Alternatives to GiftOfSpeed

A free website speed test and Lighthouse-based speed and uptime monitoring service. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • GiftOfSpeed

    A free website speed test and Lighthouse-based speed and uptime monitoring service.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as GiftOfSpeed.

  • GTmetrix

    An online page speed tester with waterfall charts, Core Web Vitals, scheduled monitoring and alerts.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    GTmetrix adds waterfall charts, configurable connection speed and test locations in 25 regions plus scheduled monitoring, with many options requiring an account or paid plan.

  • PageSpeed Insights

    Google's free web tool that reports Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse results for any URL.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    PageSpeed Insights shows Chrome field data beside Lighthouse lab results with no account, but offers single-page checks without the uptime alerts GiftOfSpeed provides.

  • Pingdom

    A hosted website monitoring service with uptime, page speed, transaction checks and real user monitoring.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    Pingdom is a paid SolarWinds service combining uptime, page speed and transaction checks with real user monitoring, and has no free plan beyond the trial.

  • WebPageTest

    An online website performance tester with waterfall charts, filmstrips, multiple locations and throttled connections.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    WebPageTest offers a detailed request waterfall, filmstrip and throttled connection profiles from several locations, with some features behind paid plans and no uptime alerts mentioned.

  • DebugBear

    A web performance testing and monitoring service with a free Core Web Vitals speed test.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    DebugBear combines lab tests with real-user Core Web Vitals and shows the impact of third-party code, while continuous monitoring requires a paid plan.

  • Pingdom Tools

    A free online website speed test that reports load time, page size and request count.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    Pingdom Tools gives a free grade with page size and request count from several regions, but only as single on-demand tests without any monitoring.

  • Uptrends Website Speed Test

    A free online website speed test with waterfall reports, Core Web Vitals and filmstrip screenshots.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Uptrends Website Speed Test offers Chrome or Edge runs with waterfall, filmstrip and Core Web Vitals, though continuous monitoring needs a paid Uptrends plan.

  • KeyCDN Website Speed Test

    A free full-page speed test with a waterfall breakdown, run from one of 10 global locations.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    KeyCDN Website Speed Test gives a free full-page waterfall from one of 10 locations with shareable results, but reports fewer metrics and offers no monitoring.

Also worth comparing

These listings name GiftOfSpeed as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Experte Page Speed Test

    A free bulk page speed test that runs PageSpeed Insights metrics across many URLs at once.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    GiftOfSpeed offers free Lighthouse-based speed reports on over 100 simulated devices plus uptime and slowness alerts, with monitoring requiring an account.

  • Treo

    A web dashboard for tracking Core Web Vitals across sites using Chrome UX Report and Lighthouse data.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    GiftOfSpeed is a free Lighthouse-based speed test with uptime and slowness alerts on more than 100 simulated devices, but without CrUX field data.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.