Why Uptime Monitors are ridiculously priced $120+/year for basic uptime features that should be affordable to everyone?
Simple confirmation that your website or service is operational
Immediate alerts via Android, iOS, Discord, Slack, or Email and Webhook when issues arise
That's all you need.
Most tools gate essential features behind expensive paywalls:
For features that costs pennies to operate, the industry markup is absurd.
A hosted monitoring system engineered for early-startup needs at a cheap price.
Real-time alerts via Slack, Discord, Teams, mobile push, and webhooks
Critical alerts through Android and IOs App
Distributed global worker pools for consistent monitoring
Basic dashboard to manage all endpoints
SMS and call notifications
Advanced analytics dashboards
Interactive visualization with real-time data
Let's see what it takes to run BareUptime at an enterprise level, serving 1K+ users with a focus on cost efficiency and reliability.
System serving 10,000+ users
| Component | Specifications | Monthly Investment |
|---|---|---|
| API + Configuration Database | 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Hetzner Cloud) | $5.00 |
| Redis + Message Queue | 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Hetzner Cloud) | $5.00 |
| Global Worker Distribution | 8x 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Global Regions) | $92.00 |
| Notification Infrastructure | SendGrid Enterprise + Mobile Push Services | $5.00 |
| Backup Solution | Backblaze B2 Storage | $2.00 |
| Operational Overhead | Tax Requirements (18%) and Miscellaneous | $19.62 |
| Total Infrastructure Cost | Enterprise-grade, supporting 10,000+ users | $133.62 |
Infrastructure costs distributed across users for maximum affordability:
$133.62 ÷ 1000 users = $0.1337/user/month
Only $6/year with buffer for maintenance and unexpected costs
Our pricing model relies on reaching critical mass for maximum cost efficiency:
The more users join, the more we all benefit from shared infrastructure!
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After launching Penify, we encountered the same costly barrier to reliable monitoring that many organizations face. The market offered two choices: overpay for basic functionality or build a custom solution.
So we engineered BareUptime — a robust, efficient monitoring system that delivers enterprise reliability without the enterprise markup. We're opening our architecture, costs, and deployment strategy to demonstrate how organizational monitoring should be priced.