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Uptrends

INFRA · APIS
Velocity5.0

Website, API and server monitoring with synthetic and real user performance checks

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Uptrends spent October on account plumbing: vault credentials, bulk edits and a free trial path.

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◆Current state
Uptrends is a synthetic and API monitoring service. October releases were mostly account and workflow items: credentials for authenticated monitors can now live in a shared vault instead of plain text, monitors can be bulk-edited with a preview of the credit impact, HTTPS and multi-step API monitors support the HTTP QUERY method, and free accounts can start a 30-day Enterprise trial. SCIM provisioning for Enterprise accounts arrived in late September, and e-invoices joined PDF billing.
◆Where it's heading
Two threads continue. Monitors are being made to behave like real API clients: after bearer tokens and JWT functions, HTTP QUERY lets a monitor send long search bodies without URL limits. The account side is being prepared for larger and more regulated customers: SCIM, vault-stored credentials and e-invoicing all serve procurement and IT rather than the person writing checks. The Enterprise trial for free accounts is the first entry here aimed at converting small users upward.
◆Prediction
Existing monitors keep plain-text credentials until edited, so expect a migration prompt or bulk action to move them into the vault. Enterprise remains the tier that receives new capabilities first, as SCIM did.

◆Recent moves

  1. 17d ago

    Free accounts can start a 30-day Enterprise trial

    Free accounts can start a 30-day Enterprise trial from the subscription page, keep their monitors, and switch to Core or Pro during it. A conversion path from the free tier to the plan where new features land first.

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  2. 18d ago

    HTTPS and Multi-step API monitors support HTTP QUERY

    HTTPS and multi-step API monitors support the HTTP QUERY method, so long searches and filters go in the request body instead of the URL. Another step in making monitors behave like real API clients, after bearer tokens and JWT functions.

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  3. 20d ago

    Bulk edit monitors and preview credit usage

    Monitors can be edited in bulk (mode, monitoring, alerting), with a preview of how each change affects credits before applying it. Credit visibility matters because development mode releases a monitor's credits entirely.

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  4. 21d ago

    Use vault credentials for monitor authentication

    Authenticated monitors (HTTPS, Full Page Check, FTP, SMTP and others) can store usernames and passwords in the Uptrends Vault and reuse them across the account. Existing monitors keep plain-text credentials until updated, so the security gain depends on teams migrating.

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  5. 23d ago

    Receive e-invoices with your PDF invoice

    E-invoices in supported formats can now accompany PDF invoices, chosen at checkout. A billing option for customers with e-invoicing requirements, with no effect on monitoring.

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  6. 1mo ago

    Introducing SCIM support for Uptrends

    Eligible Enterprise accounts can provision operators and group memberships from Entra ID or Okta through SCIM, alongside SSO. It is set up through support rather than self-service, which fits an Enterprise-first rollout.

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