FastPing help centre

Guides for setting up monitors, alerts, status pages and heartbeats, for the API and billing, and for fixing false alerts.

41 guides · Last updated 17 October 2026

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  • Getting started with FastPing

    Create your account, add your first monitor, choose who gets alerted and publish a status page, one step at a time.

  • How checks, incidents and alerts work

    Where FastPing checks run from, how often they run, how a failure is confirmed before you are alerted, what each status means and how uptime is calculated.

  • Choosing a monitor type

    All FastPing monitor types compared: what each one tests, what you enter, default ports, minimum intervals and which types need an add-on.

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3 guides

Getting started

Create an account, add monitors and understand how checks and alerts work.

4 guides

Status pages & embeds

Public status pages, custom domains, maintenance, incidents, badges and widgets.

4 guides

Account, team & security

Sign-in, passwords, team members, domain verification, data export and deletion.

2 guides

Plans & billing

Plans, the configurator, upgrades, cancellation and refunds.

1 guide

API & automation

API keys, endpoints and scripts that manage monitors for you.

3 guides

Troubleshooting

False alerts, firewalls, error messages and game servers that do not answer.

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