Compared: TrackSSL
A TrackSSL alternative for agencies that also watch domains
TrackSSL and ExpiryOwl compared on pricing, certificate limits, domain expiry, alert channels and API access, with each TrackSSL fact linked.
What TrackSSL is
TrackSSL monitors SSL/TLS certificates for expiration, changes and fraudulent certificates, with notifications by email, Slack, SMS, Teams and more. It is brought to you by StatusGator.
trackssl.com · verified 2026-09-25Side by side
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| Topic | TrackSSL | ExpiryOwl |
|---|---|---|
| Starting paid price | Starter: $17 per month paid annually, or $19 monthly, for 20 SSL certs and 1 user account.trackssl.com · verified 2026-09-25 | Freelancer: $9/month or $90/year for 50 domains and 10 clients. |
| Free plan | Free forever: 2 SSL certs and 1 user account, with expiration and change monitoring.trackssl.com · verified 2026-09-25 | Free: 5 domains, 1 client, 1 seat, uptime every 15 minutes and a read-only API. |
| SSL certificate expiry | Expiration monitoring on every plan, plus change monitoring with instant notices when certificates auto renew.trackssl.com · verified 2026-09-25 | Every certificate checked every 6 hours: issuer, SANs, chain and hostname match. Alerts at 30, 14, 7, 3, 1 and 0 days. |
| Domain expiry | Not verified | Daily RDAP lookups: expiry date, registrar, statuses, transfer lock and nameservers, plus DNS change alerts. |
| Pricing model | Priced by certificate count: 20, 80, 200 or 500 SSL certs. Scale is $136 per month paid annually ($149 monthly) for 500 certs and 5 user accounts.trackssl.com · verified 2026-09-25 | Flat per agency, sized by domain count, not per monitor: Agency is $29/month for 250 domains, unlimited clients and 5 seats. |
| Alert channels | Email and Slack on every plan; Microsoft Teams from Growth ($35 per month paid annually); webhooks from Complete ($72 per month paid annually).trackssl.com · verified 2026-09-25 | Email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram, signed webhooks (Zapier, Make, n8n) and an iCal feed of expiry dates. |
| API | REST API access from the Growth plan ($35 per month paid annually, $39 monthly).trackssl.com · verified 2026-09-25 | REST API and an MCP server on paid plans; a read-only API on Free. |
When TrackSSL is the better choice
- You need to monitor private or internal certificates on your own network. TrackSSL offers this from its Complete plan; we only check public endpoints.trackssl.com · verified 2026-09-25
- You want Certificate Transparency alerts for fraudulent certificates and a notice every time a certificate changes.trackssl.com · verified 2026-09-25
- You only care about certificates and want a tool that does just that.trackssl.com · verified 2026-09-25
When ExpiryOwl fits better
- Certificates and domains in one list: daily RDAP domain checks (registrar, statuses, transfer lock, nameservers) next to 6-hourly certificate checks.
- We look for renewals that should have happened. ACME certificates (Let's Encrypt, ZeroSSL, Google Trust Services) normally renew when about a third of their lifetime remains; when one passes that point we flag it as renewal overdue. For Let's Encrypt we use its ACME Renewal Information (ARI) window. That is usually weeks before the certificate expires.
- ExpiryOwl is organised around clients: group domains per client, send each one a white-label monthly PDF report and give them a status page. Unlimited clients from Agency ($29/month).
- It lives where you already work: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram, signed webhooks for Zapier, Make and n8n, an iCal feed of expiry dates, a REST API and an MCP server.
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