Uptime Robot
Pending verificationFree website uptime monitoring with 5-minute intervals — a Bulgarian alternative to PagerDuty.
Overview
Uptime Robot is a Sofia, Bulgaria-based European company building developer tools and monitoring software since 2010. As an EU-headquartered provider, Uptime Robot likely operates under GDPR, though EU Alts has not yet independently verified its ownership and hosting facts, so its exposure to the US CLOUD Act isn't confirmed yet — see the Details section below for what's known so far.
Why European teams pick Uptime Robot
Teams in Europe consider Uptime Robot when they want a developer tools provider that bills in EUR and keeps customer data under Bulgaria law, operating since 2010. Its EU headquarters is a good sign compared with GitHub, Atlassian, and JetBrains's US-distributed peers, but EU Alts hasn't yet verified Uptime Robot's ownership and hosting facts — check back once verification is complete.
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About
Uptime Robot monitors website and API uptime every 5 minutes from 12 global locations, alerting teams by email, SMS, Slack, or webhook when a site goes down. It provides a generous free tier monitoring up to 50 monitors at 5-minute intervals and processes EU customer data under GDPR with a DPA available. Uptime Robot is one of the most widely used uptime monitoring tools in the world and is particularly popular among European startups, agencies, and freelancers for basic uptime monitoring at no cost.
Details
- Founded
- 2010
- Headquarters
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Ownership
- Owned by Itrinity (itrinity s.r.o.) (Central Europe (unconfirmed — parent registered as "itrinity, s.r.o.", a legal form used in Slovakia/Czech Republic, not Bulgaria))
- Company size
- 11–50 employees
Categories
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Frequently asked questions
What is Uptime Robot?
Uptime Robot monitors website and API uptime every 5 minutes from 12 global locations, alerting teams by email, SMS, Slack, or webhook when a site goes down. It provides a generous free tier monitoring up to 50 monitors at 5-minute intervals and processes EU customer data under GDPR with a DPA available. Uptime Robot is one of the most widely used uptime monitoring tools in the world and is particularly popular among European startups, agencies, and freelancers for basic uptime monitoring at no cost.
What does Uptime Robot do?
Uptime Robot is free website uptime monitoring with 5-minute intervals — a bulgarian alternative to pagerduty. It is listed under developer tools and monitoring on EU Alts because its core functionality serves teams looking for a European developer tools tool with EU data residency, typically as a switch away from GitHub, Atlassian, and JetBrains's US-distributed peers.
Is Uptime Robot a good European developer tools alternative?
Uptime Robot is a fit for European businesses evaluating developer tools options where data residency and GDPR alignment matter — typical buyers include EU-based SaaS teams, public-sector projects, regulated industries (healthcare, finance, legal), and any organisation that needs to demonstrate that customer data does not leave the EU. It also overlaps with monitoring use cases.
Is Uptime Robot GDPR compliant?
Uptime Robot is headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria and falls under EU jurisdiction, so it likely processes user data under the GDPR by default. EU Alts has not yet independently verified Uptime Robot's ownership structure or hosting location, so we can't yet confirm its exposure to the US CLOUD Act the way we can for verified entries.
How do teams switch from GitHub to Uptime Robot?
Most teams considering a move from GitHub, Atlassian, and JetBrains's US-distributed peers to Uptime Robot are drawn to its EU headquarters and developer tools workflow fit. EU Alts hasn't yet verified Uptime Robot's ownership and hosting facts, so treat any CLOUD Act or Schrems II conclusions as provisional until verification is complete. Plan a migration in stages regardless: export your data from the US incumbent, pilot Uptime Robot with a small team, then move the rest once integration coverage is confirmed.
Where is Uptime Robot based?
Uptime Robot is headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria. The company was founded in 2010. Its main website is https://uptimerobot.com.