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Uptime monitoring tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for uptime monitoring tools, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

▲Hyperping moved #7 → #6
▼Datadog moved #6 → #7
▼Pingdom -5.8pp (46.9% → 41.1%)
▼Slack -3.3pp (40.8% → 37.5%)
▼Datadog -2.3pp (32.7% → 30.4%)
▼Uptime Robot -1.5pp (55.1% → 53.6%)
▼PagerDuty -1.5pp (26.5% → 25%)
▲Uptime Kuma +1.3pp (46.9% → 48.2%)
▼Better Stack -1pp (79.6% → 78.6%)

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

▲Hyperping moved #9 → #7
▼StatusCake moved #6 → #8
▼Checkly moved #8 → #10
▲Datadog moved #7 → #6
▲PagerDuty moved #10 → #9
▲Hyperping +5.6pp (25% → 30.6%)
▲Uptime Robot +5.1pp (50% → 55.1%)
▲Slack +5.1pp (35.7% → 40.8%)
▲Better Stack +4.6pp (75% → 79.6%)
▲Datadog +4.1pp (28.6% → 32.7%)
▼Uptime Kuma -3.1pp (50% → 46.9%)
▼Checkly -2.6pp (25% → 22.4%)
▲PagerDuty +1.5pp (25% → 26.5%)

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲Checkly moved #10 → #8
▼PagerDuty moved #8 → #10
▲Uptime Kuma moved #4 → #3
▼Pingdom moved #3 → #4
▲StatusCake moved #7 → #6
▼Datadog moved #6 → #7
▼Slack -9.8pp (45.5% → 35.7%)
▼Uptime Robot -7.6pp (57.6% → 50%)
▼PagerDuty -5.3pp (30.3% → 25%)
▼Pingdom -5.1pp (51.5% → 46.4%)
▼StatusCake -4.7pp (33.3% → 28.6%)
▼Datadog -4.7pp (33.3% → 28.6%)
▼Checkly -2.3pp (27.3% → 25%)
▼Hyperping -2.3pp (27.3% → 25%)
▼Uptime Kuma -1.5pp (51.5% → 50%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

▲Datadog moved #8 → #6
▼Hyperping moved #7 → #9
▼StatusCake moved #6 → #7
▲PagerDuty moved #9 → #8
▼Uptime Robot -12.6pp (70.2% → 57.6%)
▼Hyperping -8.9pp (36.2% → 27.3%)
▼Slack -5.6pp (51.1% → 45.5%)
▼StatusCake -5pp (38.3% → 33.3%)
▼Pingdom -3.8pp (55.3% → 51.5%)
▼PagerDuty -3.7pp (34% → 30.3%)
▼Uptime Kuma -1.7pp (53.2% → 51.5%)

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲ INCheckly entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTNew Relic left the top 10 (#10 → #13)
▼New Relic moved #10 → #13
▲Datadog moved #9 → #8
▼PagerDuty moved #8 → #9
▲Checkly moved #11 → #10
▼Uptime Robot -4.8pp (75% → 70.2%)
▲StatusCake +3pp (35.3% → 38.3%)
▲Checkly +2.7pp (25% → 27.7%)
▲Hyperping +2.4pp (33.8% → 36.2%)
▼New Relic -2.4pp (27.9% → 25.5%)
▼Uptime Kuma -1.2pp (54.4% → 53.2%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

▲StatusCake moved #9 → #6
▲Better Stack moved #2 → #1
▼Uptime Robot moved #1 → #2
▲Uptime Kuma moved #5 → #4
▼Slack moved #4 → #5
▼Hyperping moved #6 → #7
▼PagerDuty moved #7 → #8
▼Datadog moved #8 → #9
▼Pingdom -6.3pp (60.7% → 54.4%)
▼Slack -4.2pp (55.7% → 51.5%)
▲StatusCake +2.5pp (32.8% → 35.3%)
▼Hyperping -2.3pp (36.1% → 33.8%)
▼PagerDuty -2.3pp (36.1% → 33.8%)
▼Uptime Robot -2pp (77% → 75%)
▼New Relic -1.6pp (29.5% → 27.9%)
▼Uptime Kuma -1.3pp (55.7% → 54.4%)

