I built PulseGuard — A smart uptime monitoring tool with a free plan (AI Alerts, EC2 Control, SSL, APIs)

May 11, 2025

Hey Indie Hackers 👋

After months of nights and weekends, I’m excited to share something I built:

PulseGuard → [https://pulseguard.in](https://pulseguard.in)

An AI-powered uptime & performance monitoring tool with real alerts, SSL expiry checks, EC2 start/stop buttons, and a clear dashboard — all starting at $0/month.

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🧠 Why I built it

As a cloud engineer & indie dev, I kept seeing tools that charge $20+/month just to monitor a few endpoints — no smart alerts, no server monitoring, no dev-focused experience.

So I built PulseGuard — lightweight, developer-first, and affordable.

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⚙️ What It Does

✅ Website/API Monitoring (1-min to 5-min intervals)

✅ SSL Certificate Monitoring

✅ Server Monitoring

✅ EC2 Start/Stop (via dashboard)

✅ Smart AI Alerts (reduce false positives)

✅ API Access

✅ Simple, Fast Dashboard

🧪 Looking for Early Feedback

I’m building this in public. If you're a dev, freelancer, or indie hacker running a project — try it out and let me know how it goes.