The Oh Dear
alternative with a free plan
Oh Dear has no free tier — its cheapest plan is $17/mo for 2 sites. Narvin monitors 5 sites free, commercial use allowed, and turns its checks plus your client's Google Analytics and Search Console into a report — not just an automated data export.
Narvin is an Oh Dear alternative for agencies and freelancers who want monitoring with a real free tier: Oh Dear's checks are broad and thorough, but every plan starts at $17/mo with no free option, and its automated client reports are data exports rather than a narrative merged with analytics.
Oh Dear checks every minute on every plan and bundles a genuinely wide feature set — SSL, broken links, mixed content, Lighthouse, cron monitoring, DNS and domain expiry, status pages — with, in its own words, no feature locked behind a higher tier. That breadth is real and worth crediting.
The gap is entry cost and report depth. Narvin's free plan (5 sites, 5-minute checks, one sample report) allows commercial use; Oh Dear's cheapest paid plan is $17/mo for 2 sites. And where Oh Dear's automated monthly reports surface uptime, performance and SSL trends as a data export, Narvin merges the same kind of monitoring data with GA4 and Search Console and writes a report your client reads, with every number traced to a fact your account recorded.
| Feature | Narvin | Oh Dear |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 5 monitors at 5 min checks — commercial use allowed | None — 10-day trial only; cheapest paid plan is $17/mo for 2 sites |
| Entry paid plan | $9/mo — 25 monitors at 1 min checks | $17/mo Solo — 2 sites, checked every minute |
| 25 sites | $9/mo — 25 monitors at 1 min checks on the $9/mo plan | $109/mo Studio — 25 sites |
| Fastest check interval | 30s on Advanced & Agency | Every minute, on every plan |
| Client reports | 3 fixed presets, a fact-provenanced sentence per card, delivered by email, Slack, Discord, Telegram or WhatsApp | Automated data reports (uptime, performance, broken links, SSL) — no analytics merge |
| Checks included | Uptime, SSL, domain, DNS, PageSpeed & heartbeats (paid tiers add PageSpeed/heartbeats) | Uptime, SSL, broken links, mixed content, Lighthouse, cron, DNS, domain — every tier |
| White-label | Client reports at $19/mo | Branded reports and status pages on every tier |
| Alert channels | Email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, signed webhooks | Not detailed on its pricing/marketing pages beyond branded status pages (see vendor docs) |
Oh Dear details last verified against ohdear.app/pricing and ohdear.app in September 2026. Check the vendor's site for current plans before deciding.
Last verified September 2026 against Oh Dear pricing, Oh Dear homepage.
Why Narvin is the easier start
Oh Dear's checks and feature set are hard to fault — but there's no free plan, and the report is a data export, not a narrative. Narvin starts at $0 with commercial use allowed, and turns the same kind of monitoring data into a report merged with your client's own GA4 and Search Console numbers.
When Oh Dear is the better choice
If per-minute checks on every tier, unlimited SSO and 2FA, or a very wide out-of-the-box check list (broken links, mixed content, sitemap monitoring) matter more than starting price or client-report depth, Oh Dear's feature breadth is real and mature.
The bottom line
Pick Narvin to start free and hand your client a report they read. Pick Oh Dear if you need its specific check list from day one and don't mind starting at $17/mo.
Frequently asked questions
Does Oh Dear have a free plan?
No — Oh Dear offers a 10-day free trial only; its cheapest paid plan is $17/mo for 2 sites. Narvin's free plan covers 5 sites with 5-minute checks and allows commercial use.
Does Oh Dear write a narrative client report?
Oh Dear's automated monthly reports summarize uptime, performance, broken links and SSL health as a data export. Narvin merges the same kind of monitoring data with your client's Google Analytics and Search Console, then writes a plain-language report with every number traced to a fact your account recorded.
How often does each service check a site?
Oh Dear checks every minute on every tier. Narvin's fastest interval is 30 seconds on the Advanced and Agency plans; the free and Basic plans check every 5 minutes and 1 minute.
Honest pricing, no surprises.
Start free with five sites and a sample report. Scale to 300 sites, 30-second checks and 200 client reports a month — and save 20% when you pay yearly.
Free
5 sites, free
- 5 sites
- Checks as fast as 5 min
- 1 sample client report
- 1 client report
- 3 alert channels
- 1 report periods
- Domain & SSL monitoring
Basic
25 sites — $0.36/site
- 25 sites
- Checks as fast as 1 min
- 10 client reports / month
- Up to 10 client reports
- 6 alert channels
- 3 report periods
- PageSpeed & Lighthouse audits
- Heartbeat & cron monitors
- Domain & SSL monitoring
Advanced
100 sites — $0.19/site
- 100 sites
- Checks as fast as 30s
- 50 client reports / month
- Up to 50 client reports
- 6 alert channels
- 4 report periods
- PageSpeed & Lighthouse audits
- Heartbeat & cron monitors
- Domain & SSL monitoring
- White-label client reports
Agency
300 sites — $0.16/site
- 300 sites
- Checks as fast as 30s
- 200 client reports / month
- Up to 200 client reports
- 6 alert channels
- 4 report periods
- PageSpeed & Lighthouse audits
- Heartbeat & cron monitors
- Domain & SSL monitoring
- White-label client reports
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