Your data.
Your jurisdiction.
Zero CLOUD Act.
Uptime monitoring, heartbeat checks, and public status pages — everything you need to keep your services running. Hosted entirely in Nuremberg, Germany. No US cloud. No foreign government access. No data transfers outside the EU.
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- GDPR-native
- Zero CLOUD Act exposure
- Hosted in Nuremberg, Germany
- 100% EU infrastructure
- NIS2 Art. 21 ready
How does FoundersDeck work?
Up and running in 3 minutes. No complex setup. No credit card required.
Create your account
Sign up with your email. Add monitors for each service you want to track.
Add monitors
Enter a URL, choose check type and interval. FoundersDeck starts monitoring immediately from European servers.
Share your status page
Publish a beautiful public status page. Use your own custom domain. Keep your users informed.
Everything you need when something breaks.
Uptime, heartbeat/cron checks, and public status pages in one tool — websites, APIs, background workers, nightly backups. All checks run from German infrastructure. Alerts in seconds. EU data sovereignty by default.
Uptime monitoring
HTTP, Ping, and Keyword checks at intervals as fast as 30 seconds. All checks run from Nuremberg with automatic error classification — SSL, DNS, timeouts, and HTTP errors detected and categorized instantly.
Incident detection
Incidents open and resolve automatically based on configurable sensitivity thresholds. Every incident is classified by root cause — SSL, DNS, timeouts, HTTP status — with a full timeline for post-incident analysis.
Public status pages
Branded status pages with your logo, colors, and custom domain. Live uptime bars, 90-day reliability stats (uptime %, incidents, downtime, MTTR), real-time incident history — cookie-free, zero tracking, no consent banner.
Smart alerts
Email, Slack, Discord, Webhooks — within seconds. Configure sensitivity per monitor to avoid false alarms. Alerts include root cause details and fire again on resolution.
100% European infrastructure
Servers in Nuremberg, Germany on Netcup. Your monitoring data, account, and incident history never leave the EU. German company — not subject to US CLOUD Act, FISA 702, or any non-EU data access legislation.
Show what matters
Keep backups, cron jobs, and internal services privately monitored while your public status page shows only what customers need. You decide what's public per page.
Heartbeat & cron monitoring.
Cron jobs, background workers, backup scripts — the things that don't
answer HTTP. Your service pings a unique URL after each run. If the ping
stops, you get alerted in seconds. Works with a single curl line. No agent, no SDK, no config file. Something UptimeRobot and most
EU alternatives still don't offer.
How does FoundersDeck handle GDPR and EU compliance?
Not a checkbox — a core principle. Every layer of FoundersDeck is designed for data sovereignty.
Instant DPA
Read or download our Data Processing Agreement — no sales call, no waiting.
Sub-Processor List
Public, always up-to-date list of all sub-processors with changelog. All EU-based infrastructure.
Cookie-Free Pages
Public status pages work with zero cookies, zero tracking, zero third-party requests.
Data Export
One-click export of all monitoring data, incident history, and configuration. GDPR Article 20 ready.
Account Deletion
Full automated account and data deletion within 30 days. No "email support" required.
No CLOUD Act
German company, German servers. Not subject to FISA 702, CLOUD Act, or any non-EU access law.
EU Data Residency
All data stored and processed exclusively in Nuremberg, Germany. Never leaves the EU.
NIS2 Art. 21 Ready
Supports your NIS2 availability monitoring & incident reporting obligations (Art. 21(2)).
What is the FoundersDeck Founder Toolkit?
The average SaaS founder pays €80+/month for five separate tools. FoundersDeck consolidates them into one plan — all EU-hosted, one login, one invoice.
Uptime Monitoring
HTTP, Ping & Keyword checks every 30 seconds. Automatic incident detection with error classification.
Heartbeat / Cron Monitoring
Monitor cron jobs, background workers, and backup scripts. Your service pings us — if the ping stops, you get alerted.
Learn more →Public Status Pages
Custom domain, branding, uptime bars, 90-day stats, and incident history. Cookie-free, zero tracking.
Multi-Channel Alerts
Email, Slack, Discord, Webhooks. Get notified instantly when incidents start and resolve.
