Pingdom vs Uptime Monitor
Pingdom
pingdom.comUptime Monitor
uptime-monitor.orgSide by side
| Figure | Pingdom | Uptime Monitor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $16.50/mo | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 0 |
| Spec score · Website Monitoring Software | 8.9 (#4) | 7.1 (#54) |
| Spec score · Uptime Monitoring Software | 8.9 (#4) | 7.0 (#47) |
| Spec score · Uptime monitoring services | 9.1 (#6) | 7.2 (#38) |
| Alert channels | Email,SMS,push notifications,Slack,PagerDuty,Opsgenie,VictorOps,HipChat,webhooks | Discord,Email,Ntfy,Telegram,Webhook |
| 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. | Alert channels include Discord, email, Ntfy, Telegram, and webhooks, with down, still-down, and recovery notifications. |
| Integrations | Native alert integrations named by Pingdom include Slack, VictorOps, Opsgenie and PagerDuty. | The server README lists Discord, Email, Ntfy, Telegram, and Webhook notifications and documents a configuration API. |
| Server monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Status pages | Public status pages are included in all plans and can show current status and historical data. | Status pages offer 15 themes, responsive design, customizable branding, and public or password-protected access. |
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
Uptime Monitor
Uptime Monitor has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.