Know when your site is down before your customers do.
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See exactly what PlainPing monitors. Paste your web address and we'll check uptime, SSL, and domain expiry in seconds.
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Three silent problems take small websites down
And most owners find out from an angry customer, not a dashboard. PlainPing catches all three.
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Your site goes down
It crashes at 2am on a Saturday. Nobody knows until Monday. That's a weekend of lost sales and lost trust, gone quietly.
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Your security certificate expires
Visitors suddenly see a big scary "Not Secure" warning. They assume you got hacked and leave. All from a certificate you forgot renews.
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Your domain lapses
Miss one renewal email and your whole site vanishes, your email dies, and someone else can grab your web address. It happens more than you'd think.
Set it up once. Never think about it again.
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Paste your web address
Type in your website. That's the whole setup. No plugins, no code, no changes to your site.
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We keep watch, 24/7
We check that your site is up, your certificate is valid, and your domain isn't about to expire, around the clock.
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You hear from us only when it matters
Something wrong? You get a plain-English email or text explaining what happened and exactly what to do about it.
Alerts a normal person can actually understand.
No status codes. No graphs to decode. Just a clear heads-up and a simple next step, the way you'd want a knowledgeable friend to tell you.
PlainPing · alerts@plainping.com
Heads up: your security certificate expires in 14 days
ACTION NEEDED SOON
The SSL certificate for yourbusiness.com expires on Aug 13. If it lapses, anyone visiting your site will see a red "Not Secure" warning, and many will leave without buying or calling.
What to do: Most hosts renew this automatically, but not all. Forward this email to whoever manages your hosting, or reply and we'll point you to the 2-minute fix for your setup.
Simple pricing. Free forever to start.
Watch your first site free. Upgrade only if you want more sites or a text message the second something breaks.
Free
$0
- 1 website
- Uptime checks every 15 minutes
- SSL certificate expiry alerts
- Domain expiry alerts
- Email notifications Start free
- 3 websites
- Uptime checks every 1 minute
- SSL + domain expiry alerts
- Text message (SMS) alerts
- 90 days of history Upgrade to Pro
- 10 websites
- Everything in Pro
- Priority 30-second checks
- Monthly email report
- Support when you need it
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Pro
$9/mo
Business
$19/mo
Questions people actually ask
#### Do I need to be technical to use this?
No. If you can type in your web address and your email, you can use PlainPing. That's the whole point - it's built for owners, not engineers.
#### Do I have to install anything on my site?
Nothing. We watch your site from the outside, exactly the way a visitor sees it. No plugins, no code, no changes.
#### What happens when something goes wrong?
You get an email that explains in plain English what happened and what to do next. No jargon, no guessing.
#### Is the free plan really free?
Yes. One website, watched around the clock, no credit card. You only pay if you want more sites or instant text alerts.
#### How is this different from UptimeRobot or BetterStack?
Those tools are built for developers and DevOps teams. They're powerful but overwhelming if you just own a small business website. PlainPing skips the dashboards and jargon - we just tell you what's wrong and what to do.
Stop finding out from your customers.
Set up your first site in 60 seconds. Free forever.