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PingZen vs Oh Dear: Free Uptime vs Site Health Monitoring

Oh Dear is a monitoring service built by the Laravel community, offering uptime, SSL, broken link scanning, Lighthouse audits, and cron job monitoring. No free tier — plans start at €10/month for 5 sites with all features included.

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Quick Comparison

Best Value
PingZen
Price
Free forever
Intervals
30 seconds
Protocols
22 protocols
Alerts
12+ channels
Oh Dear
Price
From €10/month
Intervals
1 minute
Protocols
~15 check types
Alerts
6 channels

Feature Comparison

Feature Comparison
FeaturePingZenOh Dear
HTTP/HTTPS monitoring
SSL certificate monitoring
DNS monitoring
Ping (ICMP)
TCP port monitoring
Cron job monitoring
Broken link scanning Crawls entire site like Google
Lighthouse audits Performance, SEO, a11y scores
Domain expiry monitoring
Mixed content detection
WebSocket monitoring
gRPC monitoring
WHOIS monitoring
UDP monitoring
Telegram alerts
Slack integration
Discord webhooks
Webhook notifications
Public status pages
Free tier available

Why Choose PingZen

  • Free forever — Oh Dear starts at €10/month
  • 22 protocols vs ~15 check types
  • 30-second intervals vs 1-minute
  • Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord alerts
  • WebSocket, gRPC, UDP monitoring
  • Unlimited monitors on free plan

When Oh Dear is Better

  • Broken link scanning (crawls entire site)
  • Lighthouse performance audits
  • Mixed content detection
  • Cron job monitoring built-in
  • Dual-check system prevents false alarms
  • Strong Laravel/PHP community integration

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Migration Tip

Oh Dear excels at site health checks (broken links, Lighthouse, mixed content). PingZen is better for protocol-diverse uptime monitoring with free unlimited monitors. Many Laravel teams use PingZen for uptime + Oh Dear for site quality.

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