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FourSight vs Pulsetic: the breakdown
Pulsetic is known for its beautiful status pages and status badges, but it focuses primarily on HTTP uptime monitoring. It lacks advanced check types like DNS, domain expiry, and port monitoring, and doesn't offer multi-region quorum consensus.
FourSight provides 7 monitor types, consensus-based incident detection from 4 global regions, full incident management with severity levels and timelines, and maintenance windows — all starting free.
Advantages
Why teams choose FourSight over Pulsetic
7 monitor types vs HTTP-focused
Pulsetic focuses on HTTP monitoring. FourSight adds SSL, DNS, domain expiry, keyword, ping, and port monitoring for complete infrastructure coverage.
Multi-region quorum consensus
Pulsetic checks from 15 locations but doesn't use consensus voting. FourSight's 4-region quorum approach is designed specifically to eliminate false positives.
Full incident management
FourSight auto-creates incidents with severity levels (critical, major, minor), status updates, and event timelines. Pulsetic has basic incident notifications.
Maintenance windows
Schedule recurring or one-time maintenance to suppress alerts and display banners on status pages. Pulsetic doesn't offer this.
Pricing
Pricing: FourSight vs Pulsetic
FourSight Free: 10 monitors, multi-region consensus, email alerts, 1 status page, incident management. Pulsetic Free: 1 monitor, limited features.
FourSight Starter ($16/mo): 50 monitors, 1-min intervals, Slack & webhooks, maintenance windows. Pulsetic Solo ($9/mo): fewer features.
FourSight Growth ($40/mo): 100 monitors, 30s intervals, 7 check types, 5 status pages, multi-user orgs. Pulsetic Team ($29/mo): HTTP-focused with fewer check types.
Feature comparison
Side-by-side comparison
| Feature | FourSight | Pulsetic |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | ||
| HTTP monitoring | ||
| SSL monitoring | Growth+ | |
| DNS monitoring | Growth+ | |
| Domain expiry tracking | Growth+ | |
| Keyword monitoring | Growth+ | |
| Ping monitoring | ||
| Port monitoring | Growth+ | |
| Multi-region consensus | ||
| 30-second intervals | Growth+ | |
| Alerting | ||
| Email alerts | ||
| Slack alerts | Starter+ | |
| Webhook alerts | Starter+ | |
| SMS alerts | Pro+ | |
| Status Pages | ||
| Public status pages | ||
| Custom CSS | Pro+ | |
| Status badges | ||
| Operations | ||
| Incident management | Starter+ | |
| Maintenance windows | Starter+ | |
| Multi-user organizations | Growth+ | Paid |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan monitors | 10 | 1 |
| Cheapest paid plan | $16/mo | $9/mo |
FAQ
Common questions
Does FourSight have status badges like Pulsetic?
Not currently — FourSight focuses on status pages, incident management, and multi-region monitoring. Status badges are on the roadmap.
Are Pulsetic's status pages better?
Pulsetic is known for beautiful status pages. FourSight's status pages are functional and brandable with custom CSS, and we're continuously improving the design.
Can I migrate from Pulsetic?
Yes — just add your monitor URLs to FourSight. There's no data to migrate since monitors are simply URLs with check configurations.
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