Everything that can go wrong with your domain, watched in one place.
Uptime, SSL, DNS, domain expiry, and email security, discovered from one domain and checked from multiple US regions.
- Website
- SSL
- DNS
- Domain expiry
- Email security
- Port
Free health check
Free domain bundle or 7 monitors · Pro $50/year
Free to start. We are in beta, so tell us what breaks.
What's got you down bad?
Pick the problem that sounds familiar. We'll show you what we watch for it.
My site went down and a customer told me first
Your site can go down at 2 a.m. and stay down until a customer notices. We check it around the clock and tell you first.
What DownBad checks
- Website availability and HTTP status
- Response time
- When a check fails, we re-check it from other US regions before alerting you
Someone could send email pretending to be me
When your domain is missing its SPF, DKIM, or DMARC records, anyone can send mail that looks like it came from you. We check that those records are published.
What DownBad checks
- SPF: your domain publishes a record
- DKIM: a signing key is published under a common selector name
- DMARC: your domain publishes a record
- Also reported: whether BIMI and MTA-STS records are published
This checks your email authentication setup (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC). It doesn't check blacklists or test inbox delivery.
My security certificate expired (or almost did)
An expired certificate puts a full-page security warning in front of every visitor. We watch the expiry date and warn you well ahead of it.
What DownBad checks
- Expiry date, with warnings well ahead of it
- The certificate chain is trusted
- The certificate matches your domain name
- A secure connection (TLS handshake) succeeds
I almost lost my domain
If your domain registration lapses, your site and email stop, and someone else can register the name. We watch the expiry date and warn you early.
What DownBad checks
- Registration expiry date
- Registrar and nameserver changes
- Warnings well before it lapses
- One click to put the renewal date on your calendar
Something changed and my site or email broke
A DNS edit, a registrar change, or a nameserver move can break your site or email without any error on your end. We notice the change and show you what moved.
What DownBad checks
- DNS records (A, AAAA, MX, TXT, CNAME) compared with the values you expect
- Nameserver changes
- Registration changes
- Alerts that show what was there before and what is there now
Managing domains for clients?
What you get
Start free with one domain. Upgrade when you need more.
Free, for one domain
$0, forever. Everything here is in both plans, Free beside Pro.
Domain discovery
Enter a domain and we find its checks: website, SSL, DNS, registration, and email security. A domain and its checks make one bundle, and each check is one monitor.
- Free
- 1 domain bundle7 monitors
- Pro
- 25 domain bundles100 monitors
Check interval
The fastest each monitor can run.
- Free
- Every 5 minutes
- Pro
- Every minute
Multi-region verification
A failed website, certificate, DNS or port check is re-checked from N. Virginia, Ohio, N. California, and Oregon before you are alerted, so one bad network path can't page you.
- Free
- Regions chosen by DownBad
- Pro
- Choose up to 4 regions
Alert channels
Where your alerts reach you, and how many email addresses they can go to.
- Free
- Email, in-app1 email address
- Pro
- Adds webhooks5 email addresses
Notifications
What you're told about, and when.
- Free
- Built-in alert recipes, including certificate expiry and DNS and WHOIS change alerts
- Pro
- Custom alert rules, quiet hours
History
How long check results are kept, and how long their archives are kept.
- Free
- 30 daysArchives kept 1 year
- Pro
- 90 daysArchives kept 1 year
Commercial use
Use it for your business or your clients' sites.
- Free
- Yes
- Pro
- Yes
Vibes
How DownBad talks to you, in the app and in alerts.
- Free
- Stoic, Chill, Fun
- Pro
- Adds DownBad
Pro: $50/year
Only in Pro and Lifetime Founder.
Public status pages
ProA public page that shows your visitors what is up and what is down, in the template and vibe you choose.
Custom escalation
ProSet your own escalation steps: while a problem stays open, the alert moves on to the next channel after the delay you choose.
Custom alert rules
ProDecide which events alert you, how urgent each one is, and where it goes, then reuse the setup on any monitor.
Webhooks
ProSend alerts to your own tools and scripts.
Region control
ProChoose up to 4 regions to re-check each monitor, from N. Virginia, Ohio, N. California, and Oregon.
Monitor groups
ProGroup monitors from different domains, like one client's sites, and give the group one alert setup.
Quiet hours
ProPick hours when alerts stay quiet, in your own time zone, with a summary when they end if you want one.
The DownBad vibe
ProUnhinged, extreme, and over the top. Preview it anytime; keep it with Pro.
The DownBad theme
ProBold, stark, and high contrast. Preview it anytime; keep it with Pro.
Roadmap
Shipped features stay. These are next.
- Soon
iOS App
Check status and acknowledge alerts from your iPhone without opening a browser.
- Soon
Android App
The same monitoring tools on Android, ready when you are away from a desk.
- Soon
Popular Webhook Integrations
Push alerts into Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, and the hooks teams already use.
- Soon
Developer API
Create and manage monitors, bundles, and incidents from your own tools.
- Soon
MCP Server
Let AI agents query and manage DownBad through the Model Context Protocol.
- Soon
Heartbeat Monitoring
Catch silent failures when a cron job or worker stops checking in.
- Soon
Teams
Invite teammates with shared access to the same account and its monitors.
- Soon
Additional Regions
More probe regions so failures can be verified closer to your users.
- Soon
Import Monitors / Domains
Bring monitors over from another tool without retyping every URL.
- Soon
Blacklist / Spam Monitoring
Watch DNS blacklists so you know when your domain or mail hosts land on one.
- Soon
Additional Login Integrations
Sign in with more identity providers you already use at work.
- Soon
Additional Monitor Types
More kinds of checks as the product grows.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about DownBad.
Websites (status and response time), SSL certificates, DNS records, domain registration expiry, email security (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC), and open ports. Enter a domain and we find the checks that apply to it, or configure your own.
A domain bundle is the set of checks we find for one domain, so its size depends on what the domain uses. Each check counts as one monitor. Free includes 1 domain bundle and up to 7 monitors. Pro includes up to 25 domain bundles and 100 monitors.
As often as every 5 minutes on Free and every minute on Pro. Slower-changing checks, like SSL certificates and domain registration, run less often by default.
When a check fails, we re-check it from other US regions before we alert you, so one bad network path can't page you. The re-checks run from N. Virginia, Ohio, N. California, and Oregon. On Free, DownBad picks the regions for the re-check. On Pro, you can turn each region on or off.
By email and in-app notification, on every plan. Email alerts can go to 1 address on Free and 5 addresses on Pro. Every plan includes our built-in alert recipes, among them certificate expiry and DNS and WHOIS change alerts. Pro also lets you build custom alert rules, add webhooks, and set quiet hours. More channels are on the roadmap.
Yes. Commercial use is allowed on every plan.
You pay $299 one time and get all current and future Pro features, for as long as DownBad runs. Separate plans and add-ons may or may not be included, depending on what they cost to run. We'll say which before they launch.
We build the features people actually use, run lean infrastructure, and skip the enterprise extras. $50/year is the real price, not a trial or a teaser.
Yes. Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and no other account can reach it. We keep only what we need to run your monitors, send your alerts, and keep your account safe, and we never sell it. Payments go through Stripe, so we never see or store your card number. Found a security problem? Email [email protected] and we'll respond quickly.
We never sell your data, and we run no third-party trackers. Payments go through Stripe, so we never see your card number. Our Privacy Policy lists everything we keep and for how long.
DownBad is open to everyone while we keep polishing it. Checks run from US regions only for now. If something breaks or doesn't match this page, tell us through the Feedback link at the bottom of the page.
DownBad is built by Future Vision Concepts, LLC, an Ohio IT company in business since 2000.
You've got enough to worry about. Your domain shouldn't be one of them.
Start free, or pick the plan that fits.
Free
$0
1 domain bundle, checked every 5 minutes, with email and in-app alerts.
Pro
$50/year
100 monitors, checked every minute, with status pages and webhooks.
Lifetime Founder
$299 one time
Everything in Pro, for as long as DownBad runs. No renewals.
| Compare plans | Free | Pro | Lifetime Founder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitors | 7 | 100 | All current and future Pro features |
| Domain bundles | 1 | 25 | |
| Check interval | Every 5 minutes | Every minute | |
| Multi-region verificationOn every plan, a failure is re-checked from N. Virginia, Ohio, N. California, and Oregon before you are alerted. | Yes, DownBad picks the regions | Yes, you choose up to 4 regions | |
| In-app and email alerts | Yes | Yes | |
| Email recipients | 1 | 5 | |
| Webhooks | No | Yes | |
| Built-in alert recipes | Yes | Yes | |
| Custom alert rules | No | Yes | |
| Quiet hours | No | Yes | |
| Status pages | No | Yes | |
| Monitor groups | No | Yes | |
| History and archives | 30 days, archives kept 1 year | 90 days, archives kept 1 year | |
| Themes | Refined, Bento, and Whimsical | Refined, Bento, Whimsical, and DownBad | |
| Vibes | Stoic, Chill, and Fun | Stoic, Chill, Fun, and DownBad | |
| Separate plans and add-ons | No | Sold separately | Depends on running cost |