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Tethered

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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · tethered.app · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 44 / 100
Website Monitoring
Free tier

Tethered scores 44/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a free entry path exists.

See Tethered pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
Tethered pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · tethered.app/why-free
Free
Free
Unlimited monitors
Unlimited integrations
HTTP monitoring
Port monitoring
Keyword monitoring
Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How Tethered scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

0 / 20

Free entry path

7 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

0 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
44 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
1 website on Free plan
$0/mo
· Free tier with unlimited monitors· No paid add‑ons selected
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Human-assisted
LLM score: 60/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

No

Can upgrade plan

No

Can buy more usage

No

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

Unknown

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

No

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

No

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

No

Purchase orders supported

No

MSA required

No

DPA available

No

Security review required

No

Trial

Available, no card

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem

Buyer persona

smb
developer

Integrations mentioned
HTTP
Port
Keyword
SSL Monitoring
Email Spam Score Monitoring
Threat Detection
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Tethered?
✓

Discover price

◐

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✗

Avoid a sales call

✗

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Tethered could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Why is Tethered free? — © 2024 All rights reserved.

tier_count

2

lowest_paid_entry_usd

null

free_tier

true

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

0

sales_only_tiers

1

public_api_docs_url

null

api_docs_auth_walled

null

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":true,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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Page heading: Why is Tethered free?
CTAs (31): Monitoring · Integrations · Why free? · Get started · Login · Pricing · Get Started · About Us · Meet the team · Blog · Affiliate Programme💰 · API
Monitoring Integrations Why free? Get started Login Monitoring Integrations Pricing Get Started Login © 2024 All rights reserved. Why is Tethered free? At the heart of our mission lies a simple yet powerful conviction: every online business, regardless of size, deserves to have a reliable uptime monitoring tool. That's why we've chosen to provide our uptime monitoring service at no cost to you. We believe that monitoring your website's uptime should be a basic right, not a privilege. Free forever account We understand the critical nature of immediate notification in the event of downtime. Minutes matter; that's why our monitoring service is not only free but designed to alert you at the earliest sign of trouble. What’s included Unlimited Monitors Unlimited Integrations HTTP, Port Monitoring Keyword Monitoring 5 min. Interval Checks Customizable Status Pages Get your account now FREE Forever Get Started Your website is the face of your business. Downtime means lost opportunities, revenue, and trust. Our mission Our mission is to create a landscape where small businesses can thrive online without the fear of the unknown. Knowing that your website is up and running, and in the case of an issue, being notified almost immediately, means you can focus on what you do best—running your business. Your success is our success We recognize that when your business succeeds, we succeed. By offering our service for free, we invest in the collective success of the digital ecosystem. A robust…
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Agent-Ready Spec
Tethered
Not Agent-Ready Yet

44

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Website Monitoring

Pricing model

Why is Tethered free? — © 2024 All rights reserved.

Tier count

2

Free tier

Yes

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

0 / 1

Public API docs

Auth-walled

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from tethered.app/why-free
Pricing model

Tier-based subscription

Agent-purchase verdict
Human-assisted
60/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

Tethered offers a free forever plan with unlimited monitors and integrations; paid add‑ons are available but prices are not publicly listed, and you can sign up at no cost.

Cheapest entry

Free plan (Free)

Actions
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Verdict reflects Not Agent-Ready Yet status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://tethered.app/why-free.
Agent-friendly features1 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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