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▼StatusCake moved #7 → #9
▲Pingdom moved #4 → #3
▼Slack moved #3 → #4
▲PagerDuty moved #8 → #7
▲Datadog moved #9 → #8
▼Uptime Robot -15.5pp (92.5% → 77%)
▼New Relic -8pp (37.5% → 29.5%)
▼StatusCake -7.2pp (40% → 32.8%)
▼Slack -6.8pp (62.5% → 55.7%)
▼Hyperping -3.9pp (40% → 36.1%)
▼PagerDuty -3.9pp (40% → 36.1%)
▼Datadog -3.1pp (37.5% → 34.4%)
▼Uptime Kuma -1.8pp (57.5% → 55.7%)

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Better Stack78.6%
#2Uptime Robot53.6%
#3Uptime Kuma48.2%
#4Pingdom41.1%
#5Slack37.5%
#6Hyperping30.4%
#7Datadog30.4%
#8StatusCake28.6%
#9PagerDuty25%
#10Checkly23.2%

Sep 7, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Better Stack78.6%
#2Uptime Robot53.6%
#3Uptime Kuma48.2%
#4Pingdom41.1%
#5Slack37.5%
#6Hyperping30.4%
#7Datadog30.4%
#8StatusCake28.6%
#9PagerDuty25%
#10Checkly23.2%

Sep 6, 202649 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Better Stack79.6%
#2Uptime Robot55.1%
#3Uptime Kuma46.9%
#4Pingdom46.9%
#5Slack40.8%
#6Datadog32.7%
#7Hyperping30.6%
#8StatusCake28.6%
#9PagerDuty26.5%
#10Checkly22.4%

Sep 5, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Better Stack75%
#2Uptime Robot50%
#3Uptime Kuma50%
#4Pingdom46.4%
#5Slack35.7%
#6StatusCake28.6%
#7Datadog28.6%
#8Checkly25%
#9Hyperping25%
#10PagerDuty25%

Sep 4, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7

#1Better Stack75%
#2Uptime Robot50%
#3Uptime Kuma50%
#4Pingdom46.4%
#5Slack35.7%
#6StatusCake28.6%
#7Datadog28.6%
#8Checkly25%
#9Hyperping25%
#10PagerDuty25%

Sep 3, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7

#1Better Stack75%
#2Uptime Robot50%
#3Uptime Kuma50%
#4Pingdom46.4%
#5Slack35.7%
#6StatusCake28.6%
#7Datadog28.6%
#8Checkly25%
#9Hyperping25%
#10PagerDuty25%

Sep 2, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v7

#1Better Stack75%
#2Uptime Robot50%
#3Uptime Kuma50%
#4Pingdom46.4%
#5Slack35.7%
#6StatusCake28.6%
#7Datadog28.6%
#8Checkly25%
#9Hyperping25%
#10PagerDuty25%

Sep 1, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v7

#1Better Stack75%
#2Uptime Robot50%
#3Uptime Kuma50%
#4Pingdom46.4%
#5Slack35.7%
#6StatusCake28.6%
#7Datadog28.6%
#8Checkly25%
#9Hyperping25%
#10PagerDuty25%

Aug 31, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v7

#1Better Stack75%
#2Uptime Robot50%
#3Uptime Kuma50%
#4Pingdom46.4%
#5Slack35.7%
#6StatusCake28.6%
#7Datadog28.6%
#8Checkly25%
#9Hyperping25%
#10PagerDuty25%

Aug 30, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v7

#1Better Stack75%
#2Uptime Robot50%
#3Uptime Kuma50%
#4Pingdom46.4%
#5Slack35.7%
#6StatusCake28.6%
#7Datadog28.6%
#8Checkly25%
#9Hyperping25%
#10PagerDuty25%

Aug 29, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v7

#1Better Stack75%
#2Uptime Robot50%
#3Uptime Kuma50%
#4Pingdom46.4%
#5Slack35.7%
#6StatusCake28.6%
#7Datadog28.6%
#8Checkly25%
#9Hyperping25%
#10PagerDuty25%

Aug 28, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v7

#1Better Stack75%
#2Uptime Robot50%
#3Uptime Kuma50%
#4Pingdom46.4%
#5Slack35.7%
#6StatusCake28.6%
#7Datadog28.6%
#8Checkly25%
#9Hyperping25%
#10PagerDuty25%

