updown.io
French pay-per-check website monitoring with hosted status pages, built and run by one developer
Quick Overview
| Company | Adrien Rey-Jarthon (EI) |
|---|---|
| Category | Status Page and Uptime Monitoring Software |
| Headquarters | St-Jean-de-Gonville, France |
| Founded | 2012 |
| EU Presence | Yes - France (EU) |
| Data Location | OVH (France) and Hetzner (Germany) among sub-processors; DigitalOcean (US) also listed |
| Open Source | No |
| GDPR Compliant | Yes |
| Self-Hosting | No |
| Main Features | HTTP(S), TCP(S) and ICMP checks, pulse and cron monitoring, TLS and SSL tests, domain expiry alerts, text search, double-check from two locations, hosted status pages, REST API and webhooks |
| Pricing | Pay-as-you-go credit packs from €5; for example 10 websites every 2 minutes from €1.83/month; 100,000 free credits to try |
| Best For | Small projects and agencies that want cheap, frequent checks and a simple hosted status page |
| Replaces | Atlassian Statuspage, Pingdom, UptimeRobot |
Detailed Review
updown.io is built, according to its about page, by one person, and the terms of service name Adrien Rey-Jarthon (EI), an individual-entrepreneur business in the Ain department of France. It is a monitoring service first, with hosted status pages as one of the listed features.
Instead of monthly plans it uses credits, where one credit is one check, so you pay for what you use.
Credits instead of plans
The pricing section states that 1 credit equals 1 check and gives an example of 10 websites checked every 2 minutes from €1.83 per month. Packs start at €5 and there is no commitment. Payment by card, PayPal, SEPA transfer and cryptocurrency is listed.
SMS alerts cost 7,500 credits (about €0.10) per message.
Checks and frequency
Check frequency is set between 15 seconds and 1 hour, with HTTP(S), TCP(S) and ICMP checks, a pulse mode for cron jobs, TLS certificate tests, domain expiry alerts and text search. Downtimes are confirmed from at least two locations before an alert.
The monitoring nodes are listed publicly, in France, Germany, Finland, the US, Canada and South Africa among others.
Status pages and data handling
Hosted status pages show single-site and multi-site availability and performance. The privacy policy lists OVH in France and Hetzner in Germany, plus US providers under DPF or SCCs, as sub-processors, and the DPA applies automatically to every account.
Limitations to Consider
updown.io is a one-person business, so there is no team support structure, and the legal entity is a sole proprietorship rather than a company. The status page is described as availability and performance reports, with no subscriber management or incident-update workflow on the feature list, so StatusPal or Sorry suit customer-facing communication better. Some sub-processors are in the US, and one monitoring node is in South Africa.
Who Should Use updown.io
Individual developers, small agencies and side projects that want low-cost frequent checks and an uncomplicated status page without a subscription.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- No subscription, pay per check
- Checks as often as every 15 seconds
- Hosted status pages included
- DPA applies automatically to every account
- Public list of monitoring nodes
Cons
- Run by one person
- Status pages are reports, not an incident workflow
- Some US sub-processors
- Credit packs need top-ups
Alternatives to updown.io
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Sorry
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Frequently Asked Questions
The terms of service name Adrien Rey-Jarthon (EI) in France, and the about page says the product is built by one person.
It sells credit packs where one credit is one check, with no subscription.
Yes, hosted status pages with availability and performance reports are listed among its features.