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24 alternatives to Canary

Get notified when your website goes down.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Canary launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   DownNotifier▲139

   Get an alert when your website is down 🚨

   2016 · downnotifier.com · its alternatives →

2. 2UC
   URL Canary – Get an alert when someone finds your secrets▲273

   2018 · urlcanary.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Tiny Uptime▲6

   Get notified first when your website goes down!

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Canary▲66

   Uptime monitoring for everyone

   2013 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Monitor v2 [Retired]▲129

   Alert your entire team when your site goes offline.

   2015 · brandongreen.co · its alternatives →

6. 6
   StatusOk (Open source)▲134

   Get notified through Slack/email when your website is down

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Down for Everyone or just Me?▲239

   The essential tool for checking if a website is up or not

   2015 · downforeveryoneorjustme.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   WebCheck▲65

   Get notified whenever some of your websites are down

   2020 · webcheck.vercel.app · its alternatives →

9. 9
   UpdateCanary.com▲100

   When a search engine updates, we send an SMS alert

   2023 · updatecanary.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Nodown▲67

    Know when your website goes down, before your customers will

    2022 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Site Alerts▲108

    Instant insights on any website

    2014 · sitealerts.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    DownStatus▲88

    Outages and downtime status reports

    2017 · downstatus.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Uptime Monitor▲76

    Get instant alerts when your website goes down.

    2023 · uptime-monitor.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Thrust Boatswain ▲96

    Make sure you're the first to know when your website breaks

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Website Checker▲110

    Sends you alerts when your website goes down.

    2018 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Canary▲68

    Warn Slack teams against nsfw messages using AI

    2019 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    PHunted▲190

    Be notified if a site you're browsing has been hunted or not

    2014 · phunted.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Monitive▲99

    Get called when your website is down

    2020 · monitive.com · its alternatives →

19. 19UW
    usefulping, will alert you if your webapp is down▲8

    2012 · usefulping.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Canary Tokens▲67

    Deploy tiny traps to detect hackers and breaches

    2015 · canarytokens.org · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Ping My Link▲153

    Get notified when things go wrong

    2024 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    updown.io▲112

    Simple & Inexpensive Website Monitoring.

    2015 · updown.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    When2Leave▲171

    Get an alert when your commute time drops below _____

    2016 · when2leave.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Watcher37▲63

    Get notified when web pages change, encrypted.

    2023 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →