StatOps or UptimeRobot: which to choose when you manage client sites?
Last updated: 9 November 2026
UptimeRobot is one of the best-known monitoring tools, and it does well what it was designed for: checking that an address responds. If that is all you need, stay with it.
The difference appears when you manage other people’s sites.
What changes in practice
| UptimeRobot | StatOps | |
|---|---|---|
| Adding sites | One by one, by hand | Automatic discovery from the server |
| Sites grouped by end client | No | Yes, sites and servers grouped by client |
| Report to the client | Depending on the plan | Monthly PDF in your branding, in every plan |
| Servers and containers | No | Yes, through an agent |
Comparison made in early November 2026 from each vendor's public pages. These tools evolve: check with them before deciding.
Site discovery
With a classic tool, every new client site is one more task: open the tool, add the address. When it is forgotten, the site is not monitored. With StatOps, the agent reads the Nginx, Apache, Caddy, Traefik or Docker configuration and finds the domains by itself.
When to stay with UptimeRobot
- You monitor a few sites that are your own.
- A check every five minutes is enough for you.
- You do not send reports to your clients.
When to move to StatOps
- You manage more than ten sites for several clients.
- You want to send a monthly report without doing it by hand.
- You want sites that go live to be monitored without thinking about it.
Try it for 14 days, no credit card. Pricing: from €19 to €99 excl. VAT per month depending on the number of sites.