Oh Dear Alternative for Laravel Teams + Monitoring

Belgian all-in-one monitoring beloved by Laravel agencies — uptime, SSL, broken links, and cron per site. DevHelm adds monitors-as-code, dependency intelligence, and a custom-domain status page on Free.

Switch to DevHelm if you want monitors-as-code in any language, a free custom-domain status page, or per-monitor pricing below Oh Dear's per-site tiers.
Stay with Oh Dear if Laravel Pulse integration, bundled SSL + broken-link + cron per site, EU hosting, or SSO from $15/mo are non-negotiable.
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Oh Dear
Permanently free tier
50 monitors + custom-domain status page
10-day trial only
Monitors-as-code
YAML + Terraform + CLI + Python/JS SDKs
PHP CLI + archived Terraform
Dependency intel
80+ vendors
Not available
Custom-domain status page
Free tier ($0)
All paid plans ($15/mo+)
25 sites / monitors
$12/mo Starter (75 monitors)
$50/mo Plus (25 sites)
Checks bundled per site
Per-monitor (one type each)
SSL + links + cron + DNS + Lighthouse
SAML SSO
Business ($249/mo)
All plans ($15/mo+)
Laravel ecosystem
Language-agnostic APIs
Pulse + schedule monitor + PHP SDK
Probe regions
4
19
EU data hosting
US-hosted
Belgium (EU, ISO 27001)

Why Teams Switch to DevHelm

The three differences that matter most.

monitors:
- name: api-prod
url: https://api.example.com
interval: 60s

Monitors-as-code in any language

Oh Dear's official CLI requires PHP 8.4+ and Composer — great for Laravel shops, a friction point for everyone else. Its Terraform provider (articulate/terraform-provider-ohdear) is archived with no further updates. DevHelm ships YAML config, a first-party Terraform provider, a 73-command CLI, Python and JS SDKs, and a GitHub Action on every tier including Free — PR-reviewed in git, deployed with `devhelm deploy`.

You — any incidents this morning?
DevHelm — 2 active, 1 acked.

MCP server for AI agents

Cursor, Claude Desktop, and other MCP clients can query incidents, create monitors, and ack alerts directly.

Stripe API● DEGRADED
GitHub Actions● OK
Cloudflare● OK

Know when it's them, not you

Oh Dear alerts when your monitors fail — same as any uptime tool. DevHelm correlates against live dependency status across 80+ vendors and can surface upstream outages on your status page, cutting duplicate alerts during AWS or Cloudflare incidents that also take down your Laravel app.

Stack replacement

Two products folded into one

What Oh Dear already bundles

  • Oh Dear · Plus (25 sites)$50/mo
    pricing
Total$50/mo

DevHelm

DevHelm · Starter$12/mo
  • 75 monitors at 1-minute checks across all regions
  • Custom-domain status page included
  • HTTP + DNS + TCP + ICMP + heartbeat checks
  • PagerDuty + OpsGenie + Slack + webhook alerts
  • Monitors as YAML + Terraform + CLI
  • Dependency-aware alert correlation across 80+ vendors

Oh Dear bundles SSL, broken links, and Lighthouse per site — DevHelm wins on IaC, free tier, and per-monitor economics at this scale.

Start free — 50 monitors included

No credit card required

Pricing, Side by Side

Oh Dear prices as of July 2026. Per-site pricing; all features on every plan. Annual billing gives 1 month free. 10-day trial, no credit card.

Year-1 cost example

25 production sites, custom-domain status pages, SSL + uptime + cron monitoring

DevHelm

$144/yr (Starter at $12/mo — 75 monitor slots)

Oh Dear

$600/yr (Oh Dear Plus at $50/mo — 25 sites, all checks bundled)

You save

DevHelm saves ~$456/yr on monitor count — Oh Dear bundles more check types per site (broken links, Lighthouse, DNS)

DevHelm

Recommended
  • Free$0/mo

    50 monitors · 5-min checks · custom-domain status page · webhooks · CLI + Terraform

  • Starter$12/mo

    75 monitors · 1-min checks · custom-domain status page · all alert channels

  • Pro$29/mo

    250 monitors · 30-sec checks · 2 branded status pages · email subscribers · PagerDuty + OpsGenie

  • Team$79/mo

    500 monitors · 25 seats · 5 status pages · password-protected pages

Oh Dear

  • Mini$15/mo

    5 sites · all checks bundled · SSO · unlimited users · status pages · 1-min checks

  • Standard$27/mo

    10 sites · uptime + SSL + broken links + cron + DNS + Lighthouse per site

  • Plus$50/mo

    25 sites · all features · custom-domain status pages · dual-location verification

  • Pro$77/mo

    50 sites · same all-inclusive feature set

  • Premium$220/mo

    200 sites · agency-scale monitoring

Pricing as of July 5, 2026.

