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Upclock vs Hyperping
A respected indie tool, around since 2017 and noticeably more expensive.
hyperping.comIs Upclock a good Hyperping alternative?
Hyperping is a serious product. Léo Baeckert has run it since 2017. The UI is clean, the feature set is mature, and its revenue is public. The entry paid tier is $24/mo annual for 50 monitors at 30s intervals. The next tier up is $74/mo annual for 100 monitors. On-call rotations, escalation policies, and Playwright browser checks are strengths. The price per monitor at every tier, though, is roughly 3× Upclock's.
Quick verdict
PICK UPCLOCK
Hyperping is the indie veteran. Upclock is the cheaper one with faster checks, a real-time dashboard, and a free tier you can use.
PICK HYPERPING
If you need Playwright browser checks for multi-step user flows, on-call rotations with phone-call escalation, multi-language status pages, or want the older, more finished product, Hyperping is the right fit.
Pricing, head to head
Free (20 monitors @ 5min), Essentials $29/mo ($24 annual, 50 monitors @ 30s), Pro $89/mo ($74 annual, 100 monitors @ 30s), Business $299/mo ($249 annual, 1000 monitors @ 20s).
Same monitors, same interval, 3× cheaper
2× the monitors at 3× the cadence, ~1/3 the price
Hyperping minimum is 20s on Business ($249/mo)
Hyperping has more free monitors. Upclock checks 5× faster.
Feature matrix
- HTTP / HTTPS
- TCP / SSL / DNS
- ICMP / SSH / SMTPUpclock: ICMP yes, SSH/SMTP no
- Heartbeat / cron monitoringshared monitor quotaseparate quota
- Playwright browser checks
- Min check interval20s (Business only)10s (Pro)
- On-call rotations + escalation
- Phone-call alertsPro+
- Real-time dashboard (push)
- Multi-language status pages (30+)
- Status page TV mode
- Per-monitor price (50@30s)$0.48/monitor/mo$0.16/monitor/mo
Where Hyperping wins
Polished UI, frequently praised
Reviews on G2, Capterra, and Product Hunt keep calling it "beautifully simple". Eight years of polish shows.
On-call rotations + Playwright browser checks
Both built in. Multi-step browser flows from $24/mo, on-call schedules with timezone-aware overrides. Upclock does not ship either yet.
Phone-call escalation on Pro+
Voice calls as a paging channel. Upclock alerts via SMS + PagerDuty (which can place voice calls), but Hyperping has it built in.
Indie-founder ethos and responsiveness
Public revenue (open startup), founder responsive on Twitter and to support. The kind of vendor where you talk to the person who built it.
Where Upclock wins
~3× cheaper at every tier
50 monitors @ 30s: $24/mo on Hyperping vs $8/mo on Upclock. 200 monitors @ 10s: not available on Hyperping until Business at $249/mo. Upclock Pro is $25/mo.
10-second check intervals at $25/mo
Hyperping only reaches 20-second intervals at the $249/mo Business tier. Upclock Pro at $25/mo doubles the check cadence for one-tenth the price.
Heartbeats have their own quota
Upclock gives 5 / 25 / 200 heartbeats per tier, separate from monitors. Hyperping counts heartbeats against the shared monitor pool, so each heartbeat uses up a monitor.
Real-time dashboard via Convex
Hyperping is server-rendered with polled updates. Upclock pushes changes over Convex websockets, so you never refresh. You notice it during incidents.
Faster check cadence on the free tier
Hyperping Free checks every 5 minutes. Upclock Hobby checks every 60s, which means 5× faster detection for free.
BOTTOM LINE