Question 1

Is there a free plan?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Free plan includes 3 monitors, 5-minute check intervals, and 1 status page. No credit card required — free forever.

Question 2

What types of monitors does howlops.com support?

Accepted Answer

howlops.com supports HTTP/HTTPS monitors, PING (ICMP) monitors, and heartbeat monitors for cron jobs and background processes.

Question 3

What is the minimum check interval?

Accepted Answer

The minimum check interval is 10 seconds on the Premium plan, 1 minute on Standard, and 5 minutes on the Free plan.

Question 4

Which alert channels are supported?

Accepted Answer

howlops.com supports email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, webhooks, and SMS/phone alerts.

Question 5

Does howlops.com include on-call management?

Accepted Answer

Yes. howlops.com includes on-call scheduling with rotations, escalation policies, and alert deduplication — all in one platform.

Question 6

Can I create public status pages?

Accepted Answer

Yes. All plans include at least one public status page. Premium plan supports custom domains, password protection, and white-label branding.

Question 7

Can I monitor cron jobs and background processes?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Heartbeat monitors alert you when a cron job or background process stops reporting in within the expected interval.

Question 8

Is there multi-region monitoring?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Checks run from EU and US monitoring locations on Standard and Premium plans.

Question 9

Does howlops.com have an API?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A full REST API is available on Standard and Premium plans. API tokens can be created in account settings.

Question 10

How does howlops.com compare to UptimeRobot?

Accepted Answer

howlops.com adds on-call management, escalation policies, heartbeat monitoring, and incident management that UptimeRobot lacks, at a comparable price.

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