Professional multi-step monitoring

UptimeEye vs Uptime Kuma: multi-step monitoring compared

Uptime Kuma: Open-source, self-hosted monitoring tool

Monitor complete user journeys, not just "is my site up"

Why multi-step monitoring matters:

UptimeEye tells you if customers can actually log in, check out, and complete their journey - not just whether your homepage loads.

→ Multi-step flows included from €0 (Pro: €29/month)

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14 days of Pro included, then free forever. No credit card.

Why teams switch from Uptime Kuma to UptimeEye

Uptime Kuma is open source and self-hosted - you host, patch, back up, and monitor it yourself
UptimeEye checks from up to 6 real regions (Agency; Pro 3, Free 1)
Managed service from €0: no server, no updates, no 'who monitors the monitor?' problem
Multi-step API flows with variable extraction
German company with EU data residency

Why multi-step flow monitoring matters

UptimeEye monitors complete user journeys, not just whether your site is "up" - catching failures before your customers do.

UptimeEye's multi-step flow

Complete user journey testing - verify every critical step

1
Homepage loads ✓
2
Login works ✓
3
Add to cart ✓
4
Checkout completes ✓
5
Confirmation email sent ✓

The advantage:

Multi-step API flows with variable extraction on every plan - free (5 steps) and Pro (10 steps, €29/month)

Real-world examples:

  • Test login → fetch data → submit flows end-to-end
  • Chain API requests and pass extracted values between steps
  • Catch broken user journeys a single HTTP check can't see

Pricing

Starting prices of UptimeEye and Uptime Kuma

UptimeEye:
Free, then €29/month
Uptime Kuma:
Free (self-hosted)

Multi-step flows on every plan, no add-on pricing

Feature comparison

See how UptimeEye stacks up against Uptime Kuma across monitoring capabilities, integrations, and value.

Hosting & Operations

Hosting

UptimeEye
Managed service
Uptime Kuma
Self-hosted

Monitoring Capabilities

HTTP/HTTPS Monitoring

UptimeEye
Uptime Kuma

Cron Job / Push Monitoring

UptimeEye
3 free, 50 on Pro
Uptime Kuma

Status Pages

UptimeEye
Hosted (1 free, 3 on Pro)
Uptime Kuma
Self-hosted

Pricing & Value

Free Option

UptimeEye
Free plan (5 monitors, 3 cron)
Uptime Kuma
Free, open source, self-hosted

Commercial Use on Free Plan

UptimeEye
Uptime Kuma

Logs & AI

Logs next to the alert

UptimeEye
Every plan, 1 GB free, EU-hosted
Uptime Kuma

Log retention on the free plan

UptimeEye
1 GB / month, 3 days
Uptime Kuma

MCP server

UptimeEye
Included, 70 tools
Uptime Kuma

Logs tools for AI assistants

UptimeEye
5 read-only logs tools
Uptime Kuma

Switch from Uptime Kuma in 3 easy steps

Most teams complete their migration in under an hour. We make it easy to transition without downtime.

Step 1

List Your Kuma Monitors

Open your Uptime Kuma dashboard and note your monitors, push (heartbeat) checks, notification settings, and status pages.

Step 2

Recreate in UptimeEye

Create your monitors in UptimeEye in about 5 minutes. Kuma push monitors map to UptimeEye cron monitors, and your status page moves to a hosted one. Critical journeys can become multi-step flows.

Step 3

Run in Parallel, Then Decommission

Keep Kuma running alongside UptimeEye for a few days. Once you trust the new setup, shut down the Kuma instance and reclaim the server - and the maintenance time.

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Our team is here to help you migrate smoothly. We'll answer your questions and guide you through the process.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about switching from Uptime Kuma to UptimeEye.

Is Uptime Kuma a bad choice?

Not at all - Uptime Kuma is an open-source project and we have a lot of respect for it. The question is whether you want to operate monitoring infrastructure yourself: Uptime Kuma is self-hosted, which means provisioning a server, applying updates, managing backups, and making sure the monitor itself stays online. UptimeEye gives you monitoring as a managed service starting at €0.

Why does the check location matter?

Checks from a single location - often the same network as your other infrastructure - can miss regional outages, DNS issues, or routing problems your users actually experience. UptimeEye checks from 6 global regions (a monitor on Agency uses all 6, on Pro 3, on Free 1) so you see problems from your users' perspective.

Who monitors the monitor?

This is the classic self-hosting problem: if the server running your monitoring goes down - or the whole infrastructure it lives in - your monitoring silently disappears exactly when you need it. UptimeEye runs on independent, professionally operated infrastructure, so it keeps watching even when your stack has a bad day.

What does self-hosting Uptime Kuma involve?

Uptime Kuma is free, open-source software that you host yourself. That means running a server and taking care of updates, backups, and security patches. UptimeEye is a managed service: €0 on the free plan, or a flat €29/month for Pro.

Can I run Uptime Kuma and UptimeEye together?

Absolutely - it's even a sensible setup. Some teams keep Kuma for internal-network checks that shouldn't be reachable from outside, and use UptimeEye for external multi-region monitoring, status pages, cron monitoring, and multi-step flows.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. UptimeEye's free plan includes 5 monitors, 3 cron monitors, 1 status page, multi-step flows (5 steps), and all alert channels - with commercial use explicitly allowed. 14 days of Pro included, then free forever. No credit card.

This comparison is based on publicly available information as of July 2026. Features and pricing may change. Please visit Uptime Kuma's official website for the most up-to-date information. Product names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners.