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Add a monitor
Paste the URL, host, or port you want watched. Pick a check interval — down to 1 minute on paid plans, 30 seconds on Pro and Business.
WhatsApp alerts
Downtime alerts on WhatsApp.
Actually seen in seconds.
Email alerts get buried. Slack channels get muted. WhatsApp is the one app your team reads within seconds — so that's where UptimeClaw sends the message that matters: your site is down.
The problem
The alert you miss is the outage you pay for.
An uptime monitor is only as good as the alert it sends. Most tools default to email — the channel where a downtime notice lands between a newsletter and a calendar invite, unread for 40 minutes. Slack is better, until the channel is muted on a Saturday. By the time someone notices, customers already have.
WhatsApp changes the math. It's a personal-priority channel with push notifications people don't ignore, read receipts, and group chats your on-call rotation already uses. WhatsApp messages are typically read within minutes — open rates run far higher than email's (commonly cited around 95% vs ~20% for email). A downtime alert there is read in seconds, not after the next inbox refresh.
- Delivered in seconds, with a push your phone actually surfaces
- Works on the device your team carries everywhere
- Group chats for the whole on-call rotation
- No new app to install, no dashboard to keep open
Three steps to your first WhatsApp alert
Setup takes about a minute. No phone-system integration, no developer required.
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Connect WhatsApp
Add your WhatsApp number (or a group) as an alert channel and confirm it once. Reuse it across every monitor in your account.
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Get alerted
The moment a check fails, the alert hits WhatsApp — and a recovery message follows the instant it's back, with the total downtime.
Inside the alert
Enough detail to act before you open a laptop.
A good alert answers "what, where, and how bad" without a single click. Every UptimeClaw WhatsApp message is formatted, not a raw log line:
- Monitor name & URL — know exactly which service failed
- Status code & reason — 503, timeout, SSL error, keyword missing
- Region — which checkpoint saw the failure, so you can spot regional issues
- Response time — catch the slow-then-down pattern early
- Recovery + duration — an automatic "all clear" with total downtime
Want it everywhere at once? Pair WhatsApp with email, webhooks, Slack, Discord, or PagerDuty and set escalation order — WhatsApp first, email as backup.
See all alert channelsWhatsApp alerts FAQ
Which plans include WhatsApp alerts?
WhatsApp alerts are included on every plan — even the free one (5 monitors). Paid plans (Solo $9/mo and up) add more monitors, faster checks, and more regions.
How fast does a WhatsApp alert arrive?
As soon as a check fails. On paid plans with faster checks (60-second on Solo, 30-second on Pro and Business), downtime is detected and the WhatsApp message is sent immediately — typically within seconds of the failure.
Can I send alerts to a team group?
Yes. Point the WhatsApp channel at a group chat so your whole on-call rotation sees the same alert and recovery message at once — no fan-out, no missed handoffs.
What if I want more than WhatsApp?
Combine channels. UptimeClaw can fire WhatsApp, email, webhooks, Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, and Microsoft Teams together, or in an escalation order you define. WhatsApp first, email as a fallback is a popular setup. Slack vs WhatsApp →
Do I need to install anything?
No. There's no app to install and no phone-system setup. Add your number, confirm it once, and every monitor in your account can alert it.
Put downtime alerts
where you'll see them.
Free monitoring with WhatsApp alerts built in — even on the free plan. 5 monitors, no credit card.