HowFast is a performance monitoring tool that measures the time a server, URL, or API takes to return a response. It pings monitored resources every minute to detect downtime and notifies teams via email or Slack. It also breaks down response time into DNS resolution, TCP connection, TLS handshake, data sending, waiting, and downloading phases to help identify bottlenecks.
What it's for
Features 14
- Custom-domain status pages
- DNS expiration monitoring
- Downtime email and Slack notifications
- Every-minute HTTP downtime pings
- In-network monitoring probe for firewalled resources
- PagerDuty integration
- Performance data retention
- Public status pages
- Response time breakdown (DNS resolution, TCP connection, TLS handshake, data sending, waiting, downloading)
- SLA rule and maintenance window definition
- Team features
- TLS certificate expiration monitoring
- TLS security scanning for misconfigurations and vulnerabilities
- Uptime monitoring
Pricing
Prices shown in US Dollars; site also offers a currency toggle to Euro (€) but no Euro figures were given. Annual billing reduces the Pro plan to $20.98/month.
Great for side projects and solo entrepreneurs.
10 Monitors, 7 days performance data retention
Save 30% with the yearly plan, dropping to $20.98/month.
50 Monitors, 30 days performance data retention
Custom solutions tailored to teams with high quality standards; contact for details.
300 Monitors
Save 30% with yearly subscriptions.
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