Healthchecks.io

Healthchecks.io runs on Hetzner bare metal servers with excess capacity to handle traffic spikes. App servers are load-balanced, and unhealthy servers are automatically excluded. The PostgreSQL database has a hot standby and daily encrypted backups. However, the ops team consists of a single person, so multi-hour or multi-day outages are possible.

Yes, Healthchecks.io offers the Business plan free of charge for nonprofits and open-source projects. Please contact them to get set up.

Yes, the Healthchecks.io code base is BSD licensed and available on GitHub. Self-hosting is suitable if you need custom features, in-house compliance, or want to learn Django development. However, maintaining a production-grade monitoring service requires ongoing effort, and the hosted option may be more reliable and cost-effective.

Healthchecks.io supports signing in via one-time email link and traditional email/password. You can optionally secure your account with two-factor authentication using WebAuthn security keys or TOTP (e.g., Google Authenticator, Aegis, 2FAS).

Healthchecks.io will retry charging your payment method and send weekly notifications. If the subscription remains past due for more than 60 days, the subscription will be canceled, and the billing plan will switch to Hobbyist. Ensure your payment method is valid and the account owner's email is monitored to avoid disruptions.

You can use multiple accounts for organizational purposes (e.g., separating staging and production) as long as the total number of checks stays below your billing plan's limit. However, using multiple accounts to bypass plan limits is considered abuse and may result in account deletion.

You can transfer ownership by changing the account's email address to your colleague's (if available) or by setting up a paid subscription for your colleague's account, transferring projects, and then canceling your subscription.

The provided text does not specify data encryption practices for data at rest and in transit. Please refer to the Security section of the website for detailed information.