Spectate

Spectate combines uptime monitoring, on-call schedules, escalation paths, incident management and status pages in one tool. Monitors check websites, APIs, servers, certificates, DNS, mail servers and domains from four regions (Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania), with checks every 30 seconds on Team and Business and every 60 seconds on Starter. Escalation paths can branch by time and severity, and alerts can be sent via Slack, email, SMS or phone call, with press 1 to acknowledge. Incidents can be declared from alerts and run in Slack, and status pages keep subscribers informed, support custom domains, six languages and password protection. The company is a Dutch business, with data stored in the EU and billing in euros. Pricing is per monitor with unlimited team members on Team and Business plans; there is a 14-day trial without a credit card and no free plan.

Key features

• Uptime monitoring for websites, APIs, servers, certificates, domains, DNS and mail servers
• Checks run from four regions: Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania
• Monitor checks every 30 seconds on Team and Business, every 60 seconds on Starter
• Escalation paths with branches based on working hours or severity
• On-call schedules with rotations and overrides
• Paging by email, SMS and phone call, with press 1 to acknowledge
• Incident management with Slack integration and incident channels
• Status pages with subscribers, incident updates and custom domains
• Status pages available in six languages
• Password-protected or private status pages from the Team plan
• Certificate chain monitoring, including intermediates
• Domain expiry warnings and alerts when nameservers or registrar change
• Open-source agent reporting CPU, memory, disks and network every 15 seconds
• Yearly plans cost 10 months

Best suited for

• Small and mid-sized teams replacing separate on-call and monitoring tools
• Teams that want to monitor websites, APIs and certificates in one place
• Organisations wanting EU-hosted monitoring and billing
• Agencies or software companies managing multiple branded status pages

Pricing

Per monitor or host, excluding VAT: Starter €0.75 per monitor a month (from €15, 20 monitors, 3 members); Team €0.60 per monitor a month (from €48, 80 monitors, unlimited members, on-call included); Business €0.50 per monitor a month (from €125, 250 monitors, unlimited members, on-call included). 14-day free trial, no credit card, no free plan.