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Healthchecks vs PHP Server Monitor

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted monitoring & status options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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HE Healthchecks Cron job and scheduled task monitoring VS PH PHP Server Monitor Simple PHP tool for monitoring servers and websites
FeatureHealthchecksPHP Server Monitor
CategoryMonitoring & StatusMonitoring & Status
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseGPL-3.0
LanguagePythonJavaScript
Setup difficultyEasyEasy
Min. RAM256 MB128 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metaldocker, bare-metal
GitHub stars★ 10,226★ 2,189
First released20152010
ReplacesPingdomPingdom, UptimeRobot

Why pick each one

Choose Healthchecks if…

  • Catches silently failing jobs
  • Lots of notification channels
  • Lightweight
Healthchecks details

Choose PHP Server Monitor if…

  • Very easy to deploy
  • Low resource use
PHP Server Monitor details

Frequently asked questions

Is Healthchecks or PHP Server Monitor better?

Neither is universally better. Healthchecks has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Healthchecks and PHP Server Monitor free and open-source?

Yes. Healthchecks is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and PHP Server Monitor under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Healthchecks and PHP Server Monitor with Docker?

Healthchecks: yes. PHP Server Monitor: yes.

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