I got tired of bloated monitoring tools, so I started building my own

After spending years using monitoring tools that felt noisy, overcomplicated, and expensive, I finally decided to build something simpler.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working almost nonstop on Uptrue — a lightweight monitoring platform focused on useful alerts, clean status pages, and AI-powered visibility checks.

One thing I kept noticing:
Most monitoring platforms are designed for large companies with massive budgets and teams.

But small SaaS founders, agencies, and indie hackers usually just want:

• reliable alerts

• quick setup

• simple dashboards

• fewer false positives

• and something they can actually afford

So that’s what I’m trying to build.

Recently added:

• AI visibility monitoring

• WordPress health checks

• public status pages

• Slack/Teams/Webhook alerts

• AI-generated incident summaries

Still early.
Still learning.
Still improving the product daily.

Curious to know:
What’s the most frustrating thing about existing monitoring tools for you?