Uptime monitoring
Rookflare vs UptimeRobot
Fast, low-cost uptime checks with status pages. Rookflare adds screenshot comparison and checks inside each page.
Comparison
Oh Dear alternative: Rookflare vs Oh Dear
Oh Dear monitors uptime, certificates, broken links and more for agencies, with status pages and monthly client reports. Rookflare also checks pages and uptime, and adds what Oh Dear does not list: desktop and mobile screenshots compared with a version your team approved.
Short answer
Rookflare or Oh Dear?
Both are built for agencies with many client sites. Pick Oh Dear for status pages, multi-location uptime and site-wide link crawling. Pick Rookflare when your clients mostly worry about a page that looks wrong after a release.
Rookflare fits if
- You want to see when a client page looks different on desktop or mobile, with the changed area outlined.
- You want a team member to approve a planned redesign before it becomes the new reference.
- You want SMS and phone call alerts when a client site goes down.
Feature by feature
Rookflare vs Oh Dear
Taken from each product’s own pricing and feature pages. Numbers in brackets link to the source.
| Feature | Rookflare | Oh Dear |
|---|---|---|
| Screenshot comparison | Yes Desktop and mobile screenshots of every monitored page, compared with the approved version | Not stated |
| Changes approved before they become the reference | Yes A change becomes the new baseline only after someone on your team approves it | Not stated |
| How often pages are checked | Scans every 6 hours on Agency, every 12 hours on Growth, daily on Starter, plus a scan on demand | Broken-link crawl and Lighthouse daily [2] |
| Checks inside each page | Yes Status codes, redirects, JavaScript errors, broken images and search settings on every scan | Yes Broken links, mixed content, SSL, DNS, domain expiry and Lighthouse [2] |
| Uptime monitoring | Yes Every minute on Agency, every 5 minutes on Growth, not on Starter; from one EU location | Yes Every minute from multiple locations [2] |
| Alert channels | Yes Email on every plan; Slack on Growth and Agency | Yes Email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie and webhooks [2] |
| SMS and phone call alerts | Yes SMS for critical problems and a call when a site goes down: 50 a month on Growth, 200 on Agency | Not stated |
| Client reports | Yes Monthly white-label client reports with uptime and scan results on Agency | Yes Monthly report per site with your logo and accent color [1] |
| Public status pages | No No public status pages | Yes Public status pages on every plan, on your own domain [1] |
| Deploy webhook or API | Yes A deploy webhook starts a scan after each release on Growth and Agency | Partly Full API on every plan; deploy webhook not stated [1] |
| Free plan | No No free plan | No No free plan listed [1] |
| Free trial | Yes 14-day free trial with Growth features on 1 website and 25 pages | Yes 10 days, every feature, no card [1] |
| Starting price | €19 a month (Starter, provisional) | $17 a month for 2 sites (Solo) [1] |
Pricing
Plans side by side
Prices are shown in the currency each company uses, before tax. We do not convert them. Rookflare prices are provisional until billing launches.
Rookflare
- Starter
- €19 a month
- 1 website, 25 pages
- Growth
- €49 a month
- 5 websites, 150 pages
- Agency
- €99 a month
- 20 websites, 500 pages
Oh Dear [1]
- Solo
- $17 a month
- 2 sites or servers, every feature
- Freelance
- $55 a month
- 10 sites or servers, every feature
- Agency
- $165 a month
- 50 sites or servers, every feature
Fair to say
When Oh Dear is the better choice
No tool fits every team. These are the cases where we would point you elsewhere.
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Your clients want status pages
Oh Dear includes public status pages with subscriber notifications on every plan. Rookflare has no status pages.
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You need checks from several locations
Oh Dear checks uptime every minute from multiple locations. Rookflare checks from one location in the EU and confirms an outage before it alerts.
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You want a full site crawl
Oh Dear crawls every page daily for broken links and mixed content and runs Lighthouse. Rookflare checks the pages you pick from your sitemap.
Switching
Moving from Oh Dear to Rookflare
You can keep Oh Dear running while you try Rookflare and switch once you trust the alerts.
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Add your website
Enter the address and verify that you control the domain.
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Pick the pages
Rookflare reads your sitemap. Choose the pages that matter, such as the homepage, pricing and checkout.
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Approve the first screenshots
The first scan becomes your baseline once you approve it. Then choose where alerts go: email, Slack, SMS or phone.
What is the main difference between Rookflare and Oh Dear?
Oh Dear focuses on uptime, certificates, broken links, performance and status pages. Rookflare focuses on what a page looks like: it compares desktop and mobile screenshots with an approved version and checks each page for server errors, JavaScript errors, broken images and search settings, with uptime checks on Growth and Agency.
Do both send monthly client reports?
Yes. Oh Dear sends a monthly report per site with your logo. Rookflare’s Agency plan sends a monthly white-label report with uptime percentage, number of downtimes and scan results.
Does Rookflare have status pages?
No. If your clients expect a public status page, Oh Dear includes them on every plan.
Can I try Rookflare before I switch from Oh Dear?
Yes. The 14-day free trial has Growth features for 1 website and 25 pages, so you can run it next to Oh Dear and compare the alerts. It's one free trial per person.
Start monitoring your website
Add your address, pick the pages and approve the first scan as your baseline.
Plans start at €19 per month. Prices are provisional.
Sources
Sources and method
- Oh Dear pricing (https://ohdear.app/pricing)
- Oh Dear homepage (https://ohdear.app/)
We read each company’s own pricing and feature pages and wrote down only what they state. Where a page does not mention a feature, the table says “Not stated”, which does not mean the product lacks it. Prices and features change, so check the linked pages before you decide.
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