# Oh Dear Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Oh Dear the right Website Monitoring solution for you? Explore 72 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/190028/Oh-Dear/reviews --- Oh Dear 4.9 (72) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/190028/Oh-Dear/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Oh Dear Ease of use 4.9 Customer Service 4.7 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews PD Peter D CPTOMedia Production, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “It as everything you need, both for websites and for individual services.“ November 14, 2025 DV Dimitrios V Computer and Internet ServicesInformation Technology and Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I am using the Email and Pushover to receaving notifications and the Pushover app sometimes not working or lagging to send me the notifications.“ December 18, 2024 AM Anthony M FullStack DeveloperInternet, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “It covers all the essentials for solid website monitoring.“ March 16, 2026 SB Stef B Software DeveloperInformation Technology and Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “In the past we've had a few issues with false positives and there was 1 occasion where an domain check was not executed which resulted in our team not receiving the notifications about an domain which then expired.“ December 12, 2024 SA Slava A Engineering ManagerDesign, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Their support is also great, there were several occasions when I reported some bugs and they fixed them promptly, which is awesome. And the configuration is very easy - you add the domain, and depending on some features send them an HTTP request, and that's it.“ January 19, 2025 Kevin M FounderE-Learning, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Their crawler does not parse JavaScript, which means that one of my sites can't be crawled by Oh Dear.“ December 18, 2024 David D CTOReal Estate, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Oh Dear is a best-in-class monitoring tool, it's very reliable (zero issues since we've started using it about 3 years ago), and the pricing is really straightforward and very economical (compared to other alternatives within the same space).“ December 20, 2024 RC Rus C CTOComputer Software, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Their website message is: "The TLD of your site isn't supported for the domain check.“ December 12, 2024 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 72 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Matt R. Director of Development Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Worth every penny." December 18, 2024 5.0 The best. Never had any issues with Oh Dear, and will continue to use them for a long time. Pros Pricing for the sheer amount of features you get is very good. Cons No mobile version of the dashboard is a minor flaw for me, but willing to look past it considering the use case. Switched from [Jetpack](https://www.capterra.com/p/234833/Jetpack/) Reliability and broken link checking bundled into one product. Review Source AA Ash A. Web Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Oh Dear is a lifesaver!" April 8, 2025 5.0 I've been using Oh Dear for my own websites and web apps for the past few years, as well as for my clients' websites. It's always done exactly what it needed to do, and support has always been fantastic if I've had any questions. Pros Not only do I get peace of mind that my clients' web apps are up and running, but Oh Dear also gives me confidence that they're performing well. The "Uptime", "Broken Links", and "Lighthouse" features are a lifesaver for me! Cons I don't have anything negative to say about Oh Dear 😄 Switched from [Pingdom](https://www.capterra.com/p/131928/Pingdom/) I previously used Pingdom for my uptime monitoring. But I switched over to Oh Dear because of the extra features that are offered for a similar price. I've not looked at Pingdom since switching, so I'm not sure if they also offer similar features now. But, at the time, I don't think they did 🙂 Review Source AM Anthony M. FullStack Developer Internet Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great monitoring platform with useful client-facing features" March 16, 2026 5.0 Great experience overall Oh Dear makes website monitoring simple and reliable Alerts work perfectly, settings are flexible and the status page is a nice touch for client communication Pros Everything works as expected: reliable alerts, flexible configuration and a clean status page It covers all the essentials for solid website monitoring. Cons Pricing could be more accessible for smaller projects or freelancers, but the value for money is still good overall Review Source RC Rus C. CTO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "They failed to raise to their own expectation" December 12, 2024 2.0 The overall experience with Oh Dear was ok, but I could not monitor a few domains because of them. One of my domains expired because they failed to notify me. I wanted to scale my account as I have many domains. Their support was there, but they never implemented a domain expiration date. Their website message is: "The TLD of your site isn't supported for the domain check. You can view the supported TLDs in our docs.". Their competitors can do what they can't. That made me jump ships. Now, ALL my domains are monitored. Pros The quality of their work and the number of features. Their app is modern. Cons Sometimes their app would have a hiccup, causing a false positive. But the most annoying thing is that a monitoring tool like this cannot monitor a domain expiration date. Alternatives considered [Uptimerobot](https://www.capterra.com/p/234440/Uptimerobot/) Reason for choosing Oh Dear Lower price, more features and attractive UI Switched from [Uptimerobot](https://www.capterra.com/p/234440/Uptimerobot/) They failed to provide what they promised. Review Source AK André K. Webdeveloper Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great tool and rewarding new work for my customers." January 10, 2026 