Changelog & Release Notes
Simple Markdown editor. Categorize updates as Feature, Bugfix, Improvement, or Breaking Change. Public or private.
Feedback Board
Let your users suggest and vote on features. Like Canny, but built-in, affordable, and GDPR-native. No separate tool needed.
Privacy-First Analytics
Simple page views and visitor stats without cookies or consent banners. GDPR-compliant by design. No Plausible or Fathom needed.
One platform. One login. One subscription. Replace UptimeRobot + Healthchecks.io + Instatus + Changelogfy + Canny + Plausible.
How FoundersDeck compares
Against US tools on sovereignty — and EU alternatives on scope.
Last verified: April 19, 2026
vs. US-based tools
| FoundersDeck | UptimeRobot | BetterStack | Pingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company HQ | Germany | USA | USA | USA (SolarWinds) |
| Data residency | Germany only | USA | USA (AWS) | USA / Sweden |
| Subject to CLOUD Act | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR-native | Yes | SCCs only | SCCs only | SCCs / DPF |
| Status pages cookie-free | Yes | No | No | No |
| Heartbeat / Cron monitoring | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Independent / Bootstrapped | Yes | VC-backed | VC-backed | Public (NASDAQ) |
vs. EU-based alternatives
| FoundersDeck | Hyperping | Oh Dear | Statuspal | Phare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HQ | Germany | France | Belgium | Germany | Estonia |
| Starting price | €9/mo | $9/mo | €17/mo | $46/mo | €5/mo+ |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Trial only | Trial only | Yes |
| Heartbeat / Cron monitoring | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Changelog module | Upcoming | No | No | No | No |
| Feedback board | Upcoming | No | No | No | No |
| Privacy analytics | Upcoming | No | No | No | Planned |
| Founder toolkit | 5-in-1 (4 live) | Monitoring only | Monitoring only | Status pages only | Monitoring only |
| Detailed error log | Full response | Basic | Basic | Basic | AI summary |
| EU-only hosting | Germany | Global mix | EU + global | Germany | EU only |
| Infrastructure | Own servers (Netcup) | AWS EU | DigitalOcean | Hetzner | OVH |
Looking at the wider field? Read our deep-dive on EU alternatives to US monitoring tools — eight tools, side by side, with hosting jurisdiction and CLOUD Act exposure for each.
Engin Yildirim, Villingen-Schwenningen, 2026
Built by a developer,
for developers.
No VC. No board. No conflicting incentives. FoundersDeck answers to its customers — not to investors.
13 years of hands-on software development — from desktop applications to e-commerce systems and modern web apps. Engin builds FoundersDeck because European businesses deserve monitoring tools that match their compliance standards. No US cloud, no data compromises.
Previously, Engin built CheckBarriere, a WCAG accessibility auditing tool for German online shops — born from the same philosophy: practical tools that solve real compliance problems without enterprise complexity.
How much does FoundersDeck cost?
Start free. Scale when you need to. All plans include EU data residency.
Free
€0/mo
For trying it out
- 5 monitors
- 5-minute checks
- 1 status page
- Email alerts
- 30 days retention
Starter
€9/mo
Billed monthly
- 10 monitors
- 2 status pages
- 1-minute checks
- Custom domain
- Slack & Discord
- 90 days retention
Pro
€19/mo
Billed monthly
- 20 monitors
- 5 status pages
- 1-minute checks
- Uptime badges
- All alert channels
- 180 days retention
- ✦ Changelog & Feedback Board Soon
Scale
€39/mo
Billed monthly
- 50 monitors
- 10 status pages
- 30-second checks
- Whitelabel
- 365 days retention
- ✦ All modules + Analytics Soon
- Priority support
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about FoundersDeck and data sovereignty.
Where is my data stored?
Are you subject to the US CLOUD Act?
Do I need a DPA to use FoundersDeck?
How is this different from using UptimeRobot or Pingdom with "EU region"?
What sub-processors do you use?
Do your status pages use cookies or tracking?
Can I export my data?
Does FoundersDeck help with NIS2 compliance?
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