UptimeWire vs StatusCake

UptimeWire and StatusCake both watch a website from the outside and tell you when something is wrong. They package the work differently. StatusCake sells several kinds of monitor, each with its own allowance. UptimeWire sells websites, and every website gets the same four checks.

This page compares how the two are built, what the intervals are, and how the plans are priced. It is written by UptimeWire, so read it with that in mind. Where StatusCake does more, we say so.

Quick comparison

The main difference: what a plan counts

StatusCake divides a plan into allowances. Its pricing page lists, for each plan, how many uptime monitors, page speed monitors, domain monitors, SSL monitors, and server monitors you get, and how often each kind of check runs. SSL and domain monitors have their own quotas. They do not use up your uptime monitors.

On the paid plans we read on 2026-11-03:

UptimeWire counts one thing. A website is one exact address, such as https://example.com/, and a different subdomain or path counts as another website. Each website gets four checks:

1. Uptime: an HTTP request to the address on a schedule.
2. SSL certificate: whether the certificate is valid and when it expires, for https addresses.
3. Domain expiration: when the domain registration ends, where the registry publishes it.
4. DNS resolution: whether the name resolves to a public address.

You do not choose the checks or add other kinds. See what the checks do.

What this means in practice: with StatusCake you decide how many of each check you need and may leave some unused. With UptimeWire the count of websites is the whole decision, and the four checks come with it.

Intervals and detection

A shorter interval finds a problem sooner. It does not promise an alert within that time.

• UptimeWire: uptime checks every 5 minutes on Free, 3 on Starter, and 1 on Business and Agency. An incident opens after three failed checks in a row, 20 seconds apart.
• StatusCake: 1 minute on Superior and 30 seconds on Business. Its API accepts check rates from 30 seconds to a day. It uses confirmation servers: the number of other servers that must agree before an alert (0 to 3, default 2). Its documentation also describes an alert delay, 5 minutes by default, and says alert speed is the check rate plus the delay plus the confirmation time.

Certificates and domains run on their own schedule at both. UptimeWire checks certificates about every 6 hours, domains about once a day, and DNS about once an hour. StatusCake lists certificate checks every 30 minutes on Superior and every 10 minutes on Business. If you want a certificate problem noticed quickly after a change, such as a failed renewal, StatusCake checks more often. For an expiry warning that comes weeks ahead, the difference rarely matters.

The warning period at UptimeWire is set per website for the certificate (1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 30, or 60 days, default 30). Domain expiration has its own period. See how to prevent SSL certificate expiration.

DNS and other check types

UptimeWire's DNS check asks whether the name resolves to a public address. StatusCake has a DNS test type that checks that a host resolves to the expected IP, and lets you use a DNS server of your choice.

StatusCake offers test types UptimeWire does not: TCP, SMTP, SSH, ping, and push (a signal your own job sends). It also has page speed monitors and server monitors. If you need to watch a mail server, an SSH port, or how fast a page loads, UptimeWire is not enough.

Alerts

StatusCake's pricing page lists email and 15+ integrations. SMS uses credits, one per message, and you can buy more. We did not find which integration needs which plan, or the price of an SMS credit, so we do not compare channel by plan.

UptimeWire sends email and Telegram on every plan. Webhook and Discord start on Starter. Slack and Microsoft Teams start on Business. Email and Telegram carry outage, recovery, certificate, domain, and DNS alerts. The other channels carry outage and recovery only. SMS and push are not available yet.

Status pages

StatusCake's status pages are a separate product with their own plans, priced from €11.63 a month for one page with 300 subscribers, up to larger plans for more pages and subscribers. They support private pages and removal of StatusCake branding.

UptimeWire includes status pages in its paid plans: 2 on Starter, 5 on Business, and 25 on Agency. A custom domain and logo start on Business. It does not send updates to subscribers and does not support incident posts. If subscribers matter to you, StatusCake's status pages do more.

Pricing

UptimeWire, in US dollars: Free, $0 for 1 website. Starter, $19 a month or $190 a year for 10 websites. Business, $49 or $490 for 25. Agency, $99 or $990 for 100. Every website on every plan gets all four checks. See the pricing page.

StatusCake, in euros as shown on its page on 2026-11-03. We saw no way to switch the currency on that page:

• Free: €0.
• Superior: €19.99 a month, or €16.66 a month when billed yearly (€199.92 a year).
• Business: €69.99 a month, or €58.33 a month when billed yearly (€699.96 a year).
• Enterprise: custom.
• A 7-day trial is listed.

A free plan exists. Our two readings of its limits disagreed, so we do not quote them. Check its pricing table.

We do not name a cheaper option. StatusCake's Superior plan allows 100 uptime monitors, while UptimeWire's Agency plan allows 100 websites with four checks each. Whether those are comparable depends on whether you would use the other allowances, and on how many websites your checks cover. Count what you need in each service before you compare.

When UptimeWire is a good fit

• You manage a handful of websites and want the certificate, domain, and DNS checks on every one without managing allowances.
• You want to know the cost from the number of websites alone.
• You want one status page allowance included in the plan instead of a separate product.
• You want a small tool with few choices to make.

When StatusCake may be the better fit

• You need checks as often as every 30 seconds.
• You need test types beyond a website: TCP, SMTP, SSH, ping, or push.
• You want page speed monitoring or server monitoring in the same tool.
• You want certificate checks every 10 or 30 minutes.
• You want status pages with subscribers, or a public API and Terraform.

Final assessment

Neither service is better for everyone.

Choose StatusCake if you want a wider toolbox and the freedom to size each kind of check on its own.

Choose UptimeWire if you want a simple count of websites, with uptime, certificate, domain, and DNS checks on each, and you accept a narrower product.

Both are worth a trial on a real website before you decide.

Frequently asked questions

Does one StatusCake monitor equal one UptimeWire website?

No. A StatusCake monitor is one check of one kind. An UptimeWire website is one address with four checks.

Do SSL and domain checks use up my StatusCake uptime monitors?

No. According to its pricing page, they have their own allowances.

Is UptimeWire cheaper than StatusCake?

We cannot say for every case. The plans are built from different units and sold in different currencies. Count what you need in each service.

Can I use both?

Yes. Nothing stops you from monitoring the same website in both and comparing what each reports.