Price: $11/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.6 out of 5, from 993 ratings on G2 (993)
Uptime Kuma	Price: Free	Free plan: Yes	4.6 out of 5, from 348 ratings on G2 (348)
Oh Dear	Price: $15/mo	Free plan: No	4.5 out of 5, from 100 ratings across SourceForge and G2 (100)
Uptrends	Price: $46/mo	Free plan: No	4.5 out of 5, from 121 ratings across G2 and Capterra (121)
Pingdom	Price: $10/mo	Free plan: No	3.8 out of 5, from 85 ratings across Capterra and Trustpilot (85)
StatusCake	Price: $20.41/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.8 out of 5, from 15 ratings on G2 (15)
Hyperping	Price: $24/mo	Free plan: Yes	4.5 out of 5, from 5 ratings across Trustpilot and G2 (5)

Why people consider alternatives to Gatus

Gatus is an advanced status page solution designed for developers to monitor the health and availability of their services and applications.

Teams most often switch away when one of these starts to bite:

A feature or quota ceiling that a paid specialist covers and this free tool does not.
Missing integrations with the rest of your stack.
Performance or scale limits as your needs grow.
A specific feature gap you have hit in monitoring.

The 7 alternatives below cover the same core job (monitoring) with different trade-offs.

See full Gatus review Best monitoring tools How we rank

Monitoring leaderboards from Toolradar data

Toolradar ranks Monitoring tools on one measure at a time, only where at least 8 tools have data. As of Nov 2026.

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Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit

Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.

Counted among 72 tools with no stated price unit, verified price.

Lowest entry price, plans with no stated unit, Monitoring tools on Toolradar, as of Nov 2026
#	Tool	Entry plan
1	Coroot	$1/mo, billed monthly
2	LogDNA	$1.50/mo, billed monthly
3	PeakHour 6	$1.67/mo, billed yearly
4	Level	$2/mo, billed monthly
5	exit1.dev	$3/mo, billed monthly

Lowest entry price, per-user plans

Cheapest standard paid plan per month (annual prices divided by 12), read on vendor pages and compared only with tools priced on the same basis.

Counted among 11 tools priced per user, verified price.

Lowest entry price, per-user plans, Monitoring tools on Toolradar, as of Nov 2026
#	Tool	Entry plan
1	traceAI	$4/user/mo, billed monthly
2	VictorOps	$5/user/mo, billed monthly
3	Spiceworks	$6/user/mo, billed monthly
4	Opsgenie	$9.45/user/mo, billed monthly
5	Dash0	$10/user/mo, billed monthly

Most media coverage, last 30 days

Number of distinct articles published in the last 30 days by independent press, blogs and newsletters that mention the tool. A story carried by several outlets counts once; the vendor's own blog, review sites, forums and republishing sites do not count.

Counted among 8 tools mentioned in the last 30 days.

Most media coverage, last 30 days, Monitoring tools on Toolradar, as of Nov 2026
#	Tool	Articles
1	SolarWinds	5 articles
2	Elementary Data	3 articles
2	Monte Carlo	3 articles
4	OpenTelemetry	2 articles
5	Dash0	1 article

A position exists only when at least 8 tools have data for that metric. 83 of 220 Monitoring tools have a verified price; the others publish none we could read (often "contact sales"). Advertising and placement fees are not inputs to any position. Visit counts include visits from every source. How we compute this. Cite this: Toolradar, “Monitoring leaderboards”, Nov 2026. Data licensed CC BY 4.0. All Monitoring statistics.

7 alternatives to Gatus

Ranked by G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editor review, plus how directly they replace Gatus.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best alternative to Gatus?

Based on real-signal scoring (G2 and Capterra ratings, media mentions, and editorial review), the top alternatives to Gatus are Freshping, Uptime Kuma, Oh Dear. Each solves the same core job with different trade-offs on pricing, features, and integrations.

Is there a free alternative to Gatus?

Gatus is already 100% free (no paid upgrade path). Uptime Kuma is another fully free option listed here (Self-hosted uptime monitoring with beautiful status pages). Freemium tools on this list have a free tier plus paid plans; they are not the same as 100% free.

Why do people look for Gatus alternatives?

Common reasons teams switch away from Gatus even though it is free: missing integrations with the rest of their stack, performance or scale limits, or a specific feature gap in monitoring. The alternatives on this page solve the same core problem with a different feature set.

Side-by-side comparisons

In-depth comparison pages for Gatus versus each alternative.

Gatus vs Freshping Gatus vs Uptime Kuma Gatus vs Oh Dear Gatus vs Uptrends Gatus vs Pingdom Gatus vs StatusCake Gatus vs Hyperping

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Top 3 alternatives to Gatus

Freshping

Uptime Kuma

Oh Dear