--- title: Pulsetic Alternative description: WatchFor compared with Pulsetic on free tiers, status pages, per-monitor overage and check breadth, with sources and a verification date. canonical: https://watchfor.io/pulsetic-alternative --- [← All comparisons](/comparisons) # The Pulsetic alternative that checks more than reachability Pulsetic leads with status pages and does it well — three of them on the free plan, unlimited on every paid plan, with custom domains. As a monitoring engine it covers the essentials — HTTP, keyword, SSL, ping, port, TCP, domain expiry, cron and API — with real-user monitoring recently added. If your problem is telling customers what is happening, they are a strong pick. If your problem is finding out what is happening in the first place, the check catalogue is where we differ. ## Where Pulsetic is better than us - Three status pages on the free plan, with custom domains available. - SMS and voice alerts priced per message rather than bundled. - A simple, approachable interface with very little to learn. Feature WatchFor Pulsetic Free plan 15 monitors, 8 check types, commercial use allowed 10 monitors, 3 status pages Free plan check interval 3 minutes 5 minutes Entry paid plan €7/mo — 50 monitors, 1-minute checks $9/mo (Solo) — 10 monitors, 60-second checks Fastest check interval 30 seconds 30 seconds Status pages 3 on Free, 25 from €7/mo 3 on Free, unlimited on every paid plan Team seats Included on every plan, no per-seat fee Billed per teammate Monitor types 25 incl. CDN, MCP, MTR, NTP, blacklist, email policy; 8 on the free plan HTTP, keyword, SSL, ping, port, TCP, domain, cron, API, RUM Probe locations 20 locations across 7 regions; 1 region per monitor on Free, 2 from €7/mo, 7 on Business 3 regions on the free plan Status pages on the free plan 3 3 Extra monitors beyond the plan Move up a plan Billed per monitor On-call schedules and escalation Included on paid plans Free diagnostic tools [60 tools, no signup](/free-tools) [22 tools — DNS lookups, bulk URL checker, cron generator, domain expiry](https://pulsetic.com/tools/) Agent-readiness score (ora.ai) [100/100 · A+](https://ora.ai/score/watchfor.io) watchfor.io · 21 Sept 2026 [51/100 · C](https://ora.ai/score/pulsetic.com) pulsetic.com · 12 Sept 2026 Agent-readiness score (is-agentic.com) [100/100](https://is-agentic.com/scan/watchfor.io) watchfor.io · 21 Sept 2026 [53/100](https://is-agentic.com/scan/pulsetic.com) pulsetic.com · 12 Sept 2026 Pulsetic details checked on 11 September 2026 against [their published pricing](https://pulsetic.com/pricing/). Plans change — see the note at the end of this page. ## Choose Pulsetic if - Status pages are the main thing you are buying. - Ten monitors covers you and you want three public pages for free. - You want per-alert SMS pricing rather than a credit bundle. ## Choose WatchFor if - You need checks beyond reachability — CDN, DNS records, mail policy, network path. - You would rather not pay per extra monitor beyond the plan limit. - You want on-call schedules and escalation chains built in. - You want an API, SDKs and an MCP server on every plan. ## Moving over Monitors map directly — via the CSV import under Monitors → Import or the REST API — and status pages are recreated in a few minutes. Subscriber lists have to be re-imported on the status page side. ## Questions people ask Which has better status pages? Theirs are a larger part of the product and unlimited on every paid plan. We include three on Free and 25 from €7 a month, with password protection and subscriber notifications. For a pure status-page purchase, compare them directly. What is the difference in what gets checked? Pulsetic covers the essentials — HTTP, keyword, SSL, ping, port, TCP, domain expiry, cron and API. We add the layers around them: DNS records and propagation, CDN cache behaviour, mail authentication, blacklists, network path, MCP servers, NTP, WebSocket and more — 25 types against their ten. Do you charge per extra monitor? No. Plans include a monitor count and you move up a plan when you outgrow it. Pulsetic bills overage per monitor, which suits a slowly growing estate and costs more in a burst. ## Try it on the thing you are actually worried about 15 monitors free, commercial use allowed, no card. If it does not beat what you have, keep what you have. [Start free](/auth/signup)[See pricing](/pricing) ## About these figures Everything stated here about Pulsetic was read from [their published pricing](https://pulsetic.com/pricing/) on 11 September 2026 . Pricing, limits and features in this market change often and without notice, so treat this as a starting point and confirm the current terms with both vendors before you buy. We are not affiliated with Pulsetic , and product names belong to their owners. Agent-readiness scores are published by [ora.ai](https://ora.ai) and [is-agentic.com](https://is-agentic.com) for the domain named under each score, as of the date shown. They grade a domain, not a product: a vendor whose developer surface lives on a subdomain can score lower than its product deserves. We show each service's own cached result and never request a scan of another company's site, so a domain neither service has scanned reads as not scanned. Scoring rules change over time; compare the dates as well as the numbers. If something here is wrong or out of date — including if you work at Pulsetic — email [hello@watchfor.io](mailto:hello@watchfor.io) and we will correct the page and update the date on it. 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