Migrate from UptimeRobot to DomainCare

UptimeRobot's free tier has made it a go-to choice for developers getting started with uptime monitoring. But as your infrastructure matures — and especially as your domain portfolio grows — you'll notice the gaps: no SSL expiry tracking, no DNS change detection, no email deliverability health, and no per-domain grouping. DomainCare was built to fill exactly those gaps.

This guide takes you from a running UptimeRobot account to a fully configured DomainCare setup.

What you'll move

• HTTP/HTTPS monitors (uptime checks)
• Keyword checks
• Alert contacts (email, SMS, Slack, webhook)
• Maintenance windows

Step 1: List your UptimeRobot monitors

UptimeRobot provides an API to list all monitors. Run:

curl -X POST "https://api.uptimerobot.com/v2/getMonitors" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
  -d "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json&logs=0" | jq '.monitors[] | {friendly_name, url, type, interval}'

Or use the UptimeRobot dashboard: go to My Monitors, export the list, and note:

• The full URL for each monitor (e.g. https://example.com/health)
• Monitor type (HTTP, keyword, ping)
• Check interval in seconds
• Which alert contacts are assigned

Step 2: Add your domains to DomainCare

DomainCare is domain-centric rather than URL-centric. Instead of adding individual monitor URLs, you add a domain and DomainCare enables the appropriate checks automatically.

For each unique domain in your UptimeRobot list:

1. Sign into DomainCare (or start a free trial).
2. Click Add domain.
3. Enter the domain name (without https:// — just example.com).
4. DomainCare reads your DNS and pre-fills suggested checks. Review and enable the ones you want.

If you have monitors pointing to multiple paths on the same domain (e.g. https://example.com/, https://example.com/api/ping), add the domain once and then add a separate HTTP check for each path under Checks > Add check.

See Add your first domain for a full walkthrough.

Step 3: Map UptimeRobot monitor types to DomainCare checks

Most UptimeRobot monitors map cleanly to DomainCare uptime checks. The key difference: DomainCare also runs SSL, DNS, and email deliverability checks continuously — checks you'd need separate UptimeRobot monitors (or external tools) to replicate.

Step 4: Set up notification channels

DomainCare supports email, Slack, webhooks, PagerDuty, and others. UptimeRobot contacts map as follows:

To add channels:

1. Go to Settings > Notifications.
2. Click Add channel and complete the setup for each type.
3. Test each channel with Send test notification.

Then open each domain's settings and assign the notification policy — which events trigger alerts, on which channels, after how many consecutive failures.

See Notification channels for setup details.

Step 5: Replicate maintenance windows

UptimeRobot maintenance windows suppress alerts during scheduled downtime. In DomainCare, you pause individual checks or mute notifications for a domain during maintenance:

1. Open the domain.
2. Click the ... menu next to any check.
3. Select Pause check with a duration.

DomainCare supports per-domain maintenance windows with start/end datetimes. Named, reusable schedules are planned for a future release.

Step 6: Validate and cut over

Before cancelling UptimeRobot:

1. Let DomainCare run for at least 24 hours and confirm check results look correct.
2. Trigger a test alert by temporarily taking down a staging endpoint (or using DomainCare's test notification feature).
3. Confirm you receive the alert via each configured channel.

Once you're confident, cancel UptimeRobot at My Account > Subscription. UptimeRobot retains account data for 30 days after cancellation if you need to reference old incident history.

Common questions

Does DomainCare have a free trial? Yes — a 30-day free trial covers 1 domain with full feature access, no credit card required. See pricing for paid plan details.

Can I import UptimeRobot monitors automatically? Not currently. Adding domains manually takes roughly 2 minutes per domain for a typical setup.

What about teams and user management? DomainCare accounts are currently single-user. Team and multi-user support is on the roadmap.

Will check history transfer? No — DomainCare starts fresh from the day you add a domain. UptimeRobot history stays in your UptimeRobot account until it's deleted.