# Uptrends: how AI models rank it, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 1 categories by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/uptrends/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Website and synthetic monitoring | 2% | 12 | 20% | 5 |

## What the models said for it

- "Uptrends for synthetic monitoring + consider adding their RUM module. It hits the sweet spot of mid-market pricing, feature depth, and usability." (Kimi K2, Uptime monitoring)

## And against it

- "Called a "subscription trap" with hard-to-cancel policies ... Avoid if easy self-cancellation matters." (Grok 4.20, Uptime monitoring)

## In its own words

What Uptrends's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Best-in-class Digital Experience Monitoring (https://uptrends.com/)
- For: Observability Leaders; SREs, ITOps, and DevOps; Enterprise; Scaling SMBs; SaaS & IT Services; Financial Services; FinTech; Travel; Online Retail (https://uptrends.com/)
- Price stated: Core from $42 /month; Pro from $60 /month; Enterprise Custom pricing (https://www.uptrends.com/pricing)
- Starting price: 42 (https://www.uptrends.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Try Uptrends free for 30 days (https://uptrends.com/)
- Hosting: 230+ ISP-based locations worldwide, US, EU
- Customers named: Virgin Australia, Deutsche Telekom, Cotality, Littlepay, NS, Isobar, Exact, Ipswitch

## What it publishes

Every page uptrends.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1062 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 87 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-01-21
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 16 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 16 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 16 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-01-21 blog: Itrs completes acquisition ip label https://www.uptrends.com/blog/itrs-completes-acquisition-ip-label
- Recent: 2026-01-08 blog: Itrs acquires ip label https://www.uptrends.com/blog/itrs-acquires-ip-label
- Recent: 2025-11-18 blog: Opentelemetry compatibility https://www.uptrends.com/blog/opentelemetry-compatibility
- Recent: 2025-10-30 blog: Itrs magic quadrant 2025 dem https://www.uptrends.com/blog/itrs-magic-quadrant-2025-dem
- Recent: 2025-10-06 blog: Terraform observability as code https://www.uptrends.com/blog/terraform-observability-as-code
- Recent: 2025-09-29 blog: Product update linux ci cd monitoring https://www.uptrends.com/blog/product-update-linux-ci-cd-monitoring

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.