# Uptime Kuma: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 22 judge labels across 5 categories by 13 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/uptime-kuma

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Website and synthetic monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/website-and-synthetic-monitoring/index.md) | 4% | 7 | 0% | 17 |
| [Infrastructure monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/infrastructure-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 31 | 0% | 2 |
| [Certificate lifecycle management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/certificate-lifecycle-management/index.md) | 0% | 78 | 0% | 1 |
| [Incident management and on-call](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/incident-management-and-on-call/index.md) | 0% | 55 | 0% | 1 |
| [Network monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 0% | 49 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "If you have a technical person on staff: Go with Uptime Kuma on a free VPS. It gives you enterprise-level monitoring at $0/month." (Kimi K2, Uptime monitoring)
- "Uptime Kuma (Best Overall Value / Self-Hosted) ... 100% Free & Open-Source" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Uptime monitoring)
- "Uptime Kuma is the cheapest option because it's free/open-source; the tradeoff is that you have to run and maintain it yourself" (GPT-5.4 mini, Uptime monitoring)
- "Uptime Kuma is free and self-hosted, but make sure it runs somewhere separate from the services it monitors." (GPT-6 Luna, Uptime monitoring)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Uptime Kuma, from 49 of the 54 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- uptimerobot.com: 21
- github.com: 14
- notifier.so: 14
- capterra.com: 11
- dev.to: 11
- motadata.com: 11
- g2.com: 10
- hyperping.com: 10
- reddit.com: 10
- onlineornot.com: 9

### Pages cited

- https://notifier.so/guides/best-uptime-monitoring-for-startups: 13
- https://uptimerobot.com/pricing: 9
- https://notifier.so/guides/cheap-uptime-monitoring: 8
- https://motadata.com/blog/best-website-monitoring-tools: 7
- https://uptimerobot.com/knowledge-hub/comparisons-and-alternatives/11-best-uptime-monitoring-tools-compared: 7
- https://github.com/AlertSleep/awesome-uptime-monitoring: 6
- https://hyperping.com/blog/best-uptime-monitoring-software-for-every-use: 6
- https://onlineornot.com/uptime-monitoring-tools: 6

## What it publishes

Every page uptime.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 8110 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 146 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-02-12
- case study: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-01-30
- conference or event: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-11-08
- report or ebook: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-03-21
- template or tool: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 12 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-01-20
- news or press: 20 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2025-02-12 blog: The Best API Monitoring Tools in 2025: A Complete Guide https://uptime.com/blog/best-api-monitoring-tools
- Recent: 2025-02-05 blog: Shopify store check types https://uptime.com/blog/shopify-store-check-types
- Recent: 2025-01-30 blog: How to monitor status pages https://uptime.com/blog/how-to-monitor-status-pages
- Recent: 2025-01-22 blog: How to monitor website performance https://uptime.com/blog/how-to-monitor-website-performance
- Recent: 2025-01-20 glossary or explainer: What is api monitoring https://uptime.com/blog/what-is-api-monitoring
- Recent: 2025-01-14 blog: Ui updates january 2025 https://uptime.com/blog/ui-updates-january-2025

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.