Comparison

Kawze vs Oh Dear

Website health monitoring: uptime, SSL, broken links, performance, and cron jobs, in one flat fee.

Oh Dear puts every feature on every plan and charges based on how many sites you monitor, including a notable cron/scheduled-task monitoring niche. Kawze also covers cron/scheduled-task monitoring (via heartbeat monitors) but scales price with check frequency and monitor count instead, with no permanent free option on the Oh Dear side to compare against.

Free plan, side by side

KawzeOh Dear
Permanent free plan Permanent - no trial, no card required None - 10-day free trial, no credit card required
Status page included Included, basic N/A - no free tier
Cron/scheduled-task monitoring Included - heartbeat monitors, part of your 10-monitor free quota Included on every plan
SMS alert credits 0 included - SMS credit top-ups purchasable on every tier, including Free Not itemised on their pricing page

Cheapest paid plan, side by side

KawzeOh Dear
Price £4.99/mo (Entry) €15/mo for 2 sites (Solo), €49/mo for 10 sites (Freelance)
Pricing model Scales by monitor count and check interval Scales by number of monitored sites, full feature set on every plan
Check interval 5 minutes Uptime checks every minute, fixed - not configurable slower or faster
Cron/scheduled-task monitoring Included - heartbeat monitors, no separate add-on Included on every plan
Status page included Included, basic - branded customisation coming soon Included on every plan
SMS alert credits 15 SMS credits/mo included (Entry) Not itemised on their pricing page
Money-back guarantee Not currently offered Not stated on their pricing page

Worth knowing

  • No permanent free tier
  • Per-site pricing can get expensive if you monitor many small sites (dozens of sites push into the hundreds of euros/month)
  • Check interval is fixed at one minute on every plan - no slower/cheaper or faster/pricier option to pick

Frequently asked questions

Does Oh Dear have a free plan?

No - Oh Dear offers a 10-day free trial with no credit card required, but no permanent free tier. Kawze has an ongoing free plan for 10 monitors.

Can Kawze monitor cron jobs like Oh Dear does?

Yes - Kawze's heartbeat monitors work the same way: your cron job or scheduled task pings a URL Kawze gives you, and Kawze alerts you if a ping doesn't arrive in time. It draws from the same monitor quota as your HTTP checks rather than being a separate feature.

Try Kawze free

10 monitors, all HTTP methods and auth included, no credit card required.

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Figures on this page reflect publicly available pricing and feature information as of July 2026, sourced from ohdear.app/pricing. Pricing and features change - please verify directly with Oh Dear before making a decision. Kawze figures reflect our current published pricing at kawze.com/pricing.