# Alternative to HetrixTools

## The fresh alternative to HetrixTools

Phare is a modern alternative to HetrixTools, with reliable uptime monitoring, incident management, and status pages.

## The seriously unbiased review of HetrixTools:

> “HetrixTools is a solid uptime monitoring tool with a proven track record. It’s a bit old school, but it does the job well and is super affordable.”  
> Nicolas Beauvais  
> Founder, Phare

*** Phare does not make enough money to buy swag hats, so I made this one with MS paint.

Phare is trusted by 700+ startups, agencies, and SMBs

|  | Phare |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Uptime monitoring |  |  |
| Website monitoring |  |  |
| TCP port monitoring |  |  |
| SSL certificate monitoring |  |  |
| Multi-region monitoring | 12 regions | 12 regions |
| Minimum interval | 30 seconds | 1 minute |
| Incident management |  |  |
| Automated incident creation |  | - |
| Incident collaboration |  | - |
| Incident timeline |  | - |
| Postmortems |  | - |
| Status pages |  |  |
| Public status pages | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Custom domain | Free | Free (up to 3), more in paid plan |
| Incident subscription | RSS & Atom | - |
| Status page carbon rating | [A+\<br\>\<br\>source](https://www.websitecarbon.com/website/status-phare-io/) | [B\<br\>\<br\>source](https://www.websitecarbon.com/website/wl-hetrixtools-com-r-5fd3c7bc41eb638942d261a3a0ea4b28/) |
| Platform |  |  |
| Free plan |  |  |
| Projects | Unlimited | - |
| Team members | Unlimited | Limited by subscription plan |
| Integrations | Discord, Email, Pushover, Slack, SMS, Telegram, Webhooks | > 10 |
| Privacy |  |  |
| Ad trackers | [0\<br\>\<br\>source](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=phare.io&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) | [0\<br\>\<br\>source](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=wl.hetrixtools.com%2Fr%2F5fd3c7bc41eb638942d261a3a0ea4b28%2F&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) |
| Third-party cookies | [0\<br\>\<br\>source](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=phare.io&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) | [0\<br\>\<br\>source](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=wl.hetrixtools.com%2Fr%2F5fd3c7bc41eb638942d261a3a0ea4b28%2F&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) |

Feature comparison between Phare and HetrixTools

## Why teams choose Phare over HetrixTools

Real reasons from real customers who made the switch

### Transparent Pricing

No surprise bills, no hidden fees. Pay only for what you use with clear, upfront pricing. Free plan available to get started.

### No Feature Gating

All features available on the free plan. No need to upgrade just to unlock basic functionality like 30-second intervals or status pages.

### Unlimited Team Members

Collaborate with your entire team without paying per seat. Invite as many team members as you need at no extra cost.

### Better Support

Get help directly from the founder who built the product. No ticket queues, no automated responses, just real help from someone who cares.

### Modern Incident Management

AI-powered incident analysis, team collaboration tools, and automated postmortem generation. Keep your team coordinated during downtime.

### Privacy-Focused

European-based, GDPR-compliant, zero tracking. Your data stays yours. No selling to big tech, no marketing trackers.

Adriaan Wind

CTO & Co-Founder

Anny

> “Phare provides a nice and clean UI, actually the best that I have seen for a monitoring tool so far. But you got many more features, like a status page with custom domain, own alert rules and alerting from different regions.”

Adriaan Wind

CTO & Co-Founder, Anny

Industry: Software as a Services

Team size: 10-50

## Compare Phare Uptime with other monitoring tools

Most of them are great, some arguably better than Phare, but when it comes to vibe they all fall short.

## Set up in 2 minutes, never look back.

Use every feature for free. Invite your whole squad. No credit card, no surprise charges, no clingy follow-up emails if you leave.  
Phare is a genuinely great platform, thoughtfully built with a lot of love.