A genuine free plan, not just a trial
Oh Dear gives you 10 days to decide. WebPixie's free plan has no time limit, covering 3 sites and 5 uptime monitors for as long as you need it.
WebPixie edge
Comparison · verified in 2026
WebPixie vs Oh Dear: which website monitor wins in 2026?
WebPixie monitors everything your site needs: uptime, SSL, DNS, and domain, plus a Link Crawler for broken links and one Site Score for the whole site — with a genuine free plan. Oh Dear packs in even more check types, but has no free tier at all. Here is an honest side-by-side.
3 sites, free · no credit card · live in under 60 seconds
WebPixie · yourwebsite.com
Live0/ 100
WebPixie Site Score
Excellent
One score across domain, DNS, SSL, headers and indexability.
Domain
OKRenews in 145 days
SSL
WarnValid · 15 days
DNS
OKStable
Link Crawler
Warn200 valid · 25 broken
Indexing
Inforobots.txt valid
Uptime
OK99.98%
one workspace · six signals · one dashboard
What is Oh Dear?
// fair context before the comparison
Oh Dear is a broad all-in-one monitoring platform, popular in the Laravel and PHP ecosystem, covering uptime, SSL, broken links, DNS, cron jobs, application health, Lighthouse SEO, and even AI-powered plain-English checks, with SSO and multi-team support on every plan. There is no free tier, only a 10-day trial. This page is for teams weighing that breadth against WebPixie’s own approach: a genuine free plan, analysis-backed Site Score with fix guidance on every finding, and Certificate Transparency tracking.
Oh Dear
Broad site monitor
uptimeSSLbroken linksDNScronstatus pages
A broad website monitoring suite when you want many check types and hosted status pages in one paid plan.
WebPixie
Free plan plus score
87
Site Score
Excellent
Website health with a free plan, Certificate Transparency tracking, fix guidance, and one Site Score.
Why teams move to WebPixie
// three reasons, honestly
A score, not a checklist
Every site gets a Site Score from 0 to 100, but it's the output of real analysis, not a raw checklist: WebPixie collects data across the checks it runs, such as security headers, SSL security and configuration validation, and DNS configuration validation, and analyzes each finding, with fix-guidance links included. Oh Dear reports each check on its own, with no composite number and no built-in fix guidance.
WebPixie edge
Certificate Transparency tracking included
Spot certificates issued for your domain without your knowledge, tracked separately from your SSL expiry checks. Not part of Oh Dear's certificate monitoring.
WebPixie edge
WebPixie vs Oh Dear, side by side
// verified in 2026 from public sources
| Capability | WebPixie | Oh Dear |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 3 sites, 5 uptime monitors | No free plan — 10-day trial only |
| Uptime monitoring (HTTP) | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-location checks | Yes | Yes |
| TCP, port & cron checks | No | Yes |
| Broken-link scanning | Yes | Yes |
| SSL certificate monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Certificate Transparency (CT) log tracking | Yes | No |
| DNS record monitoring | Yes, 20+ record types | Yes |
| DNSSEC validation | Yes | No |
| DNS blocklist monitoring | No | Yes |
| Domain / WHOIS expiry monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Lighthouse SEO monitoring | No | Yes |
| Sitemap monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Security headers (CSP, HSTS) | Yes | No |
| Indexability checks (robots.txt, llms.txt) | Yes | No |
| Site Score (0-100 composite) | Yes | No |
| AI-powered plain-English checks | No | Yes |
| Public status pages | No | Yes |
| SSO / two-factor authentication | No | Yes |
| SMS alerts | No | Yes |
| Slack / webhook notifications | Yes | Yes |
| Incident management | Yes | Yes |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Periodic email reports | Yes | Yes |
| Team / workspace roles | Yes | Yes |
Plan by plan
// monthly pricing, verified in 2026
A WebPixie price covers uptime plus SSL, DNS, domain, broken-link scanning, security headers, and a Site Score. Oh Dear's price is for its own feature set, noted per plan below. See the capability table above for exactly what's included at each tier.
Oh Dear
Compared plan
Standard
€25/mo
Uptime monitoring
SSL and DNS checks
Broken-link scanning
Hosted status pages
Free plan with no time limit
Certificate Transparency tracking
10 sites & servers · all features included (SSO, 2FA, status pages)
WebPixie
Free / Starter
Flat plans
$0 free · $12/mo Starter
Uptime monitoring
SSL and domain expiry
DNS monitoring
Broken-link crawler
Site Score, 0 to 100
Security headers
Website-health checks stay bundled into WebPixie plans.
| Plan level | WebPixie | Oh Dear |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 · 3 sites · 5 monitors · 15-min interval · Basic security · Indexability basicsNo credit card required | No free plan · 10-day free trial · all features included · no credit card |
| Starter | $12/mo · 10 sites · 20 monitors · 5-min interval · Basic security · Indexability checksAnnual billing saves ~17% | €25/mo · 10 sites & servers · all features included (SSO, 2FA, status pages)Annual billing = 1 month free |
| Pro | $69/mo · 50 sites · 50 monitors · 1-min interval · Advanced security · Advanced site checksAnnual billing saves ~17% | €80/mo · 50 sites & servers · all features included |
| Enterprise | Custom · 30-sec interval · Advanced security · All features | €140/mo · 100 sites & servers · all features includedAlso offered at 200 sites for €220/mo (€201 annual); 200+ sites via contact sales |
Where WebPixie pulls ahead
// what you get that Oh Dear does not document
A genuine free plan
3 sites and 5 uptime monitors, no time limit and no credit card required. Oh Dear's free trial runs for 10 days before you must subscribe.
