DomainDash monitors uptime, SSL, DNS and domains with plain-English alerts for freelancers and agencies. Free plan; paid from $90/yr.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
DomainDash is a website monitoring service for freelancers and small agencies who manage sites on behalf of clients. It checks uptime, SSL certificates, DNS, and domain registration across every site in an account, and reports status in plain English as Healthy, Needs attention, or Down. The aim is to tell the person responsible about a problem before a client or visitor notices it.
It was built by Edward Coleridge Smith, who runs a small consultancy. He started the project after a failed Let's Encrypt renewal left a client's site showing a security warning, with no alert from any tool. The about page describes DomainDash as a one-person operation, backed by more than ten years of experience building web and mobile products for UK businesses.
Setup starts with a domain name. Checks begin in under 60 seconds, with no code snippets, server access, or DNS changes needed. That also means users can monitor client sites they do not own. One domain counts as one site, so a staging subdomain such as staging.acmecorp.com counts as a second site.
Checks then run around the clock, every minute on paid plans and every five minutes on Free. When something changes state, DomainDash sends an alert by email, Slack, or SMS, depending on the plan. Each alert names the site, what went wrong, and when it was first noticed, and a recovery notice follows. On Pro and above, related alerts roll up into one incident.
Uptime checks load each site and time every response, so response speed is tracked without a separate test. SSL monitoring covers expiry, issuer, and chain validation, with a dashboard flag 30 days before expiry and an alert at 7 days. Domain checks track registration expiry with early reminders, and DNS checks watch for unexpected changes to routing.
Paid plans add a second check location, so a failure can be confirmed before an alert is sent. Pro adds status pages, webhooks, incidents, and content checks. Starter and above include Insights, a short written summary drawn from a site's own check history. A team dashboard shows every site in one view and can be shared with colleagues.
DomainDash is a website monitoring service for freelancers and small agencies who manage sites for clients. It checks uptime, SSL, DNS, and domain registration, and alerts users in plain English when something needs attention.
There is a free plan for one site. Paid plans are billed per year: Starter is $90 for 5 sites, Pro is $190 for 15 sites, and Business is $390 for 50 sites. Extra sites cost $20 per year each on paid plans.
Yes, both. The Free plan monitors one site with checks every 5 minutes and email alerts, with no credit card required. Every new account also gets a 30-day trial with almost everything unlocked.
No. You enter a domain name and checks start in under 60 seconds. No code snippets, server access, or DNS changes are required, so you can also check sites you do not own.
Alerts say which site is affected, what went wrong, and when it was first noticed, and a notice follows when the site recovers. Email is on every plan, Slack is on paid plans, and SMS is on Pro and Business.
It is built for freelancers and small agencies that look after sites for other people. The plans scale from one site on Free to 50 sites on Business, with 100+ sites available through volume pricing.
The sources name Slack for alerts, plus email, SMS, and webhooks. Webhooks are on Pro and Business. No other third-party integrations are listed.
It depends on the plan: 7 days on Free, 30 on Starter, 90 on Pro, and 180 on Business. Long-term trends such as uptime percentages and response speed are kept on every plan.