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FAQ
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Q: Why use this, [uptimerobot.com](https://uptimerobot.com/) is free?
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A: uptimerobot.com is awesome, but:
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- It only supports 5 minute rates while lambda-alertmanager supports 1 minute rates.
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- It does mainly HTTP/HTTPS checks, while lambda-alertmanager integrates with Prometheus as well
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- It supports free SMS messages (no delivery guarantees), but they have non-free "pro SMS" (better delivery).
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lambda-alertmanager SMSes are all "pro SMS" and free to a certain limit.
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- lambda-alertmanager is simple, free, open source, runs "on premises" (in your AWS account) and should run forever
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(AWS is not going anywhere).
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- That being said, lambda-alertmanager is not "dead simple" to set up and you need an AWS account. If your use
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case does not require lambda-alertmanager, you should probably choose uptimerobot. :)

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