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Oh Dear vs Better Stack Uptime: catalog facts
Oh Dear	Better Stack Uptime
Paid Paid plans with a 10-day free trial that needs no payment details.	Freemium Free plan with 10 monitors, 10 heartbeats and a status page; paid plans and enterprise…
Web	Web
Crawls whole sites for broken links, not just the homepage Uptime, SSL, DNS and cron checks in one tool	Covers HTTP, API, ping, SSL, domain expiry, mail and DNS checks in one place Screenshots and error logs recorded when a check fails
No permanent free plan Hosted only	Hosted service only, with no self-hosted option Free plan is limited to 3-minute check intervals
Hosted service	Web application, Hosted service
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Account needed	Account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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