"I built an uptime monitoring tool and just launched — would love honest feedback" from Reddit r/saas, ranked #5. By svendiezel, 1 score, 1 comments. Data from Daily Trends.
I built an uptime monitoring tool and just launched — would love honest feedback
- Rank
- 5
- Subreddit
- r/saas
- Author
- svendiezel
- Score
- 1
- Comments
- 1
- Posted
- 3/25/2026, 11:39:25 PM
- Snapshot
- 3/26/2026, 12:00:00 AM
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Hey r/SaaS, I've been building PingSentry ([https://pingsentry.app](https://pingsentry.app)) — a simple uptime monitoring tool for websites and APIs. **What it does:** * Monitors your URLs with HTTP checks as fast as every 30 seconds * Alerts via email, Slack, or Discord when something goes down (and when it comes back up) * Includes public status pages you can share with your users * Tracks response times and uptime history **Why I built it:** I got tired of finding out my sites were down from users emailing me. Most existing tools are either way too complex for what I need, or they nickel-and-dime you for basic features. I wanted something simple that just works. **Stack:** Node.js, Express, SQLite, hosted on a single DigitalOcean droplet. Nothing fancy — intentionally kept it lean. **Pricing:** There's a free tier (3 monitors, 5-min checks) so you can try it without a credit card. Paid plans start at $29/mo for faster checks and more monitors. I'm a solo founder building this...