5.0 Good options to skip certain alerts, which are may not of itnerest at a moment. Ways to snooze or even skip alerts when maintenance is on. So its customizable but not too overwhelming with just tons of preferences. Pros Great Tools beside the default monitoring service. Customer support is good. Nice User Interface. I could get out metrics to present to my customers and was rewarded with new efforts they pay for. Cons To control a URL with different languages. Maybe I miss the right configuration or guidance to do so. Alternatives considered [Phare Uptime](https://www.capterra.com/p/10006769/Phare-Uptime/) Reason for choosing Oh Dear Oh Dear has the more tooling which are handy in certain cases. If one just need monitoring may another service could be cheaper. Review Source CP Chris P. Digital Manager Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "An invaluable tool for our business" February 4, 2025 5.0 OhDear has been a consistently great service with excellent uptime. It helps me keep track of our services and provide valuable reports to our clients Pros We monitor over 24 services and OhDear gives us an accurate reflection of exactly whats going on. It integrates excellently with Laravel so we can monitor our clients applications with ease Cons There isn't much I dislike - sometimes the performance graphs don't load - that'd be my only complaint! Switched from [Zabbix](https://www.capterra.com/p/135902/Zabbix-Monitoring-Solution/) We still use Zabbix for server monitoring but OhDear is by far a better tool for website monitoring and it's integration with Laravel is excellent Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Head Of Development Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great uptime monitoring solution" August 20, 2025 5.0 Pros Easy to use interface, wide range of monitors and fair price for the market. We transitioned from another provider in just a few minutes Cons It would be useful if you could change the frequency of the uptime checks, this would especially handy for non production site Switched from [Freshping](https://www.capterra.com/p/173148/Insping/) We needed SSL checks and freshping don't support thst Review Source MS Mirco S. Head of Development and Technology Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Very good all in one monitoring tool" January 15, 2026 5.0 Pros Lots of tests, good easy to handle dashboard, god histroy, fair pricing, alerts are perfectly customizable Cons Nothing really much what I dont like. Only thing if one has to onboard quite a few porjects the setup (enable, disable) test takes a bit time Switched from [Koality.io](https://www.capterra.com/p/10002865/Koality-io/) Not good experience anymore and this product is dicontinued Review Source Casey D. Founder Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Oh Dear is a must-have for all web devs" December 18, 2024 5.0 Super-responsive and friendly support team, they're constantly adding new features and functionality, while improving what's already there. No notes. Pros Oh Dear helps us sleep at night, knowing there's a watchful eye on all of our web apps. Our clients love it, too—they see lots of added value in the \*many\* tools that Oh Dear has to offer, even if they're not working with it directly. Cons The \*only\* thing we're missing are notifications via Google Chat. That's it. Alternatives considered [Pingdom](https://www.capterra.com/p/131928/Pingdom/)[Uptime.com](https://www.capterra.com/p/149314/Uptime/) Reason for choosing Oh Dear Price, familiarity with dev, relevance to the languages/frameworks that I already know and am familiar with. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director of Engineering Consumer Goods Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good monitoring product" December 20, 2024 5.0 We have been using Oh Dear for a few years and have been happy with the tool. It is pretty inexpensive and the only tool that had broken link checks at the time. Pros With Oh Dear, you can configure monitoring on all the things you'd expect like uptime, response time, SSL cert validation. It goes above and beyond by testing for broken links and allowing me to group my monitored sites on the dashboard. Cons I really don't have any negatives to list on Oh Dear. Alternatives considered [Pingdom](https://www.capterra.com/p/131928/Pingdom/) Reason for choosing Oh Dear The broken link detection was the deciding factor Review Source JP Jim P. Co-founder Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Highly recommended tool for site owners" December 19, 2024 5.0 Only positive. I've been using it for years and it has never let me down. It's straightforward to set up and gives me masses of useful info. Pros The fact that it lets me know if any of my sites have a problem - before my client even know! Cons Well, this is a little tricky to be honest because I pretty much look all of what Oh Dear does. Switched from [Pingdom](https://www.capterra.com/p/131928/Pingdom/) Pricing and didn't really like the product after it was bought by Solarwinds Review Source FD Félix D. Founder and Developer Information Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Really nice application but a bit pricey" December 19, 2024 5.0 Pros Functionnality - detailled and multiple uses supported (Cron jobs, DNS, HTTP, Performance) Laravel integration - easily integrated with this framework Custom alerts - can defined custom metrics programmaticly to be reviewd by Oh Dear and receive custom alerts about them Cons Cost - high minimum of websites required Alternatives considered [Uptimerobot](https://www.capterra.com/p/234440/Uptimerobot/)[Uptime.com](https://www.capterra.com/p/149314/Uptime/) Reason for choosing Oh Dear Better integration with Laravel and more features Review Source SA Slava A. Engineering Manager Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best site monitoring tool I ever used" January 19, 2025 5.0 Oh Dear is one of those set-and-forget tools that you configure once, and then you hope to not be notified by them. Super reliable, love all those various checks that I can set up for my domains. It's not only site-is-down monitor, it's also cron, sitemaps, performance, lighthouse reports, status pages, etc. I love that I can give access to others as well, good for reports. Their support is also great, there were several occasions when I reported some bugs and they fixed them promptly, which is awesome. And the configuration is very easy - you add the domain, and depending on some features send them an HTTP request, and that's it. Super easy. Pros This is an all-in-one-tool for all things related to my sites monitoring. Cons Being on a grandfathered plan, I can't upgrade to yearly payments to have less invoices to deal with :) Review Source SB Stef B. