Which UptimeRobot key should I use?

The account’s read-only API key, under Integrations & API. It can read your monitors, not change them. A monitor-specific key only sees one monitor: Pathly rejects it.

Does Pathly keep my key?

No. It is used to read your monitors during the preview and then the import. It is neither stored nor written to logs.

Do I have to close my UptimeRobot account?

No. The import changes nothing in UptimeRobot. Both tools can run side by side while you compare.

What if my Pathly plan is too small?

The preview tells you before the import and shows the site where it would stop. Paused monitors do not count. You can change plan and run it again: sites already imported are skipped.

Are my alerts carried over?

No, alert contacts stay in UptimeRobot. In Pathly, email alerts work as soon as you sign up. Slack, Teams, Discord, PagerDuty, Opsgenie and webhooks are included in paid plans.

Migration

Migrate from UptimeRobot to Pathly

UptimeRobot tells you whether the server responds. Flow tells you whether the customer can pay. Import your monitors with the read-only key, see what carries over before importing, then add a Flow.

Create my account and import

Preview of an UptimeRobot import in Pathly: sites carried over, adjusted and left out (demo data)

Why migrate

UptimeRobot checks that an address responds and that a word appears on it. That is useful, but a quote form or a checkout can break while the page still returns 200. Pathly takes over these checks as Ping and adds Flow: a journey replayed in a real browser, up to the payment page, with a screenshot of the step that breaks. The app, probes and screenshots are hosted in Europe (GCP europe-west1).

What is imported

Each HTTP(S) and keyword monitor becomes a Ping, with its name, address and interval. A keyword that must be present becomes the expected text. A port monitor becomes a TCP port Ping. A heartbeat becomes a scheduled job, with the same period and a new address to paste into your job. A paused monitor arrives paused and does not count towards your plan. A site already monitored in Pathly is skipped, and every imported item gets the “uptimerobot” tag.

What is adjusted

An interval shorter than your plan’s minimum is raised to that minimum. Pathly matches the keyword with the exact capitalisation. A keyword that triggers the alert when it appears is not carried over: the Ping checks the site’s response. Custom HTTP headers and status codes are not carried over. The UptimeRobot API gives a group’s number, not its name: all sites go to the client you pick for the import. Each adjustment is listed in the preview, site by site.

What is not imported

ICMP ping monitors: Pathly monitors web addresses, ports and DNS records, not machines by ping. A port 25 monitor: our hosting provider blocks outgoing traffic on that port, monitor port 587 or 465 instead. Password-protected pages and POST requests: Pathly does not take credentials from another tool. Alert contacts, status pages, maintenance windows and history stay in UptimeRobot. You set up alerts in Pathly after the import.

The 3 steps

1. Create a Solo account, free and with no card: the import window opens right after. 2. In UptimeRobot, open Integrations & API and copy the read-only API key. 3. Paste it into Pathly: the preview lists what will be created, adjusted or left out, without creating anything. Then run the import. Keep UptimeRobot while you compare, then add a Flow on the journey that matters.

What each monitor becomes (UptimeRobot API v2, read on 30/10/2026)

UptimeRobot monitor	In Pathly
HTTP(S)	Ping, same address, same interval or the plan’s minimum
Keyword “must exist”	Ping with expected text
Keyword “alert if present”	Ping, without the keyword
Port	TCP port Ping, except port 25
Heartbeat	Scheduled job, same period, new address
Paused	Paused, not counted in the plan
Group	Client picked for the import (the API does not give the group’s name)
Protected page, POST request	Not imported
ICMP ping	Not imported
Alert contacts, status pages, history	Not imported

Common questions

Which UptimeRobot key should I use?: The account’s read-only API key, under Integrations & API. It can read your monitors, not change them. A monitor-specific key only sees one monitor: Pathly rejects it.
Does Pathly keep my key?: No. It is used to read your monitors during the preview and then the import. It is neither stored nor written to logs.
Do I have to close my UptimeRobot account?: No. The import changes nothing in UptimeRobot. Both tools can run side by side while you compare.
What if my Pathly plan is too small?: The preview tells you before the import and shows the site where it would stop. Paused monitors do not count. You can change plan and run it again: sites already imported are skipped.
Are my alerts carried over?: No, alert contacts stay in UptimeRobot. In Pathly, email alerts work as soon as you sign up. Slack, Teams, Discord, PagerDuty, Opsgenie and webhooks are included in paid plans.