Oh Dear
Oh Dear is a web service for monitoring websites and servers.
What Oh Dear is
Oh Dear is a web service for monitoring websites and servers. It checks uptime, SSL expiry, broken links, DNS, cron jobs, performance, status pages, keywords, and server health. Uptime checks run every minute from multiple locations, with 16 monitoring locations listed. Alerts can go through email, SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Google Chat, Telegram, Pushover, ntfy, Opsgenie, PagerDuty, and webhooks. Customers can create branded status pages with their logo, colors, domain, and automatic SSL. Every plan includes all features and unlimited team users; plans differ only by monitored site count. Solo costs €15.00 per month for up to two sites and servers, while Scale costs €399.00 for up to 200. Enterprise covers more than 200 with custom pricing. A 10-day trial needs no credit card. Data is hosted in the European Union on ISO 27001-certified infrastructure, with TLS 1.2 or higher connections.
Good
- Minute-by-minute checks from multiple locations
- Many alert channels and webhooks
- All plans include every feature
- Unlimited team users
- Branded status pages
Watch out
- No free plan
- Solo monitors up to two sites
Who it suits
Oh Dear suits site owners, agencies, and teams needing continuous website or server monitoring with many alert channels. Agencies also get client grouping, monthly reports, and read-only access.
Verdict
Oh Dear offers broad monitoring, alerting, status pages, and team security controls under plans separated by site capacity. The trial requires no credit card, but ongoing use starts at €15 per month.
Plans and prices
From Oh Dear's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | €15 a month | Up to 2 sites & servers · Up to 2 sites and servers · billed monthly |
| Solo Plus | €29 a month | Up to 5 sites & servers · Up to 5 sites and servers · billed monthly |
| Freelance | €49 a month | Up to 10 sites & servers · Up to 10 sites and servers · billed monthly |
| Studio | €99 a month | Up to 25 sites & servers · Up to 25 sites and servers · billed monthly |
| Agency | €149 a month | Up to 50 sites & servers · Up to 50 sites and servers · billed monthly |
| Agency Plus | €199 a month | Up to 75 sites & servers · Up to 75 sites and servers · billed monthly |
| Portfolio | €249 a month | Up to 100 sites & servers · Up to 100 sites and servers · billed monthly |
| Portfolio Plus | €329 a month | Up to 150 sites & servers · Up to 150 sites and servers · billed monthly |
| Scale | €399 a month | Up to 200 sites & servers · Up to 200 sites and servers · billed monthly |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | 200+ sites & servers · More than 200 sites and servers · Custom pricing |
The facts
Each one read from Oh Dear's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Admin security
- All plans include SSO, two-factor authentication, user roles, and permissions.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Agency features
- Agencies can group client sites, send monthly reports, and provide read-only access.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Alert channels
- Alerts can use Slack, email, SMS, webhooks, Teams, PagerDuty, and Opsgenie.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Check frequency
- Website uptime checks run every minute from multiple locations worldwide.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Check interval
- 1 minutechecked 19 Sep 2026
- Customer support
- Support is provided by friendly human support and the listed support email.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Data residency
- Customer data is hosted in the European Union.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Encryption
- Connections use TLS 1.2 or higher.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Infrastructure certification
- Data is hosted in Belgium on ISO 27001-certified infrastructure.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The service provides third-party integrations and a full API with examples.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Keyword monitoring
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Monitoring locations
- 16checked 19 Sep 2026
- Monitoring scope
- It monitors uptime, SSL, broken links, DNS, cron, performance, status pages, and more.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Monitor limit
- 2checked 19 Sep 2026
- Pricing model
- Customers pay by the number of sites watched, with every feature included.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Refund policy
- New customers can request a full refund within 30 days of their first payment.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Server monitoring
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- SSL expiry alerts
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
- Status pages
- Customers can create branded status pages with their logo, colors, domain, and automatic SSL.checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 19 Sep 2026
- Free trial
- A 10-day free trial includes all features and does not require payment information.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Plan features
- Every plan includes all features; plans differ only by the number of sites monitored.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Starting price
- Paid plans start at €15 per month for up to 2 sites and servers.checked 28 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Berlaar, Belgiumchecked 28 Sep 2026
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