failover.io is an uptime monitoring service with cascading alert chains. It performs HTTP, cron/heartbeat, SSL certificate, and JSON-RPC checks, and escalates alerts across up to 10 channels until someone acknowledges. Each escalation step waits for an explicit acknowledgment before moving to the next channel, combining monitoring with incident escalation at flat-rate pricing.
What it's for
Features 13
- Acknowledge alerts via SMS reply, email button, voice call (press 1), or Slack button
- Active-active high-availability infrastructure with Patroni-managed PostgreSQL replication
- Authenticated API monitoring with up to 20 custom headers per monitor
- Cascading alert chains across 10 channels
- Cron job heartbeat monitoring
- Hosted public status pages with one-click embed code
- HTTP checks with status code, response time, keyword match assertions
- JSON-RPC/blockchain node monitoring with value tracking and stall detection
- ntfy alert channel support
- On-call scheduling with rotations and overrides
- Retry threshold configuration to reduce alert noise
- SSL certificate expiry monitoring with staged warnings (30d/7d/1d)
- Webhook payload alerts
Pricing
Annual billing offers 2 months free on Pro and Team plans; toggled on the billing page. No exact percentage stated.
For side projects and hobby devs.
5 monitors, 60s check intervals, 1 status page, 7-day incident history, 2-step alert chains
For solo devs and small teams. Marked 'Most Popular'.
50 monitors, 30s check intervals, 5 status pages, 90-day history
For engineering teams with real on-call responsibilities.
Unlimited monitors, 15s check intervals, unlimited status pages, 365-day history, up to 20 team members
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