Quickstart

Go from signup to a monitor that alerts you, in about five minutes.

UpCheck watches your endpoints and alerts you when they stop responding. This guide takes you from an empty account to a monitor that alerts you, in about five minutes.

All you need is an UpCheck account. It is free, and no card is required.

#Set up monitoring

Create your first monitor

Open your project and choose New monitor. Paste the URL you care about and save. Every other field has a sensible default: a HEAD check on a 5 minute interval, with thresholds that flip the monitor down after consecutive failures.

The first check runs the moment the monitor is created, so you see a real status within seconds.

Free plan limits

The free plan includes 5 monitors checked every 5 minutes. Pro raises this to 30 monitors on a 1 minute interval.

Connect a notification channel

If you use the UpCheck app on iPhone, iPad, or Mac, push alerts are already on, nothing to configure. To reach a team, or anywhere outside your devices, open your project's Notifications and connect Slack, Discord, Telegram, or a webhook. Email channels are available on paid plans.

Every channel card has a test button. Send one now, so the first real alert lands somewhere you already trust.

Watch it work

Open the monitor's page: uptime, latency, and the event timeline, live. Up means checks pass. Slow means they pass, but over the latency threshold. Down means consecutive failures hit your fail threshold, and that is when alerts fire.

#Next steps

You have a working setup. From here, go deeper wherever you need:

Create a monitorEvery check type and field, explained.REST APIManage monitors over HTTPS with an API key.Connect an AI agentLet an agent manage monitors over MCP.Free plan guideWhat is included and what Pro unlocks.