FoundersDeck The European alternative to Pingdom / BetterUptime
SubmittedUptime monitoring and status pages from Germany
About FoundersDeck
FoundersDeck is a monitoring service from Villingen-Schwenningen with servers at Netcup in Nuremberg. The platform offers uptime checks, heartbeat monitoring for cron jobs, and status pages. Unlike BetterUptime or Pingdom, the entire infrastructure is exclusively in Germany.
Highlights
- ✓ Uptime checks at 30-second intervals on the Scale plan
- ✓ Heartbeat monitoring for cron jobs and backups
- ✓ Status pages with whitelabel option
- ✓ Servers exclusively in Nuremberg at Netcup
- ✓ Alerting via email, Slack, Discord, and webhooks
Why European?
- → German company from Villingen-Schwenningen
- → Servers exclusively in Nuremberg (Netcup)
- → Not subject to US CLOUD Act or FISA 702
- → EU data residency on all plans
Pricing
Free (5 monitors) · Starter from €9/month · Pro from €19/month · Scale from €39/month
Frequently asked questions about FoundersDeck
What is FoundersDeck and what is it used for? +
FoundersDeck is a monitoring service from Villingen-Schwenningen that offers uptime checks, heartbeat monitoring for cron jobs and backups, and public status pages. HTTP, ping, and keyword checks run depending on tier between 5 minutes and 30 seconds. The free tier includes 5 monitors with 30 days of data retention. The Scale tier offers 50 monitors and whitelabel status pages.
Does FoundersDeck run on European infrastructure? +
FoundersDeck stores and processes all data exclusively in Nuremberg on the infrastructure of German Netcup GmbH. The company explicitly advertises that it is not subject to the US CLOUD Act or FISA 702. All tiers, including the free one, include EU data residency. No US cloud services are used.
What distinguishes FoundersDeck from Pingdom? +
FoundersDeck is German with servers exclusively in Nuremberg, Pingdom belongs to SolarWinds (USA) and is subject to the CLOUD Act. Pingdom has a significantly larger product portfolio with real-user monitoring and global check locations. FoundersDeck focuses on simple uptime and heartbeat monitoring with German data residency and targets EU companies with compliance requirements.
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