Bionic Uptime and ManageWP Uptime Monitor: what is actually different
ManageWP is a dashboard for looking after many WordPress sites: updates, backups, and an Uptime Monitor add-on at $1 a site. If you already run your sites through it, its monitor is a sensible choice. This page says plainly where we differ, and where ManageWP is the better choice.
| Feature | ManageWP Uptime Monitor | Bionic Uptime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1 per website a month, or $25 a month for up to 100 websites. ManageWP's core dashboard is free | 3 websites, checked every 60 seconds, forever, no card. Portfolio: $12 a month, 20 websites |
| For 3, 12 or 20 sites | $3, $12 or $20 a month | Free, $12 or $12 a month |
| How often | Every 60 seconds | Every 60 seconds |
| Before an outage alert | ManageWP says it double-checks an outage before notifying you | Two locations on two different companies' networks, plus a retry, must agree within 45 seconds. The email says what each location saw |
| Who is told | Email, SMS or Slack, to you, your team or your clients | You, plus up to 3 more people per website, such as the client or a colleague, each confirming by email. Optionally one Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams or Google Chat channel for the whole account |
| Which sites | Sites you manage in ManageWP, which is built for WordPress | Any website, WordPress or not, checked from outside. Nothing to install on the site |
ManageWP details as described on its Uptime Monitor page and pricing page on 23 October 2026. Check there for today's.
Choose ManageWP if
- you already use ManageWP for updates and backups, and want uptime in the same dashboard,
- you look after more than 20 WordPress sites: their $25 bundle covers up to 100 (bundles stack beyond that), and our largest plan is 20,
- you want text message alerts.
Choose Bionic Uptime if
- you look after 3 sites or fewer: we watch them free, forever,
- some of the sites are not WordPress,
- you want one plain email per real outage, saying what was seen and from where (see the exact email), which you can forward to the client as it is.
You can run both. Our checks come from outside the site, so they do not conflict with ManageWP, and our free WordPress plugin is optional.
See it before you sign up
Watch a real website being monitored right now, no sign-up. 3 websites are free, forever, with no card.