updown.io
updown.io scores 62/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; API access is partial; usage-based / per-token pricing is published; a free entry path exists.
updown.io pricing
Sign up, get an API key, pay per call
Self-serve checkout with public pricing — an autonomous agent can complete the purchase without a sales call.
How updown.io scores on the agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing visibility
12 / 15
Self-serve checkout
15 / 15
Public API + docs
2 / 20
Usage-based / metered pricing
14 / 20
Free entry path
7 / 7
No sales call required
7 / 7
Card / wallet / x402 payment
5 / 6
Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)
0 / 10
Total
62 / 100
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Can create account
Can enter payment method
Can upgrade plan
Can buy more usage
Can cancel online
Payment methods
Human approval recommended
Pricing transparency
full
Purchase motion
self_serve
Demo required
Quote required
Annual commit required
Auto-renewal mentioned
Cancellation policy visible
Refund policy visible
Invoice payment available
Purchase orders supported
Unknown
MSA required
Unknown
DPA available
Unknown
Security review required
Unknown
Trial
Available, no card
API & developer surface
API-first product
Sandbox present
Unknown
Webhooks
MCP mentioned
Positioning & ecosystem
“Simple & inexpensive website monitoring.”
Buyer persona
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from updown.io?
Discover price
Select a plan
Pay per task
Avoid a sales call
API docs without auth
Estimate cost upfront
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.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires scheduling a call.
- No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
- 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.
- The pricing URL did not render numeric tier data on the scoring date — possibly a router or sales-led landing page.
How updown.io 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 | false |
| headline_phrasing | Simple & inexpensive website monitoring. — Five check types to cover most of your online services (not just web). |
| tier_count | 0 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | null |
| free_tier | false |
| free_tier_terms | null |
| per_unit_price | null |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 0 |
| sales_only_tiers | 0 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://updown.io/api |
| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
| per_unit_classification | null |
| usage_headline_present | false |
| custom_tier_present | false |
| 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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/ 100 (rubric v2.0)Application Performance Monitoring Tools
Simple & inexpensive website monitoring. — Five check types to cover most of your online services (not just web).
0
No
Sales-led
0 / 0
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-09
Pay-as-you-go API
updown.io pricing starts at €5 for 200,000 checks (≈5.49 €/month); free 100,000 checks available; paid packs up to €500 for 60 million checks. No recurring billing.
Free credits
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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