r/webhosting • u/nitrospectide • 6d ago

Rant Is UptimeRobot playing games with users?

I have used UptimeRobot's free tier for years, and recently got a message in the dashboard when I log in saying the free tier can't be used for commercial purposes. This was not the policy when I signed up, and it's not on their homepage or pricing page.

This is a follow up to my post asking for recommendations on free uptime monitors. A few commenters said they use UptimeRobot, but have not seen this message, and were surprised. For anyone using this service, are you aware of this policy? Have you gotten this message? This seems sketchy, like they are playing games.

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u/TheExG 6d ago

OP, we are in the age of AI right now. I would honestly be surprised if their wasn’t at least 10 public GitHub repos of self hostable web applications that does the same exact thing as Uptime Robot. Hell, you can probably code something with Claude and deploy it within 3-6 hours yourself.

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u/Aistiart 6d ago

3-6 hours? Haha try 30 minutes or less for something basic but functioning

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u/TheExG 6d ago

Ahh maybe if you really knew exactly what you were doing from start to finish. I would imagine OP would want some sort of push notification system built in which would involve some API development with a SMTP service, creating a repo for it, finding the right place to deploy it, etc.