Hund.io vs. Oh Dear

All-in-One Monitoring vs. Purpose-Built Status Pages

Oh Dear places monitors at the center of its model. Each monitor can run multiple checks (uptime, performance, broken links, etc.), making it a strong all-in-one tool for developers. However, Oh Dear's monitoring orients around breadth rather than depth. For example, a secondary region verifies the checks rather than multi-region consensus.

Hund.io treats monitoring as a first-class object called a Watchdog. Watchdogs support multi-region checks, flexible failure thresholds, and can be tied directly to a status page component. Hund.io reduces false positives and allows large teams to design nuanced monitoring strategies while keeping communication automated and consistent.

Incident Lifecycle and Communication Control

Oh Dear’s status pages allow updates and basic maintenance windows. Updates can carry an “info” severity, but they don’t model a long-running incident. This is practical for simple announcements but limited for companies that need structured lifecycles, historical records, or retrospective updates.

Hund.io models incidents as Issues containing multiple timestamped Updates. This design supports labels such as “Investigating” or “Monitoring,” scheduled maintenance events, information bulletins, and retrospective posts. For businesses, this means incident communication is consistent, auditable, and easier to align with compliance or communication requirements.

Governance and Enterprise Readiness

Primarily aimed at smaller teams, Oh Dear does not include enterprise governance features such as SSO, audit logs, or role-based access control. For organizations that need governance features, this creates gaps.

Hund.io includes audit logs by default, offers enterprise SSO as a fixed-price add-on, and provides granular RBAC. Our SLA covers all paying customers, increasing to 99.95% on Enterprise. This means reduced risk of communication gaps, clear accountability, and predictable costs for enterprise requirements.