Hey DEV community! š
I recently got frustrated with standard monitoring tools. It feels like every tool out there puts simple integrations (like Discord, Slack, or Webhooks) behind a premium paywall. Sending a webhook costs fractions of a cent, so why are we paying $15+/month for it?
I decided to fix this by building UpScout.
Why Rust? š¦
To make the free tier sustainable, I needed server costs to be basically zero. I built the ping engine in Rust. It handles multi-region concurrent requests beautifully with tiny memory usage and zero Garbage Collection pauses.
The Result
Because the backend is so cheap to run, Iām doing something a bit crazy with the pricing:
- Free Tier: 50 monitors (checked every 4 minutes).
- Unlocked Alerts: Webhooks, Discord, Slack, and Telegram are 100% FREE for all users.
- Dark Mode: Built in React, because light mode is a crime.
I just launched it and would absolutely love your feedback on the speed, the UI, and the architecture!
š Link: https://upscout.io
Let me know what you think, or if you have any questions about using Rust for network-heavy apps!