The Telegram bot of StatusCake, a website monitoring service: once you connect it in StatusCake's Integrations and add it to a contact group, failing and recovering tests alert you in Telegram. Works on the free plan, which includes 10 uptime monitors checked every 5 minutes.
StatusCake monitors website uptime, page speed, SSL certificates, domains and servers, and sends alerts through email and more than a dozen integrations. Telegram is one of them, and @StatusCake_bot is the bot that delivers it: the setup screenshot in StatusCake's knowledge base shows exactly this username. The bot's own Telegram page has no description or photo, so that article is the only way to tell it apart from look-alike names.
Setup starts in the StatusCake dashboard, not in the bot. Under Integrations you choose Telegram and name the integration, follow the link it gives you, press Send Message, send /start in the chat that opens and go back to save the integration. The last step is easy to miss: the integration has to be added to a contact group, and only tests assigned to that group alert in Telegram.
The free plan includes 10 uptime monitors with 5-minute checks, one page speed, one domain and one SSL monitor, and alerts through integrations. Superior, from €16.66 a month billed annually, raises that to 100 monitors checked every minute.
/startConfirm the Telegram integrationFreemium Free plan: 10 uptime monitors with 5-minute checks and alerts through integrations, Telegram included
| Criterion | Weight | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functionality | 25 | 8 / 10 | |
| Reliability & speed | 15 | 8 / 10 | |
| Popularity & trust | 15 | 7 / 10 | |
| Price & free tier | 10 | 8 / 10 | |
| Usability | 10 | 6 / 10 | |
| Safety & privacy | 10 | 8 / 10 | |
| Freshness | 5 | 6 / 10 | |
| Localization | 5 | 10 / 10 | |
| No intrusive ads | 5 | 10 / 10 | |
| Score | 100 | 77.5 |
Usually the contact group. StatusCake sends integration alerts only for tests whose contact group includes the Telegram integration.
Yes: the confirmation screen in StatusCake's article on the Telegram integration shows this username. The integration link from your dashboard opens the right bot anyway, so start from there rather than from search.