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product, especially for Laravel focused companies" December 12, 2024 5.0 Pros OhDear is a great product and has an easy to use interface. I started using this product for up-time and domain checks, and later found out about more features such as the Application Monitoring option which works perfectly with Laravel projects. Cons In the past we've had a few issues with false positives and there was 1 occasion where an domain check was not executed which resulted in our team not receiving the notifications about an domain which then expired. Alternatives considered [Uptimerobot](https://www.capterra.com/p/234440/Uptimerobot/) Reason for choosing Oh Dear Better integration for the Laravel community Review Source DL Dave L. DevOps Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent website monitoring" January 8, 2025 5.0 Excellent for website monitoring, not as easy to use for web apps with multiple services/domains/daemons/etc. Pros The level of integration with Laravel is excellent Cons Our apps have many modules on multiple domains. This forces us to use the "pro" subscription which is not that bad, but the tracking of multiple services, daemons, schedules, on different servers behind load balancing is not easy, but it is a tough requirement. Review Source BT Brandon T. Director of Engineering Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Monitoring is Key to Customers Trust" December 19, 2024 5.0 We’ve been using Oh Dear for a few years now and it has helped us get ahead of outages instead of hearing about it from customers. This has allowed us to let customers know we are on it before they can tell us. Pros Monitoring sites helps us be proactive instead of waiting for support tickets to come in. We also monitor scheduled jobs and use the Slack integration to get notified when they are missed. Cons Using the api did take some effort to understand, but works well. Review Source JS John S. Engineering Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Deceptively powerful" December 18, 2024 4.0 Pros Easy to get up and running. Uptime checks on a par with other services I've used, but so much functionality on top of that that makes it a no brainer. Cons Some minor niggles around the interface the deals with the monitoring of cronjobs - nothing that would stop me using the product though. Review Source VB Vincent B. Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great product" December 9, 2024 5.0 Pros It's very easy to start with Oh Dear. Setup is very easy. Cons That you have to wait 1h to start new runs. Review Source MD Markus D. CEO Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to use, all you need solution for website monitoring" December 19, 2024 5.0 Pros It's simple to use, but has all the features you need to monitor websites, all wrapped up in an easy to use and beautiful interface. Cons There is currently no mobile view of the management dashboard. Review Source NB Nick B. COO Human Resources Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Highly recomended" December 30, 2024 5.0 Ohdear is easy to set up and dependable and at a good price point. Pros Simple to use and dependable. I like the fact that several domains are included in the price. Cons No real cons. It could be good if it also could simulate form submission. Review Source wB will B. CEO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Piece of mind website monitoring" December 19, 2024 5.0 Pros Complete uptime, performance and website health monitoring solution. Multiple notification options to be alerted immediately if any issues are discovered. Cons Nothing comes to mind. Support has been great when required. Review Source CB Clemens B. Principal Architect Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Solid monitoring status great addition to Laravel" December 9, 2024 4.0 Pros The Out-of-Box Integration in Laravel and quick support answers and bugfixes. Cons No free plan or at least entry cost prices (non-commercial projects with less than 5 Sites) Review Source MO Mark O. Self Employed Product Owner Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great product! Instant Monitoring with Lighthouse history" December 8, 2024 5.0 Pros Great, plug & play monitoring tool, with Lighthouse history! Cons Nothing, everything was great. If I had to program it myself, i would have made it exactly like this! Review Source AC Albert C. Team Lead Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Decent monitoring service" December 12, 2024 4.0 Pros Lots of features, decent price + value. It has useful features like cron job monitoring. Cons Seems like a simple enough service that it could be even cheaper! Review Source Richard F. CTO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great monitoring tool" August 19, 2025 5.0 Great tool written by a well-respected software house. I have over 100 websites monitored on it and it works well. Pros Replaces several services with one integrated offering. Really good for PHP based frameworks like Laravel and CraftCMS but can work with anything. Love the regular Lighthouse reports to monitor ,movements in front-end performance over time. Cons I've had some weird false positives but to be honest it happens with all monitoring applications. It's also a little pricey but you get what you pay for :) Switched from [Uptimerobot](https://www.capterra.com/p/234440/Uptimerobot/) false positives caused me lots of issues Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.