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SiteGuardian vs StatusCake. When you do not need a per-check billing surface.
StatusCake is a long-standing SMB monitor. The free history still exists in limited form; the paid tier is broader per-check. SiteGuardian is the smallest paid product that probes and emails. Each fits a different team shape.
- Per-check pricing on StatusCake paid. SiteGuardian is flat per month.
- SSL monitoring. Both ship it.
- Status page on StatusCake paid; SiteGuardian deliberately does not.
- Probes from multiple regions. Quiet on CDN blips, loud on real outages.
- A small shop on a fixed monthly bill — that is SiteGuardian’s lane.
When StatusCake is the right fit
StatusCake is the right fit when you want per-check pricing for a large number of monitors, a status page, and history longer than 90 days.
When SiteGuardian is the right fit
SiteGuardian is the right fit when you want one inbox, a flat $19 / $39 / $299 bill, and no per-check math.
Feature-by-feature
Where each one differs, side by side.
The rows below are the axes a small shop should care about most when choosing a monitor. Anything outside this list is something most small shops do not use.
| Feature | SiteGuardian | Competitor |
|---|---|---|
| Probe cadence (paid) | Every minute (Pro) | Every 30 seconds (paid) |
| Probe cadence (free) | Free legacy, 5-min cadence | |
| Public status page | ||
| SSL expiry alerts | ||
| Heartbeat monitors | ||
| Custom slow threshold per URL | Per check | |
| Pricing model (paid) | $19/mo Starter, $39/mo Pro, $299 once Lifetime | $29/mo Solo, $49/mo Business |
| Best fit | Small shop | SMB with many checks |
| AI-powered root cause | Not yet available | Not yet available |
Pricing, line by line
StatusCake’s real public pricing, next to SiteGuardian’s.
Each row is one tier the competitor publishes on their pricing page, plus SiteGuardian Starter / Pro / Lifetime. The verification trail below the table names the source URL and the date we re-checked it.
| Tier | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
SiteGuardianSiteGuardian Starter | $19/month | 1 site, 10 URLs, every-5-min probes |
SiteGuardianSiteGuardian Pro | $39/month | 3 sites, 50 URLs, every-1-min probes |
SiteGuardianSiteGuardian Lifetime | $299 once | 1 site, 50 URLs, every-5-min probes, all future updates included |
CompetitorStatusCake Free (legacy) | $0/month | Limited monitor count, 5-min cadence, no SSL |
CompetitorStatusCake Solo | $29/month (annual) | Status pages, SSL monitor, per-check cadence |
CompetitorStatusCake Business | $49/month (annual) | Per-check surface, status pages, longer history |
CompetitorStatusCake Enterprise | Contact sales | Custom check count, audit trails, multi-user |
Verification trail
- SiteGuardian — SiteGuardian Starter: https://siteguardian.app/pricingverified 2026-07-17
- SiteGuardian — SiteGuardian Pro: https://siteguardian.app/pricingverified 2026-07-17
- SiteGuardian — SiteGuardian Lifetime: https://siteguardian.app/pricingverified 2026-07-17
- StatusCake — StatusCake Free (legacy): https://www.statuscake.com/pricing/verified 2026-07-17
- StatusCake — StatusCake Solo: https://www.statuscake.com/pricing/verified 2026-07-17
- StatusCake — StatusCake Business: https://www.statuscake.com/pricing/verified 2026-07-17
- StatusCake — StatusCake Enterprise: https://www.statuscake.com/pricing/verified 2026-07-17
Honest pros & cons
What each tool genuinely does well — and where it’s rough.
StatusCake
Pros
- Status page ships on every paid plan; no add-on cost.
- Heartbeat / cron-job monitors alongside HTTP checks.
- Long history (longer than 90 days) on paid.
Rough edges
- Per-check pricing climbs quickly above a few dozen monitors.
- Free legacy tier is much narrower than UptimeRobot / Hetrixtools free tiers.
SiteGuardian
Pros
- Flat $19 / $39 / $299 pricing with no per-check math.
- Per-URL slow thresholds on every plan.
- One loud email per outage window.
Rough edges
- No status page in the base product.
- No heartbeat / cron monitors.
- Shorter uptime history than StatusCake paid (90 days Pro).
Who it’s for
The two buyer profiles — and which one you are.
StatusCake is for
A team running many checks across many sites that benefits from per-check pricing and a status page.
SiteGuardian is for
A small WooCommerce / Shopify shop whose loud-alert + flat-bill requirement is the deciding factor.
The verdict
SiteGuardian for the flat $19 bill; StatusCake for the per-check surface.
Pick SiteGuardian if
A one-shop operator on WooCommerce or Shopify who wants one loud email the minute /checkout stops.
Pick StatusCake if
A team running dozens of checks who benefits from StatusCake’s status-page surface and per-check pricing.
Frequently asked
The buying-time questions, answered flat.
Frequently asked
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Try it
If StatusCake feels heavier than you need. Try SiteGuardian.
Starter is $19 a month. One site, ten URLs, every-five-minute checks. Pro is $39 a month. Three sites, fifty URLs, every-minute checks. Lifetime is $299 paid once and stays yours with every future update included.
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