DeskUptime vs Oh Dear
Oh Dear is superb website-health monitoring — starting at €15/month for 2 sites. DeskUptime costs $19 once and watches unlimited sites. Different tools, very different bills.
| Feature | Oh Dear (Solo) | DeskUptime Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | €15/mo, billed per site count | $19 one-time |
| Sites included at entry price | 2 sites & servers | Unlimited |
| Uptime monitoring | Every minute, global locations | Configurable interval, your machine |
| SSL certificate check | Full chain history | Expiry + validity |
| Response time monitoring | ||
| Content / change monitoring | Broken links & mixed content crawl | SHA-256 content hash |
| Cron job monitoring | Watch mode on any URL | |
| Status pages & client reports | Included | |
| Privacy (local-only) | Cloud | Runs locally, no account |
| Desktop app (system tray) | Web only | Tauri app |
| CLI tool | npx github:mahope/deskuptime | |
| 1-year cost (2–3 sites) | ~€150–180 | $19 |
| 5-year cost (2–3 sites) | ~€750–900 | $19 |
Prices are indicative list prices as of August 2026 and change — check ohdear.app/pricing for current numbers.
Winner for solo developers watching their own projects:
vs ~€750+ over 5 years for Oh Dear Solo. Save hundreds by going desktop.
When Oh Dear is the right call
Honestly: Oh Dear is a great product, built by well-known developers in the Laravel community. It checks every minute from multiple global locations, crawls every page for broken links and mixed content, watches SSL chains, DNS, cron jobs and Lighthouse performance — all included on every plan, with status pages and white-label client reporting. If you run an agency responsible for dozens of client sites and need to prove health to customers, that bundle is worth paying for.
When DeskUptime makes more sense
If you're monitoring your own projects — freelance portfolio, client sites you built, side projects — the question is simpler: "are my sites up, is the certificate valid, did something change?" DeskUptime answers exactly that from the computer you already work on, for $19 total instead of a recurring bill that grows with each site you add.
Why DeskUptime wins
- $19 once vs €15+/month — breakeven in ~5 weeks
- Unlimited URLs vs per-site pricing tiers
- No cloud account; your URLs stay on your machine
- CLI + Desktop dual interface
- Nothing renews, nothing to cancel
What Oh Dear does better
- Checks run even when your computer sleeps
- Global multi-location checks every minute
- Broken-link crawler and mixed-content detection
- DNS and Lighthouse performance monitoring
- Status pages and white-label client reports
Try DeskUptime Free
Run it from your terminal right now. No install. No account. No credit card.
npx github:mahope/deskuptime check https://your-site.com
Check your site now
No install. No account. Paste your URL: