--- title: Oh Dear canonical: https://saasranked.com/software/oh-dear/ category: Uptime Monitoring Software points: 68 rank: 4 of 10 facts_checked: 2026-10-09 --- # Oh Dear Website monitoring priced per site, with every feature, unlimited users and status pages on every plan. 68 points out of 100. #4 of 10 uptime monitoring services. Vendor: Oh Dear. Website: https://ohdear.app/ - Every plan has every feature; the price depends only on how many sites and servers you watch [1]. - The 10-site Freelance plan costs $550 a year, about $45.83 a month, and a 50-site plan costs $1,650 a year [1]. - Checks run every minute by default, from 33 servers in 16 cities [2]. - Unlimited users, SAML single sign-on, status pages on your own domain and a full API come with every plan [1][9]. - There is no free plan, only a 10-day trial, and Oh Dear says it holds no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification [1][13]. Verdict: Oh Dear suits agencies and teams with many sites, because every feature, user and status page is included and only the site count sets the price [1]. The catch is cost: 10 sites run about $46 a month, 50 sites about $138, and there is no free plan, SLA or SOC 2 report [1][12][13]. Best for: Agencies and teams that watch many client sites. ## Points | Criterion | Line | Value | Points | Note | |---|---|---|---|---| | Monitoring | Fastest check on the entry plan | 60 | 8/10 | Checks run every minute by default, settable from 1 to 60 minutes; the same on every plan [2][1]. | | Monitoring | Check types | Ping, TCP port, DNS, Keyword or response check | 8/8 | ICMP ping and TCP connect checks exist [6][7]; DNS record monitoring is listed [3]; uptime checks can require a text string [2]. | | Monitoring | Check locations | 16 | 4/5 | The uptime page lists 33 checker servers across 16 cities [2]. | | Monitoring | SSL certificate expiry alerts | Yes | 5/5 | SSL/TLS health check covers certificate expiry; every feature is on every plan [3][1]. | | Monitoring | Cron job (heartbeat) monitoring | Yes | 8/8 | Cron job monitoring alerts when a scheduled task does not report back [3]. | | Monitoring | Multi-step or browser checks | Yes | 5/5 | AI monitoring opens a real browser and fills forms; on every plan. First 5 runs are free, then you add your own AI key [8]. | | Alerts and status page | Alert channels | SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Webhook, PagerDuty | 10/12 | Notification docs list SMS via your own Vonage account, Slack, Teams, webhooks and PagerDuty; phone calls are not listed [4][5]. | | Alerts and status page | Public status page | Yes | 6/6 | Status pages are public by default and on every plan [10]. | | Alerts and status page | Status page on your own domain | Yes | 3/3 | Status pages can use your own domain through a CNAME record, with automatic SSL [1][10]. | | Alerts and status page | On-call schedules or escalation | Not published | 0/4 | Not published on the vendor's notifications page, which points to PagerDuty or Opsgenie for rotations [5]. | | Team and trust | SAML single sign-on | Yes | 5/5 | SAML 2.0 single sign-on is on every plan [9]. | | Team and trust | SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 | No | 0/4 | Oh Dear says it has no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification; those belong to its providers [13]. | | Team and trust | Written uptime guarantee | No | 0/3 | Terms say Oh Dear offers no formal SLA with uptime guarantees or service credits [12]. | | Team and trust | Public API | Yes | 3/3 | The API creates and updates monitors; the pricing page lists the full API on every plan [11][1]. | | Team and trust | Three or more team members | Yes | 3/3 | Unlimited users on every plan [1]. | | Free plan and price | Monitors on the free plan | 0 | 0/6 | No free plan; there is a 10-day free trial [1]. | | Free plan and price | Entry plan price | $45.83/mo | 0/6 | Freelance, 10 sites and servers: $550 a year in the page's dollar list [1]. | | Free plan and price | Price with 50 monitors | $137.50/mo | 0/4 | Agency, 50 sites and servers with 1-minute checks: $1,650 a year [1][2]. | ## Plans | Plan | Price | Per month (USD) | |---|---|---| | Freelance | $550/year [1] | $45.83 | | Studio | $1,090/year [1] | $90.83 | | Agency | $1,650/year [1] | $137.50 | The pricing page shows euros (Freelance €490 a year) and also publishes a US dollar price list in its page data; we use the dollar figures [1]. Annual billing gives 2 months free [1]. ## Strengths - Every feature is on every plan, including SAML SSO and unlimited users [1][9]. - Checks run every minute and a second location confirms each failure before alerts go out [2]. - Status pages on your own domain are included, with automatic SSL [1][10]. - Covers uptime, ping, TCP port, DNS records, SSL and cron monitoring in one plan [3]. - Alerts go to SMS, Slack, Teams, webhooks and PagerDuty, among others [4][5]. ## Limits - There is no free plan; Oh Dear offers a 10-day trial [1]. - Per-site pricing climbs fast: about $46 a month for 10 sites and $138 for 50 [1]. - Oh Dear says it holds no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification [13]. - Terms say Oh Dear offers no formal uptime SLA or service credits [12]. - Oh Dear does not describe on-call schedules or phone-call alerts; it forwards to PagerDuty or Opsgenie [5]. ## Vendor claims (not scored) - Oh Dear says every alert is verified from a second location before it is sent [2]. - Oh Dear says it has never had a reportable security breach [13]. ## Sources 1. [Website Monitoring Pricing & Plans](https://ohdear.app/pricing), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 2. [Website uptime monitoring](https://ohdear.app/features/website-uptime-monitoring), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 3. [What checks does Oh Dear perform](https://ohdear.app/docs/features/what-checks-does-oh-dear-perform), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 4. [Notifications docs](https://ohdear.app/docs/notifications/notifications), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 5. [Notifications](https://ohdear.app/features/notifications), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 6. [Ping monitoring](https://ohdear.app/features/ping-monitoring), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 7. [TCP port monitoring](https://ohdear.app/features/tcp-port-monitoring), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 8. [AI-powered monitoring](https://ohdear.app/features/ai-monitoring), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 9. [Single sign-on](https://ohdear.app/features/single-sign-on), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 10. [Status pages](https://ohdear.app/features/status-pages), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 11. [API introduction](https://ohdear.app/docs/api/introduction), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 12. [Oh Dear terms of service](https://ohdear.app/terms), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09 13. [Oh Dear security](https://ohdear.app/security), Oh Dear, accessed 2026-10-09