--- title: StatusCake canonical: https://saasranked.com/software/statuscake/ category: Uptime Monitoring Software points: 60 rank: 9 of 10 facts_checked: 2026-10-09 --- # StatusCake Uptime monitor with a free plan of 10 monitors and a $20.41 plan with 100 one-minute checks. 60 points out of 100. #9 of 10 uptime monitoring services. Vendor: StatusCake. Website: https://www.statuscake.com/ - The free plan has 10 uptime monitors checked every 5 minutes [1]. - Superior costs $20.41 a month billed yearly for 100 monitors checked every minute [1]. - Tests run from 43 locations in 30 countries, and Superior can set custom locations [2][6]. - Alerts go by phone, SMS, Slack, Teams, PagerDuty and webhook, among 14 platforms [7]. - Public status pages are a separate product, with plans from $12.46 a month billed yearly [10]. Verdict: StatusCake suits small sites that want fast checks from many places at a low price [1][6]. Superior covers the main check types, heartbeats, SSL expiry alerts and all six alert channels [1][3][5][7]. The catch: status pages are sold separately, Superior lists one team member, and no multi-step checks are listed [1][3][10]. Best for: Small sites that want one-minute checks from many locations at a low price. ## Points | Criterion | Line | Value | Points | Note | |---|---|---|---|---| | Monitoring | Fastest check on the entry plan | 60 | 8/10 | Superior runs uptime tests every 1 minute [1][2]. | | Monitoring | Check types | Ping, TCP port, DNS, Keyword or response check | 8/8 | Test types include ping, TCP and DNS; content match needs any paid account [3][4]. | | Monitoring | Check locations | 43 | 5/5 | Superior can set custom locations among 43 locations in 30 countries [2][6]. | | Monitoring | SSL certificate expiry alerts | Yes | 5/5 | Superior has SSL monitors with expiration alerts [1][2]. | | Monitoring | Cron job (heartbeat) monitoring | Yes | 8/8 | Push monitoring, also called heartbeat monitoring, is included on all free and paid plans [5]. | | Monitoring | Multi-step or browser checks | Not published | 0/5 | Not published on the vendor's page listing its eight uptime test types [3]. | | Alerts and status page | Alert channels | SMS, Phone call, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Webhook, PagerDuty | 12/12 | The integrations page lists Phone Call and SMS, Slack, Teams, Webhook and PagerDuty with no plan limit [7]. | | Alerts and status page | Public status page | Not published | 0/6 | Status pages are separate StatusCake Pages plans; the Superior plan page does not list one [2][10]. | | Alerts and status page | Status page on your own domain | Not published | 0/3 | Not published for Superior on the vendor's pricing page [1]. | | Alerts and status page | On-call schedules or escalation | Not published | 0/4 | Not published on the vendor's pricing page [1]. | | Team and trust | SAML single sign-on | Not published | 0/5 | The Superior page lists Google sign-in only; SAML is not published there [2]. | | Team and trust | SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 | Not published | 0/4 | Not published on the vendor's pricing page [1]. | | Team and trust | Written uptime guarantee | Not published | 0/3 | Service-credited SLAs are listed only for quote-based Enterprise; the terms give no uptime percentage [1][9]. | | Team and trust | Public API | Yes | 3/3 | The API creates, updates and deletes uptime checks; no plan limit is stated [8]. | | Team and trust | Three or more team members | No | 0/3 | The plan table lists 1 team member for Superior and 9 for Business [1]. | | Free plan and price | Monitors on the free plan | 10 | 4/6 | The free plan includes 10 uptime monitors [1]. | | Free plan and price | Entry plan price | $20.41/mo | 4/6 | Superior, $20.41 a month billed yearly, 100 monitors [1]. | | Free plan and price | Price with 50 monitors | $20.41/mo | 3/4 | Superior already includes 100 monitors with 1-minute checks, $20.41 a month billed yearly [1]. | ## Plans | Plan | Price | Per month (USD) | |---|---|---| | Free | Free [1] | $0 | | Superior | $20.41/month, billed yearly [1] | $20.41 | | Business | $66.66/month, billed yearly [1] | $66.66 | | Enterprise | Custom [1] | - | The pricing page shows two figures per plan; the lower one fits annual billing and the higher one monthly billing [1]. StatusCake Pages (status pages) has its own plans [10]. ## Strengths - Superior checks 100 monitors every minute for $20.41 a month billed yearly [1]. - 43 test locations in 30 countries, with custom locations on Superior [2][6]. - Push (heartbeat) monitoring is included with free and paid plans [5]. - Eight test types include ping, TCP, DNS, SMTP and SSH [3]. - A documented API creates, changes and deletes uptime and heartbeat checks [8]. ## Limits - Status pages are sold separately, from $12.46 a month billed yearly [10]. - Superior lists 1 team member; Business lists 9 [1]. - Keyword (content match) checks need a paid plan [4]. - The test types listed include no multi-step or browser check [3]. - Only Google sign-in is listed, not SAML [2]. ## Vendor claims (not scored) - StatusCake says teams with at least one integration recover from downtime 32% faster [7]. ## Sources 1. [Pricing](https://www.statuscake.com/pricing/), StatusCake, accessed 2026-10-09 2. [Superior uptime monitoring plan](https://www.statuscake.com/superior-uptime-monitoring-plan/), StatusCake, accessed 2026-10-09 3. [What is an Uptime Test?](https://www.statuscake.com/kb/knowledge-base/what-is-an-uptime-test/), StatusCake, accessed 2026-10-09 4. [How Does Content Match Work?](https://www.statuscake.com/kb/knowledge-base/how-does-content-match-work/), StatusCake, accessed 2026-10-09 5. [What is Push Monitoring?](https://www.statuscake.com/kb/knowledge-base/what-is-push-monitoring/), StatusCake, accessed 2026-10-09 6. [Global website monitoring locations](https://www.statuscake.com/locations/), StatusCake, accessed 2026-10-09 7. [Integrations](https://www.statuscake.com/integrations/), StatusCake, accessed 2026-10-09 8. [StatusCake API](https://developers.statuscake.com/api/), StatusCake, accessed 2026-10-09 9. [Terms and Conditions](https://www.statuscake.com/terms-and-conditions/), StatusCake, accessed 2026-10-09 10. [StatusCake Pages](https://www.statuscake.com/status-page/), StatusCake, accessed 2026-10-09