Introduction
FetchPing is an uptime monitoring service for websites, APIs, servers, and cron jobs. Checks can run as often as every 30 seconds from US East and EU West (Frankfurt), with alerts via email, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Slack, or webhooks. A free plan includes five monitors with no credit card; Pro starts from $9/mo per site meta. Teams should confirm current plan limits on the live pricing page before relying on SSL, heartbeat, or Teams features.
Key Features
- Seven monitor types: HTTP/HTTPS, TCP port, ICMP ping, DNS, SSL certificate, domain expiry, and heartbeat (inbound cron check-ins).
- Fast intervals: Free tier checks every 5 minutes; Pro allows intervals down to 30 seconds per monitor.
- Multi-region checks: Choose region per monitor to distinguish local blips from global outages; double-check confirmation reduces false positives.
- Alert channels: Email, Discord (rich embeds, free tier), Microsoft Teams Adaptive Cards (Pro), Slack webhooks (Pro), and generic JSON webhooks (free).
- Down and recovery alerts: Confirmed failure after a follow-up check; recovery notifications bypass cooldown.
- Ops extras: Public status pages, team accounts, DNS change detection, SSL/domain expiry warnings (Pro), security header scanning (Pro), maintenance windows, and server agents (CPU, memory, disk, processes every 5 minutes).
Use Cases
Solo developers and side projects can monitor a handful of URLs with Discord or webhook alerts without enterprise pricing. Production apps on Pro may need 30-second HTTP checks, heartbeat URLs for backup scripts or cron jobs, and status pages for customers.
DevOps teams can assign shared alert channels across monitors, suppress alerts during deploys with maintenance windows, and watch certificate or domain expiry before HTTPS breaks. Server agents suit bare-metal or VPS hosts where internal resource alerts matter alongside external uptime.
Pricing
Free - $0/mo: 5 monitors, 5-minute interval, 30 days history, 2 status pages, 2 server agents, multi-region checks, email/Discord/webhook alerts, DNS change detection, public status pages, team accounts. Excludes SSL/domain monitoring, heartbeats, Teams, and Slack per plan comparison.
Pro - from $9/mo: 50 monitors, 30-second interval, 120 days history, 20 status pages, 20 server agents, SSL and domain expiry alerts, heartbeat monitors, security header scanning, response assertions, Teams and Slack, plus everything in Free.
Enterprise: Custom limits or SLA-contact via site. Start free with no credit card.
User Experience and Support
Setup: sign in → Monitors → New monitor → pick type, target, interval → first check within about a minute. Alert channels are configured separately and assigned per monitor; default is account email if none assigned.
Support is contact@fetchping.com with FAQ at fetchping.com/faq and contact page guidance (include monitor name, account email for billing, screenshots for bugs). Solo-project messaging aims for replies within a few hours. Status page linked in footer for FetchPing's own uptime.
Technical Details
Double-check logic: a second check ~30 seconds after initial failure before alerting. Heartbeat monitors expose a unique URL your jobs ping; grace period triggers alert if check-ins stop. Webhook payloads include monitor name, target, status, error, and timestamp. DNS monitors snapshot records on each check. Integrations: Discord, Slack, Microsoft Teams via incoming webhooks documented in FAQ.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Generous free tier with Discord, webhooks, status pages, and teams.
- 30-second Pro checks and heartbeats suit production and cron monitoring.
- Multi-region and confirmation reduce alert noise.
- Recovery alerts always fire; cooldown applies to repeated down alerts only.
- Broad monitor types including SSL, domain, DNS, and server agents on paid tier.
Cons
- Key types (SSL, domain, heartbeat, Teams, Slack) gated on Pro.
- Free 5-minute interval may be slow for critical APIs.
- Enterprise pricing not public.
- Support is email-based from a solo operator-48h follow-up suggested if no reply.
FAQ
What is FetchPing?
Uptime monitoring with dashboard history, incidents, and public status pages for sites, APIs, servers, and scheduled jobs.
How often does FetchPing check monitors?
Free: every 5 minutes minimum. Pro: as fast as every 30 seconds, set per monitor.
What alert channels are supported?
Email, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and custom webhooks; assign channels per monitor.
How does FetchPing avoid false positives?
It runs a second check about 30 seconds after a failed check before sending a down alert.
Which regions are available?
US East and EU West (Frankfurt), selectable per monitor.
What are heartbeat monitors?
Your cron or script pings a unique FetchPing URL; if check-ins stop within the grace period, you get alerted (Pro).
Is there a free plan?
Yes-5 monitors, no credit card, with Discord and webhook alerts among included features.
Conclusion
FetchPing at fetchping.com delivers straightforward uptime monitoring from free side-project coverage to Pro-grade 30-second checks, heartbeats, and SSL alerts. It fits builders who want fast Discord notifications today and a clear upgrade path when production demands tighter intervals and richer monitor types.
