Pulsy vs Freshping
Where to go now that Freshping has shut down
Freshping was shut down by Freshworks on 6 March 2026, with remaining monitors, check history, and status pages deleted that June. No Freshworks product replaced it. If you are one of the tens of thousands of teams that had to move, Pulsy is the open-source option: AGPL-3.0, free forever on your own infrastructure, or managed on Pulsy Cloud. This time the software is yours, so no vendor can retire it out from under you.
Where Pulsy differs from Freshping
- Open source (AGPL-3.0) — the code is yours, so it cannot be discontinued the way Freshping was.
- Self-host free forever with no monitor limit, or start on Pulsy Cloud's free tier and move later.
- Covers what Freshping did — HTTP checks, status pages, multi-channel alerts — plus TLS-expiry alerting and incident grouping.
- Localized dashboard in five languages with full right-to-left support.
Freshping vs Pulsy, side by side
| Feature | Pulsy (self-hosted) | Pulsy Cloud | Freshping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free forever — you run it (AGPL-3.0) | Free tier, paid plans from $12/mo | Was free — discontinued |
| Source code | Open source, AGPL-3.0 | The same AGPL-3.0 code, managed for you | Proprietary, never released |
| Where your data lives | Your own infrastructure | Hosted by Pulsy, exportable any time | Was hosted by Freshworks; deleted June 2026 |
| Status | Actively developed in the open | Actively developed in the open | Shut down 6 March 2026 |
| If the vendor walks away | Nothing changes — you already run it | Export, then self-host the same code | No recourse; the product was withdrawn |
| TLS expiry monitoring | Built in | Built in, every plan | Was included |
| Status pages | Included, custom domains | Included, custom domains | Was included |
| Dashboard | Localized (5 languages, RTL) | Localized (5 languages, RTL) | Was English-first |
Switching from Freshping is painless
If you still have your Freshping monitor list, re-create each URL in Pulsy with the same interval and failure threshold and connect your notification channels — that is the whole migration. If your data was already deleted, the fastest route is to list your public endpoints and add them in bulk; history starts accruing immediately. Self-hosting takes a Docker host and four commands, or start on Pulsy Cloud's free tier and move to self-hosted later without changing software.
Frequently asked questions
- What happened to Freshping?
- Freshworks shut it down on 6 March 2026 as part of narrowing its portfolio, and deleted remaining customer data around 4 June 2026. No Freshworks product took its place, so every team using it had to migrate to another vendor.
- What is the best free Freshping alternative?
- If free matters because budget is the constraint, self-hosted Pulsy is free forever under AGPL-3.0 with no monitor limit and every capability on — you provide the host. If you want someone else to run it, Pulsy Cloud has a free tier and flat paid plans from $12/mo.
- How do I stop this happening again?
- Run software you can keep. A hosted free tier exists at a vendor's discretion and Freshping is the proof; source code you hold under the AGPL cannot be withdrawn. Even on Pulsy Cloud, the escape hatch is real — the same code is on GitHub, and your data exports at any time.
- Can Pulsy do everything Freshping did?
- For core uptime monitoring, yes: HTTP checks on an interval, public status pages, and alerts by email, webhook, Slack, Discord, or Telegram. Pulsy adds TLS-expiry alerting and incident grouping on top. It does not attempt Freshworks-suite integrations, which no longer have a Freshping to integrate with.
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