Updated 25 October 2026 · By the Upcertain team
The short version
- Pick StatusCake if you want page speed tests, domain and blacklist monitoring, server resource monitoring, checks from chosen locations, SMS alerts or a free plan.
- Pick Upcertain if you want 30-second checks with unlimited team members, tunable confirmation before alerts, heartbeat monitoring for scheduled jobs, status pages on your domain and an MCP server.
Side by side
| Upcertain | StatusCake | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry option | Basic: 10 monitors, 60 s | Free: 10 uptime monitors, 5-minute interval |
| Middle plan | Team: 100 monitors, 30 s | Superior: 100 monitors, 1-minute interval, $20.41 a month annually ($24.49 monthly) |
| Larger plan | Business: custom limits | Business: 300 monitors, 30 s, $66.66 a month annually ($79.99 monthly) |
| Team members | Unlimited on Team and Business | Team member accounts on paid plans (1 or 9 by plan) |
| Other checks | Keyword, ping, port, SSL, heartbeat | Page speed, domain, SSL, server monitoring |
| Check locations | One region (Seoul) | Custom test locations, listed in the plan table |
| SMS | No | 75 or 400 free SMS credits a month on paid plans |
| Heartbeat (cron) monitoring | Yes | Not listed on the pricing page |
StatusCake's figures come from its pricing page, read on 25 October 2026.
Where StatusCake does more
StatusCake runs page speed tests, watches domain expiry, DNS records and blacklists, and monitors servers. It lets paid plans choose where tests run from and includes SMS credits. Upcertain does none of these.
Where Upcertain is different
- 30-second checks without a seat cap on Team, with roles for each member.
- [Heartbeat monitors](/features/heartbeat-monitoring) for cron jobs, backups and workers.
- Confirmation checks per monitor, 0 to 5 re-checks 15 to 120 seconds apart.
- Status pages that group simultaneous incidents, show each service's downtime and fold brief outages.
- An MCP server and REST API for AI agents and scripts.
Questions to ask before you switch
- Do you rely on page speed, domain or server monitoring? Upcertain does not run those.
- Who needs a login, and who only needs alerts? Notify-only contacts cover the second group.
- How long do your deploys fail for? That decides your confirmation settings.
Moving from StatusCake
- List your StatusCake monitors: URLs or hosts, intervals and expected status codes.
- Import them with a CSV file or a list of URLs, up to 200 rows at a time (CSV import).
- Add alert channels and send a test to each.
- Rebuild the status page and move your subdomain's CNAME to
pages.upcertain.com(custom domains). - Run both for a week, then switch the old monitors off.
Questions
Is there a free plan?
Upcertain is in early access: billing is not enabled, accounts start on the Basic plan and plans are assigned from the account.
Can Upcertain test page speed?
No. Each check records its response time, but Upcertain does not run page speed or browser tests.
Sources
- StatusCake pricing (read 25 October 2026)