Freshping Discontinued: Best Alternatives for 2026

Freshping, the free uptime monitoring tool by Freshworks, has been officially discontinued. If you relied on Freshping for website monitoring, you need a new solution. This guide covers the best alternatives and how to migrate.

What Happened to Freshping?

Freshworks quietly discontinued Freshping as part of a broader product consolidation. The company is focusing on its core products — Freshdesk, Freshservice, and Freshsales — and has sunset several smaller tools.

For the many teams and individuals who used Freshping’s generous free tier, this is a significant loss. Freshping offered up to 50 monitors for free with 1-minute check intervals, multi-location monitoring, and public status pages.

What Made Freshping Popular

Before we look at alternatives, it helps to understand why teams chose Freshping:

• Generous free plan: 50 monitors at no cost was hard to beat
• Simple interface: No learning curve, just add a URL and go
• Status pages: Built-in public status pages included free
• Multi-location checks: Monitoring from multiple global regions
• Slack and email alerts: Basic but functional notification options

Any good replacement needs to match these strengths while ideally adding capabilities that Freshping lacked.

Best Freshping Alternatives in 2026

1. StatusApp

StatusApp is a developer-first monitoring platform that matches Freshping’s simplicity while offering significantly more depth.

Free plan includes:

• Up to 5 monitors
• Website, API, SSL, DNS, and Ping monitoring
• Checks from multiple global locations
• Email alerts
• Public status pages

Paid plans (from $15/month) add:

• Up to 100 monitors (Business plan: 500)
• 30-second check intervals
• 10 monitor types including GraphQL, TCP/UDP, Heartbeat, Server, and Domain monitoring
• SMS, Slack, Discord, Telegram, PagerDuty, and webhook alerts
• Advanced analytics with regional performance breakdowns
• 35+ global monitoring locations

Why it works for Freshping refugees: StatusApp prioritizes simplicity and speed of setup, just like Freshping did. You can go from signup to monitoring in under two minutes. The key difference is that when you need more advanced features, they are there.

2. UptimeRobot

UptimeRobot is the closest direct competitor to Freshping in terms of positioning.

Free plan includes:

• 50 monitors
• 5-minute check intervals
• Email alerts
• Basic status pages

Paid plans (from $7/month for Solo):

• 60-second intervals (30-second on Enterprise at $54/month)
• SMS and voice alerts
• DNS, SSL, heartbeat, and keyword monitoring
• Slack, Telegram, and MS Teams integrations

Considerations: UptimeRobot’s free tier is generous, but the 5-minute check intervals mean you could be unaware of downtime for up to 5 minutes. The interface has received updates but remains relatively basic compared to newer platforms.

3. Better Stack (formerly Better Uptime)

Better Stack offers uptime monitoring as part of a broader observability platform.

Free plan includes:

• 10 monitors
• 3-minute check intervals
• Email and Slack alerts

Paid plans (pricing varies by product and tier):

• Faster check intervals
• Incident management
• On-call scheduling

Considerations: Better Stack can be more expensive than simpler alternatives, especially for teams, since some features use per-seat pricing. The platform is feature-rich but may be more than what simple monitoring users need. Check betterstack.com/pricing for current rates.

4. Uptime Kuma (Self-Hosted)

For technical users comfortable with self-hosting, Uptime Kuma is an open-source monitoring tool.

Features:

• Unlimited monitors
• Multiple notification channels
• Status pages
• No recurring cost (beyond hosting)

Considerations: You are responsible for hosting, maintenance, and uptime of the monitoring tool itself. If your server goes down, your monitoring goes down with it. Not suitable for teams that want a managed solution.

Feature Comparison

Feature	Freshping (was)	StatusApp	UptimeRobot	Better Stack
Free monitors	50	5	50	10
Min check interval	1 min	30 sec	5 min (free)	3 min (free)
Monitor types	HTTP, Ping	10 types	HTTP, Ping, Port, DNS, SSL, Heartbeat	HTTP, Ping, and more
Global locations	10	35+	Multiple	Multiple
Status pages	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SMS alerts	No	Yes (paid)	Yes (paid)	Yes (paid)
Analytics	Basic	Advanced	Basic	Basic
API	Limited	Full REST API	Full REST API	Full REST API

How to Migrate from Freshping

Step 1: Export Your Monitor List

Before Freshping fully shuts down (or if you still have access), document all your monitors:

• URL or endpoint for each monitor
• Check interval
• Alert recipients
• Any custom headers or keywords

If you cannot access Freshping anymore, check your email for setup confirmation messages or check your browser bookmarks for monitored URLs.

Step 2: Set Up Your New Platform

Using StatusApp as an example:

1. Sign up at app.statusapp.io
2. Add monitors one by one or use the API for bulk creation:

curl -X POST 'https://api.statusapp.io/v1/monitors' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "type": "website",
    "name": "My Website",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "interval": 60,
    "locations": ["us-east", "eu-west", "ap-southeast"]
  }'

3. Configure alerts: Set up your preferred notification channels
4. Create a status page: If you used Freshping’s status page feature

Step 3: Verify Coverage

After setting up all monitors, wait 24-48 hours and verify:

• All monitors are reporting correctly
• Alert notifications are being received
• No monitored services were missed in the migration

Making the Most of Your New Platform

If you are migrating from Freshping, you were likely using only basic HTTP monitoring. This is a good opportunity to expand your monitoring coverage:

• Add SSL certificate monitoring to catch expiring certificates before they cause browser warnings
• Set up DNS monitoring to detect propagation issues
• Add API endpoint checks for critical backend services
• Configure server monitoring for CPU, memory, and disk usage
• Set up heartbeat monitors for cron jobs and background tasks

StatusApp supports all 10 of these monitor types, so you can consolidate your monitoring into a single platform.

Pricing Comparison for Former Freshping Users

If you were on Freshping’s free plan with 50 monitors, here is what similar coverage costs:

• StatusApp Pro: $15/month for 50 monitors with 30-second checks
• UptimeRobot Solo: $7/month for 50 monitors with 60-second checks
• Better Stack: Varies by plan and tier; check betterstack.com for current pricing

For individuals or small teams, StatusApp’s free plan (5 monitors) covers the essentials, with the option to upgrade when you need more.

The Silver Lining

While losing a free tool is never pleasant, Freshping’s discontinuation is an opportunity to upgrade your monitoring. Freshping lacked advanced monitor types, had limited global coverage, and offered only basic analytics.

Modern monitoring platforms give you significantly more visibility into your infrastructure’s health. Faster check intervals mean faster detection. More monitor types mean broader coverage. Better analytics mean you can proactively identify issues before they cause downtime.

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Competitor pricing and features were accurate at the time of writing (February 2026). We recommend checking their websites for the latest information.

Looking for a simple, powerful replacement for Freshping? Try StatusApp free — set up your first monitor in under a minute.