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Pingdom vs Upptime

Pingdom

pingdom.com

Upptime

upptime.js.org

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FigurePingdomUpptime
Price from$16.50/moFree
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYesYes
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
APIYes—
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published51
Spec score · Uptime Monitoring Software8.9 (#4)7.7 (#34)
Spec score · Uptime monitoring services9.1 (#6)7.7 (#31)
Spec score · Status Tracking8.8 (#4)7.7 (#19)
Alert channelsEmail,SMS,push notifications,Slack,PagerDuty,Opsgenie,VictorOps,HipChat,webhooksSlack,Telegram,Discord,Zulip,Microsoft Teams,Gotify,custom webhooks,email,SMS
Free planNoYes
Intended usersPingdom describes use cases for digital marketers, web hosting providers, and web developers.The project describes itself as a way for people and teams to monitor their endpoints and publish a status page.
SecuritySolarWinds provides a security information page linked from Pingdom's site.Sensitive values can be stored as GitHub repository secrets and restricted through an explicit secrets allowlist.
Server monitoringYesYes
SupportThe site links to customer support and support tickets and lists a sales contact phone number.The project lists GitHub Discussions, issue reporting, Stack Overflow, and an email address for feedback as support channels.

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

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Upptime

  • UpptimeFree

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Pingdom

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Upptime

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