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Healthchecks.io
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Where it stands
4.0 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health5 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Facts stated3.4 / 5 · weight 30%
How many of the five facts the tool's own pages state
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Healthchecks.io yet. Facts checked 2026-11-01. How tests work
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Should you use Healthchecks.io?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-01.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “Hobbyist plan, $0 per month: 20 jobs to monitor, 100 log entries per job.”
Check first
- The free option has limits: “Hobbyist plan, $0 per month: 20 jobs to monitor, 100 log entries per job.”
- Its pages do not state: signup, watermark. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: Uptime monitoring
Measured signals
5 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Healthchecks.io's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 118 ms.
- Security5 / 54 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy, x-frame-options).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
Not enough discussion yet: 6 classified comments from 2 threads. We need at least 12 from 2 threads.
- Positive
“I've seen very few (I think 1 or 2) instances of somebody attempting a commercial product based on Healthchecks open-source code. I think that's because it's just a lot of work to run the service professionally, and then…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“Hardware redundancy aside (and the good cost efficiency at Hetzner), reading the title, I'm getting the impression, the bus factor at healthchecks.io seems to be 1. If I'd run a one man show type of business, I'd love to…”
Read in the thread
Threads: What One-person SaaS Healthchecks.io uses for hosting, hardware and software (2022, 175 comments) · Healthchecks.io now uses self-hosted object storage (2026, 79 comments)
- Free tier
- Hobbyist plan, $0 per month: 20 jobs to monitor, 100 log entries per job.
- Paid plan
- Billed monthly: Supporter $5, Business $20 (100 jobs), Business Plus $80 (1,000 jobs). Annual billing saves 20%: Business $192 per year, Business Plus $768 per year.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- Privacy policy says Hetzner hosts the service and stores data; AWS stores encrypted database backups. Backups are kept up to 2 months. Inactive accounts (over a year) are closed automatically after a notice. Users can usually delete data via account settings.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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Tasks and scores
- Uptime monitoringNot tested yet
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