WebPixie edge
Site Score
A 0-to-100 number per site, but it's the output of real analysis, not a raw checklist: WebPixie collects data across the checks it runs, such as security headers, SSL security and configuration validation, and DNS configuration validation, analyzes each finding, and rolls the result into the score, with every finding linking to guidance on how to fix it. Oh Dear reports individual checks with no composite score and no built-in fix guidance.
WebPixie edge
Certificates Manager
Pulls Certificate Transparency logs for your domain and subdomains, so you can spot certificates issued without your knowledge. Oh Dear's SSL check covers certificate health and expiry, not CT-log visibility.
WebPixie edge
Security headers
Checks HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options, and other response headers that protect your visitors. Not one of Oh Dear's 16 check types.
WebPixie edge
Indexability checker
Validates robots.txt and llms.txt line by line and surfaces canonical URLs and alternates on your homepage. Oh Dear's own feature list notes it has no built-in indexability checker.
WebPixie edge
Where Oh Dear is the better pick
// honest take
Honest take
You want the broadest single-tool coverage. Oh Dear covers 16 check types in one plan: uptime, SSL, broken links, DNS, cron jobs, application health, port scanning across all 65,535 ports, DNS blocklists, and more. WebPixie focuses on website health: uptime, SSL, DNS, and domain.
You need SSO or two-factor authentication. Oh Dear includes Single Sign-On (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, SAML 2.0) and 2FA on every plan. WebPixie doesn't offer SSO or 2FA today.
You want a public status page. Oh Dear includes unlimited hosted status pages with custom domains and white-labeling. WebPixie has no public status page today.
You're monitoring cron jobs, ports, or app health. Cron/scheduled-task monitoring, TCP and port checks (including full port scanning), and application health checks are all built into Oh Dear. WebPixie doesn't cover these.
If those points matter more to you than broken-link scanning, security headers, and a Site Score, Oh Dear is the better fit.
How to switch from Oh Dear to WebPixie
// no agent to install
- 1
Create a free WebPixie account
Sign up with no card and no trial clock. Unlike Oh Dear's 10-day trial, WebPixie's free plan has no time limit.
- 2
Bulk-add your sites
Add your site URLs in one batch from the dashboard. WebPixie starts checking uptime, SSL, DNS, and domain for each one automatically.
- 3
Reconnect your alerts
Email works on every plan, Slack from Starter, and webhooks from Pro. Oh Dear's SMS, PagerDuty, and Opsgenie routing can be rebuilt through WebPixie's webhooks.
- 4
Run both side by side
Keep Oh Dear active through the rest of your trial or billing period while you confirm WebPixie's Site Score and alerts look right.
- 5
Cancel Oh Dear when ready
Oh Dear offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on new subscriptions, so cancelling shortly after switching still qualifies if you've just signed up.
WebPixie
Add sites
site-list
12 URLs
acme.ioUp
shop.acme.ioUp
api.acme.ioUp
12 sites live
Site Score 87
Questions people ask
Common questions about Oh Dear vs WebPixie.
It depends on your billing currency, but WebPixie starts lower and has a genuine free tier. WebPixie Starter is $12/mo for 10 sites; Oh Dear's closest equivalent, Standard, is €22–25/mo for the same 10 sites. Oh Dear has no free plan at all, only a 10-day trial, while WebPixie's free plan covers 3 sites and 5 uptime monitors with no time limit. Oh Dear does include more check types per site (cron, port scanning, Lighthouse, DNS blocklists) at every paid tier, so the comparison isn't purely price for price.
Yes. WebPixie lets you bulk-add your site URLs from the dashboard, and it starts checking uptime, SSL, DNS, and domain for each one automatically. There is no agent to install. Keep Oh Dear running for the rest of your trial or billing period while you confirm your Site Score and alert routing look right before you cancel it.
Oh Dear covers more monitor types in one plan: cron/scheduled-task monitoring, TCP and port checks including full port scanning, DNS blocklist monitoring, live Lighthouse SEO scoring, AI-powered plain-English checks, and SSO/two-factor authentication and public status pages on every plan. Those capabilities are not available on WebPixie today.
WebPixie has a genuine free plan with no time limit, against Oh Dear's 10-day trial only. WebPixie also validates DNSSEC, tracks Certificate Transparency logs in a dedicated Certificates Manager, checks security headers, surfaces indexability signals, and produces a 0-to-100 Site Score from its collected monitoring and analysis data. Oh Dear does not offer those website-health signals today. If those checks matter more to you than Oh Dear's broader monitor-type coverage, WebPixie is the better fit.
It depends on what the agency needs most. Oh Dear has a dedicated agency and reseller program with white-label status pages and per-client site grouping, which is a real advantage for agencies whose clients expect a branded status page. WebPixie's Site Score lets you scan a whole portfolio for problems in seconds instead of reading raw check logs site by site, and separate workspaces keep each client's sites and data apart. Agencies that lead with client-facing status pages should look at Oh Dear; agencies that lead with fast portfolio-wide health checks should look at WebPixie.
Compare WebPixie with other tools
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See your site's full health in 60 seconds
Free plan, no credit card. Uptime, SSL, DNS, domain, and links from one dashboard.
3 sites and 5 uptime monitors, free · live in under 60 seconds
This comparison was last verified on 06 July 2026 using publicly available information from Oh Dear's website. Pricing and features change often, so visit Oh Dear's site (opens in new tab) directly for their most current plans and details.