Aug 27, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v7

#1Better Stack75%
#2Uptime Robot50%
#3Uptime Kuma50%
#4Pingdom46.4%
#5Slack35.7%
#6StatusCake28.6%
#7Datadog28.6%
#8Checkly25%
#9Hyperping25%
#10PagerDuty25%

Aug 26, 202633 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Better Stack75.8%
#2Uptime Robot57.6%
#3Pingdom51.5%
#4Uptime Kuma51.5%
#5Slack45.5%
#6Datadog33.3%
#7StatusCake33.3%
#8PagerDuty30.3%
#9Hyperping27.3%
#10Checkly27.3%

Aug 25, 202633 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Better Stack75.8%
#2Uptime Robot57.6%
#3Pingdom51.5%
#4Uptime Kuma51.5%
#5Slack45.5%
#6Datadog33.3%
#7StatusCake33.3%
#8PagerDuty30.3%
#9Hyperping27.3%
#10Checkly27.3%

Aug 24, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Better Stack76.6%
#2Uptime Robot70.2%
#3Pingdom55.3%
#4Uptime Kuma53.2%
#5Slack51.1%
#6StatusCake38.3%
#7Hyperping36.2%
#8Datadog34%
#9PagerDuty34%
#10Checkly27.7%

Aug 23, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Better Stack76.6%
#2Uptime Robot70.2%
#3Pingdom55.3%
#4Uptime Kuma53.2%
#5Slack51.1%
#6StatusCake38.3%
#7Hyperping36.2%
#8Datadog34%
#9PagerDuty34%
#10Checkly27.7%

Aug 22, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7

#1Better Stack76.6%
#2Uptime Robot70.2%
#3Pingdom55.3%
#4Uptime Kuma53.2%
#5Slack51.1%
#6StatusCake38.3%
#7Hyperping36.2%
#8Datadog34%
#9PagerDuty34%
#10Checkly27.7%

Aug 21, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7

#1Better Stack76.5%
#2Uptime Robot75%
#3Pingdom54.4%
#4Uptime Kuma54.4%
#5Slack51.5%
#6StatusCake35.3%
#7Hyperping33.8%
#8PagerDuty33.8%
#9Datadog33.8%
#10New Relic27.9%

Aug 20, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7

#1Better Stack76.5%
#2Uptime Robot75%
#3Pingdom54.4%
#4Uptime Kuma54.4%
#5Slack51.5%
#6StatusCake35.3%
#7Hyperping33.8%
#8PagerDuty33.8%
#9Datadog33.8%
#10New Relic27.9%

Aug 19, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7

#1Better Stack76.5%
#2Uptime Robot75%
#3Pingdom54.4%
#4Uptime Kuma54.4%
#5Slack51.5%
#6StatusCake35.3%
#7Hyperping33.8%
#8PagerDuty33.8%
#9Datadog33.8%
#10New Relic27.9%

Aug 18, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7

#1Better Stack76.5%
#2Uptime Robot75%
#3Pingdom54.4%
#4Uptime Kuma54.4%
#5Slack51.5%
#6StatusCake35.3%
#7Hyperping33.8%
#8PagerDuty33.8%
#9Datadog33.8%
#10New Relic27.9%

Aug 17, 202661 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-7

#1Uptime Robot77%
#2Better Stack77%
#3Pingdom60.7%
#4Slack55.7%
#5Uptime Kuma55.7%
#6Hyperping36.1%
#7PagerDuty36.1%
#8Datadog34.4%
#9StatusCake32.8%
#10New Relic29.5%

Aug 16, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Uptime Robot92.5%
#2Better Stack77.5%
#3Slack62.5%
#4Pingdom60%
#5Uptime Kuma57.5%
#6Hyperping40%
#7StatusCake40%
#8PagerDuty40%
#9Datadog37.5%
#10New Relic37.5%

Aug 15, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Uptime Robot92.5%
#2Better Stack77.5%
#3Slack62.5%
#4Pingdom60%
#5Uptime Kuma57.5%
#6Hyperping40%
#7StatusCake40%
#8PagerDuty40%
#9Datadog37.5%
#10New Relic37.5%

Aug 14, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Uptime Robot92.5%
#2Better Stack77.5%
#3Slack62.5%
#4Pingdom60%
#5Uptime Kuma57.5%
#6Hyperping40%
#7StatusCake40%
#8PagerDuty40%
#9Datadog37.5%
#10New Relic37.5%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/uptime-monitoring/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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