Audience
DevOps engineers, SREs, sysadmins, and small engineering teams running production Linux servers without a dedicated SOC or NOC
About AlertKick
AlertKick combines server security and uptime monitoring in one product. A lightweight eBPF agent for Linux detects intrusions, file changes, rootkits, and SSH activity (login alerts, failed-attempt auto-blocking, maintenance lock), with detections mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and AI triage that attaches a written verdict to each alert. External monitors check HTTP, TCP, and DNS from outside the network, with response-time thresholds, SSL certificate expiry, and domain expiry from live registry RDAP data. Heartbeat monitors catch silent cron and backup failures, and public status pages keep users informed. Alerts flow through escalation policies and on-call rosters to email, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp, SMS, and phone calls. Server changes are recorded and attributed for compliance evidence, with PCI DSS and SOX reports on Business plans. Setup is a one-line install per server. The free plan includes 10 uptime monitors and heartbeats - no card, commercial use allowed.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
Free plan; paid from £39/month
Free Version:
Free Version available.
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AlertKick
United Kingdom
www.alertkick.com
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