Freshping Alternative → Migration Guide

Moving from Freshping to InternetSecure

Freshping shut down in March 2026 and its data was permanently deleted on June 4. This guide walks you through getting your monitoring back up on InternetSecure — whether or not you managed to export first.

Important dates

March 6, 2026

Freshping shut down

Free accounts disabled, no new checks

June 4, 2026

Data permanently deleted

The export window has closed

Today

Migrate to InternetSecure

Set up monitors in under 5 minutes

1

Gather your monitor list

Freshping's export window closed when the data was deleted on June 4, 2026. Where you stand depends on whether you exported in time:

If you exported before June 4

Your XML export (or API dump) contains everything you need: monitor URLs, check paths, check intervals, and alert recipients. Have it open for step 3.

If you didn't export in time

The historical data is unrecoverable, but your monitor list usually isn't. Quick ways to reconstruct it: your DNS zone file lists every hostname you own; old Freshping alert emails and Slack messages contain the exact URLs that were being checked; and your browser history or bookmarks cover the rest. Most teams can rebuild their full list in a few minutes.

Either way, the key things you'll need for each monitor are the URL, check path, check interval, and alert recipients.

2

Create your InternetSecure account

Sign up at internetsecure.org/register/free. No credit card required — and if you land on Plus or Pro, both come with a 30-day free trial.

Choose the plan that matches your monitoring needs:

Had 1-5 Freshping monitors?

Free (1 monitor) or Plus ($5/mo, 10 monitors) will cover you.

Had 10-50 Freshping monitors?

Pro ($20/mo, 100 monitors) gives you room to grow.

All plans include 10-second checks from multiple global nodes with multi-node consensus. See the full comparison.

3

Add your domains

From your Domains dashboard, add each domain you were monitoring in Freshping:

  1. Add domain — enter the domain name (e.g., example.com)
  2. Enable uptime monitoring — toggle uptime on for the domain
  3. Configure check path — set the path to monitor (default is /)
  4. Choose HTTP method — HEAD (fastest), GET, or POST
  5. Set alerts — configure which channels to notify (email, Slack, JIRA, Linear, Teams)

Each monitor takes about 30 seconds to set up. Checks begin immediately.

Migrating a large number of monitors? Open a support ticket and we'll help you bulk-add your domains.

4

Set up your alerts

Freshping supported email and Slack alerts. InternetSecure supports those plus JIRA, Linear, and Microsoft Teams.

Email

Enabled by default on all plans

Slack

Webhook URL in profile settings

JIRA

Auto-creates issues with incident details

Linear

Creates issues in your Linear workspace

Configure integrations from your Profile page, then enable per-monitor alerts from the domain settings.

5

Things Freshping didn't have

Now that you're set up, consider enabling features that weren't available on Freshping:

Cloudflare Offline Page

If your domains use Cloudflare, you can enable automatic offline pages that deploy to your domain when downtime is detected. Visitors see a branded page on your URL instead of an error. Works on Cloudflare's free plan. Configure per-monitor from the domain settings.

Security Scanning

InternetSecure automatically scans your domains for SSL/TLS issues, missing security headers, DNSSEC, DMARC, DKIM, and more. Scheduled scans detect changes and alert you when your security posture changes. This runs alongside uptime monitoring.

Maintenance Windows

If you have scheduled maintenance, set up maintenance windows per monitor to suppress alerts during planned downtime. Configure day-of-week and time ranges.

Compliance Framework Mapping

On paid plans, security scan results are automatically mapped to compliance frameworks including GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS. Useful if you need to demonstrate security posture for audits.

Concept mapping

If you're familiar with Freshping's terminology, here's how things map:

Freshping InternetSecure
Check Monitor (domain + check path)
Status Page Cloudflare Offline Page (auto-deployed on your domain)
Incident Incident (with timeline, affected nodes, duration)
Integration Alert channel (per-monitor, configured in domain settings)
Probe location Node (all nodes check every monitor, consensus required)
Downtime alert Down alert (consensus-verified, ~5s delivery)

Ready to migrate?

Your first monitor will be live in under 60 seconds.