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The ultimate uptime monitoring service. Get 50 monitors with 5-minute checks completely free. Set up in seconds and stay informed about your website’s health at all times. Website monitoring: Get instant alerts when your website goes down. Reliable and accurate monitoring helps you fix issues before they affect users and prevent revenue loss. SSL certificate monitoring: Avoid losing visitors due to expired SSL certificates. Get notified 30 days before expiration so you can renew in time. Ping and port monitoring: Check if your server is online or if your email service is running on port 465. Monitor any port you need with real-time alerts. Cron job monitoring: Track scheduled tasks with heartbeat monitoring. We verify if the request arrives on time, making sure server-side jobs and internet-connected devices are running properly. Status pages: Create up to 100 branded status pages, protect them with a password, and allow subscribers to receive updates. Stay informed with email, SMS, voice calls, push notifications, or integrations with Slack, Zapier, PagerDuty, Telegram, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, and more. Maintenance windows: Pause monitoring when you schedule downtime to avoid unnecessary alerts

exit1.dev provides real-time monitoring for the uptime of websites, APIs, and infrastructure through an interactive live dashboard. The results from probes are streamed directly to your browser via WebSockets from our regional servers, ensuring that the chart and raw probe data refresh instantly as each check concludes, detailing the timing for DNS resolution, connection establishment, TLS negotiation, and the first byte received—eliminating the need for manual refreshes or polling. The service conducts checks across a variety of protocols, including HTTP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, WebSocket, DNS, and heartbeat monitors, all from multiple geographic locations. Additionally, it monitors SSL certificate and domain expiration, validates response bodies based on status codes, JSONPath, and text, while providing alert options through email, SMS, Slack, Discord, Teams, or webhooks. exit1.dev also includes an MCP server, enabling AI assistants to directly create and query your monitors. Users benefit from public status pages, customizable status badges, and access to a REST API. With the free plan, you can utilize up to 10 monitors without needing to provide credit card information, making it an accessible option for those looking to maintain oversight of their digital assets. This comprehensive approach ensures that you have all the tools necessary for effective monitoring and management of your online presence.