Full Feature Comparison

Every capability, side by side.

Monitoring

FeatureDevHelmOh Dear
Permanently free tier50 monitors10-day trial only
Pricing modelPer monitorPer site (all checks bundled)
Monitors at ~$50/mo250 (Pro at $29/mo)25 sites (Plus at $50/mo)
Fastest check interval30s on Pro1 min (all plans)
HTTP / Ping / TCP
SSL certificate monitoringVia HTTP assertionsDedicated per-site check
Broken link crawler
DNS record monitoring
Cron / heartbeat monitoring
Lighthouse / performance SEO
Probe regions419
Dual-location alert verificationMulti-region probingPrimary + secondary verify

Developer Experience

FeatureDevHelmOh Dear
Monitors as YAML in your repo
First-party Terraform providerArchived community provider
First-party CLI73 commands, all tiersPHP 8.4+ only
Official PHP SDK
Python + JS SDKs
Laravel Pulse integration
MCP server for AI agents
GitHub Action for CI/CD
Public REST API + OpenAPI

Alerting & Incidents

FeatureDevHelmOh Dear
Webhook alertsFree tier ($0)All plans
Slack / Discord / PagerDuty / Opsgenie
SMS / phone-call alertsComing soonVia integrations
Dependency-aware alert correlation
Monthly uptime reportsAggregated historyEmail reports per site

Status Pages

FeatureDevHelmOh Dear
Status page on Free1, custom domainNo — trial only
Custom domainFree tier ($0)All paid plans ($15/mo+)
Auto-update from monitor state
Multilingual pages
Subscriber notificationsPro ($29/mo)All paid plans

Platform

FeatureDevHelmOh Dear
SAML SSOBusiness ($249/mo)All plans ($15/mo+)
Unlimited team membersTier limits (1–25)Unlimited on all plans
EU data hostingUS-hostedBelgium (ISO 27001)
Dependency intelligence80+ vendor servicesNot available

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is DevHelm an Oh Dear alternative for Laravel teams?▾
For uptime monitoring and status pages, yes — with monitors-as-code and a free tier Oh Dear doesn't offer. Oh Dear remains the stronger pick when Laravel Pulse cards, spatie/laravel-schedule-monitor sync, or bundled SSL + broken-link + cron checks per site are central to your workflow. DevHelm is language-agnostic: YAML, Terraform, Python SDK, and JS SDK work in any stack.
How does Oh Dear pricing compare to DevHelm?▾
Oh Dear charges per site ($15/mo for 5 sites, $50/mo for 25, $77/mo for 50) with all check types bundled per site. DevHelm charges per monitor ($0 for 50 monitors on Free, $12/mo for 75 on Starter, $29/mo for 250 on Pro). Teams monitoring many URLs across few domains often pay less on DevHelm; agencies monitoring whole client sites with SSL + cron + broken links bundled may get more per dollar from Oh Dear's per-site model.
Does Oh Dear have a free plan?▾
No permanently free tier. Oh Dear offers a 10-day trial with all features and no credit card. After that, Mini starts at $15/mo for 5 sites. DevHelm Free includes 50 monitors, a custom-domain status page, webhooks, and CLI + Terraform indefinitely.
Can I migrate from Oh Dear to DevHelm?▾
Yes, but there is no one-click importer. Export monitors via Oh Dear's REST API or PHP SDK, recreate checks as DevHelm YAML or Terraform, validate with `devhelm validate`, and deploy with `devhelm deploy -f devhelm.yml --yes`. Map Oh Dear's per-site checks (SSL, cron, broken links) to separate DevHelm monitor types. Run both tools in parallel for 48 hours before cutting over.
When is Oh Dear the better choice?▾
Oh Dear is a good fit when you're a Laravel or PHP shop that relies on Pulse cards and schedule-monitor sync, need SSO and unlimited users from the cheapest tier, or want SSL + broken-link crawling + cron bundled per client site without configuring separate monitors. DevHelm is stronger when you need a free tier, language-agnostic IaC, dependency intelligence, or per-monitor pricing that undercuts Oh Dear at 25+ endpoints.
Looking for Oh Dear alternatives? See our full alternative guide

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