Zuzia vs HetrixTools — an honest comparison

More monitors per dollar vs a panel that also fixes the server

HetrixTools has been around since 2015 and is one of the best-value uptime monitors: one-minute checks on every plan, a server agent, blacklist monitoring, status pages, and more than twenty alert integrations, even on the free plan. Zuzia overlaps on uptime, SSL, domain expiry and server metrics, and goes a different way after that: its agent runs commands, executes your scheduled tasks and restarts crashed services. If you mostly watch, HetrixTools gives you more for less. If you also want to act from the same panel, read on.

Feature comparison

Feature	Zuzia ours	HetrixTools
HTTP/HTTPS uptime checks every minute
Monitoring locations	3 (Poland, New York, Singapore)	4 to 12, depending on plan
SSL and domain expiry alerts
Server agent: CPU, RAM, disk, network	Every 10 minutes
RAID and drive health	Via a scheduled task
Anomaly and disk fill-up forecast alerts		Thresholds
Remote command execution from the panel
Scheduled tasks run by the agent, alert on failure
Auto-restart crashed services (Autopilot)	Paid plans
Host security audit and log collection
IP and domain blacklist monitoring
Public status pages
White label status pages		Partial on all plans, full from Business
Sub-accounts for a team		From Professional
Alert channels	Email, Slack, Discord, push, SMS	20+, incl. phone calls, Telegram, Teams, PagerDuty, webhooks
Public API and MCP server
Import from Laravel Forge
Free plan	1 host / 1 site / 1 port / 1 task	15 uptime and 15 server monitors
Cheapest paid plan	$9/mo (10 hosts)	$9.95/mo (30 + 30 monitors)
Lifetime option	$129 one-time

Public list prices from hetrixtools.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-09. HetrixTools Free: 15 uptime and 15 server monitors, 4 of 12 locations (log in every 90 days). Professional: $9.95/mo or $99.95/yr for 30 + 30 monitors, 6 locations, 1 sub-account, 25 SMS a month. Business: $19.95/mo for 60 + 60, 9 locations, full white label, 5 sub-accounts. Enterprise: $49.95/mo for 200 + 200, all 12 locations. Zuzia Free: 1 host, 1 site, 1 port or DNS check, 1 scheduled task. Starter $9/mo (10 hosts), Pro $19/mo (30 hosts), Lifetime $129 once (15 hosts), 30-day money-back guarantee.

Which one fits you

When HetrixTools is the right choice

You mostly need to watch: many sites and servers, one-minute checks, and the most monitors per dollar. HetrixTools' free plan alone covers 15 servers.
You need IP or domain blacklist monitoring for mail servers — HetrixTools checks 94 blacklists and Microsoft SNDS.
Alerts have to reach PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Telegram, Teams or a webhook, or you want phone-call alerts.
You want white-label status pages, sub-accounts for your team, an API or an MCP server today.
You want RAID and drive health out of the box, without writing a check.

When Zuzia is the right choice

You want to fix things from the same panel: run a command on any server from the browser instead of opening SSH.
Your backups and cleanups run on cron and you'd rather the agent run them and alert you the moment one fails, instead of maintaining crontabs plus a heartbeat check.
A crashed PHP-FPM, Nginx or MySQL should come back on its own — Autopilot restarts the systemd services you pick and checks they came back, with dry-run and approve-by-email modes.
You'd like alerts that know each server's normal and warn you days before a disk fills up, not only when it crosses a fixed line.
Your servers live in Laravel Forge and you want to import them instead of adding them one by one.
You'd rather pay $129 once than a monthly bill — HetrixTools has no lifetime plan.

Bottom line

Try Zuzia for free

Free Forever plan covers 1 host, 1 domain, 1 port check and 1 scheduled task. Add a host in about 30 seconds, no credit card. Upgrade only if you outgrow it.

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