Pingdom vs Pinger Man
Pingdom
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Pinger Man
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| Figure | Pingdom | Pinger Man |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $16.50/mo | $1/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 4 |
| Spec score · Website Monitoring Software | 8.9 (#4) | 7.9 (#29) |
| Alerts | Incident alerts can be sent by SMS, email, push notification, or webhook, and Pingdom performs a second check before alerting to filter false positives. | Downtime notifications are available through email, SMS, Slack, Twitter, and webhooks. |
| Integrations | Native alert integrations named by Pingdom include Slack, VictorOps, Opsgenie and PagerDuty. | The site lists AWS Route53 domain import, Azure, Namecheap, Slack, Twitter, and webhook integrations. |
| Status pages | Public status pages are included in all plans and can show current status and historical data. | Users can create public status pages showing real-time service status, uptime statistics, downtime incidents, and response times. |
| Support | The site links to customer support and support tickets and lists a sales contact phone number. | The About page says email support is available and that the team usually responds the same day. |
| Trial | The site offers a fully functional 30-day free trial that includes synthetic monitoring and RUM. | The pricing page offers a 14-day trial and says users must manually upgrade to a paid subscription afterward. |
Plans
Pingdom
- Real User Monitoring$16.50 a month
- Synthetic Monitoring$16.50 a month
- Real User Monitoring annual calculator$198 a year
- Synthetic Monitoring annual calculator$198 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Pinger Man
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