Bilby / vs UptimeRobot
Bilby vs UptimeRobot: which should you use?
Pick UptimeRobot for free downtime alerts on every site you own. Keep it. Bilby is the other half: the nightly visit that catches the store that is 100% up and 0% buyable. The free scan shows you what a pinger can't. Bilby is made by Navaal — this page says so, and where UptimeRobot is the better fit we say that too.
// UPTIMEROBOT
The classic uptime pinger: free for 50 monitors at 5-minute intervals, $9 a month for 60-second checks.
PRICE · Free (50 monitors, 5-minute interval) · from $9 per month (60-second interval)
Where it's strong
- Free, reliable, minute-level availability alerts
- Works for any URL, not just stores
- Status pages
What it doesn't do
- Answers one question — did the server respond — and nothing about whether a shopper can buy
- No real browser: JavaScript-broken pages still pass
- Nothing on tracking, speed vitals, changes, rivals, search or AI visibility
FACTS VERIFIED AGAINST THE LIVE LISTING · 31 AUG 2026
// BILBY (OURS)
Visits the store nightly in a real browser — home, product, add-to-cart, cart, checkout, on desktop and mobile — and reports through seven things it checks: Watch, Money, Speed, Change, Rivals, Search, Answer.
PRICE · free scan · Bilby from $29/mo · Pro from $79 · Agency from $199 · 7 free nights
- Add-to-cart really clicked; the cart endpoint's answer is the evidence
- Tracking events verified per step (view, add-to-cart, begin-checkout)
- Revenue at risk in dollars, basis printed
- What changed since last night; a Monday brief written from the data
- The whole report free, once, before you pay anything
Questions people ask
Is Bilby a replacement for UptimeRobot?
No, a complement. UptimeRobot tells you the server answered; Bilby tells you the store worked, the pixels fired, the speed held and what changed.
Everything above about UptimeRobot was read from uptimerobot.com/pricing on 31 Aug 2026. If it has changed since, the page is wrong and we would like to know.
Full comparison with sources: Best Shopify store monitoring tools in 2026 · Other comparisons: Uptime – Automated Store Tests · Revenue Shield · AppPulse App Uptime & Health · TestingBot – Store Monitoring · Observa · Visual Sentinel