How often does UpDog check my sites?

Check intervals range from every minute to every 5 minutes depending on your plan.

Where are checks run from?

UpDog runs checks from multiple geographic locations for reliable detection.

How do I avoid false alerts?

UpDog confirms failures before alerting. Configure retries and grace periods to reduce noise.

What's the difference between uptime and response time monitoring?

Uptime checks if your site is reachable. Response time tracks how long it takes to respond.

Uptime monitoring

Know the moment your websites and endpoints go down. UpDog runs reliable checks, tracks response times, and routes alerts fast—so you can fix issues before customers notice.

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The basics done right

Uptime monitoring should be simple: reliable checks, clear history, and fast notifications. UpDog focuses on the essentials so you can respond quickly.

Instant detection

Run consistent checks to catch outages quickly. See when it happened, how long it lasted, and how often it recurs.

Clear reporting

Track uptime and response-time trends. Share a clean history with your team when you’re reviewing incidents.

Smart alerts

Route notifications to email, chat, on-call tools, and webhooks so the right person gets pinged at the right time.

FAQ

Check intervals depend on your plan and can range from every minute to every 5 minutes. More frequent checks mean faster detection.

UpDog runs checks from multiple geographic locations to ensure reliable detection and reduce false positives from network issues.

UpDog confirms failures before alerting. You can also configure retry counts and grace periods to reduce noise from transient issues.

Uptime monitoring checks if your site is reachable. Response time monitoring tracks how long it takes to respond—a site can be "up" but unacceptably slow.

Types of monitoring

UpDog supports multiple check types for comprehensive coverage:

Website monitoring – HTTP/HTTPS uptime checks
Response time monitoring – Latency tracking
DNS monitoring – Record change detection
SSL monitoring – Certificate expiry alerts

Port monitoring – TCP connectivity checks
Ping monitoring – ICMP availability
Keyword monitoring – Content verification
Cron job monitoring – Heartbeat/dead man's switch

Complete the picture

Monitoring is just the start. Build a complete reliability workflow:

Status pages – Keep users informed during incidents
Teams & organizations – Collaborate on monitoring with your team
Alert integrations – Route notifications to Slack, email, SMS, PagerDuty, and more

Free tools

Calculate your downtime budget with our uptime/SLA calculator, or debug errors with the HTTP status code reference.

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It takes less than 30 seconds to set up your first check. No credit card required for the free plan.

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