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Uptime Kuma is great self-hosted monitoring. Until it goes down at 3 AM and nobody notices because the thing that monitors things needs monitoring. Fivenines is managed - we watch your services so you don't have to watch your monitoring.

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Fivenines

Platform coverage

Core monitoring in one account

Included
Server metrics
Uptime checks
Status pages
Workflows
Cron jobs
SNMP

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Quick Comparison

The rows that usually decide whether Uptime Kuma stays in the stack or Fivenines replaces it.

Feature U Uptime Kuma Fivenines logo Fivenines
Uptime monitoring
Server metrics
Docker monitoring
Status pages
Multi-region checks
Workflow automation
Infrastructure Self-hosted Managed
Starting price Free (self-hosted) €9/mo

Why teams consider Fivenines instead of Uptime Kuma

  • No infrastructure to maintain

    Uptime Kuma needs a server, Docker, backups, and updates. If that server goes down, your monitoring goes with it. Fivenines is managed with 99.9% uptime SLA.

  • Multi-region checks eliminate false positives

    Uptime Kuma checks from one location. A local network hiccup triggers a false alarm. Fivenines checks from multiple regions and only alerts when multiple probes confirm the outage.

  • Server metrics + uptime in one platform

    Uptime Kuma monitors URLs. Fivenines monitors URLs AND the servers behind them - CPU, memory, disk, Docker containers, and GPU. One tool instead of two.

Why teams switch from Uptime Kuma

Uptime Kuma checks from one location, so a local network blip looks like an outage. And when the server running Kuma goes down, your monitoring goes with it. Teams switch when they want managed multi-region checks, server-level metrics, and incident management without maintaining monitoring infrastructure on top of everything else.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the main advantage of Fivenines over Uptime Kuma? +
Fivenines is managed, so you don't need to maintain monitoring infrastructure. It also adds multi-region checks (Uptime Kuma checks from one location), server-level metrics, and workflow automation.
Is Uptime Kuma free while Fivenines costs money? +
Uptime Kuma is free but requires you to host and maintain it. Fivenines starts at €9/month with a 14-day free trial. The real cost of Uptime Kuma is the server, maintenance time, and risk of your monitoring going down with your infrastructure.
Does Fivenines support as many notification channels as Uptime Kuma? +
Uptime Kuma supports more notification services out of the box. Fivenines supports Email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Pushover, and Webhooks. Webhooks can integrate with most services Uptime Kuma supports natively.

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Visual workflow builder for monitoring automation. Triggers, conditions, delays, and multi-channel notifications.

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