Built an free uptime monitoring tool after getting sick of DataDog prices
If you've ever looked at DataDog Synthetics pricing and immediately closed the tab, you'll understand why I built this.
After a year of internal use, I'm releasing a distributed uptime monitoring tool that developers can actually use fore free.
Key features:
- Monitor your sites from multiple real-world locations
- 3-agent verification prevents false downtime alerts
- Simple setup - just add your URL and go
- Check intervals from 1-10 minutes
Email notifications are coming in the next few days, followed by features like internal endpoint monitoring for development environments.
What makes it sustainable: it's distributed, so anyone can run a monitoring node and earn points
Check it out and let me know what features would help your workflow: https://synthmon.io/
Posted Jul 9, 2025, 4:13 AM UTC
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