StatusCake

StatusCake is an external monitoring service for websites, APIs, servers and domains. It checks your services from outside your own network and alerts you when something fails.

StatusCake runs checks on a schedule from several locations. It watches uptime, page speed, SSL certificates, domain expiry and server health. When a check fails, the right people get an alert. The company also offers status pages, so you can post updates for customers during an incident.

• Uptime checks for websites and endpoints
• Page speed tests from several locations
• SSL certificate expiry alerts
• Domain expiry and DNS change tracking
• Hosted status pages for customer updates

Website owners, small businesses and operations teams that need to know quickly when a site or API goes down. The setup is meant to be simple, so teams with limited technical resources can start without much help.

You can create a free account and start monitoring at no cost. Plans and pricing are listed on the website. Monitoring runs from outside your infrastructure, so it checks what a visitor would see.