Pingdom vs UptimeRobot
Pingdom
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UptimeRobot
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| Figure | Pingdom | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $16.50/mo | $9/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 6 |
| Spec score · Website Monitoring Software | 8.9 (#4) | 8.4 (#15) |
| Spec score · Uptime Monitoring Software | 8.9 (#4) | 8.4 (#12) |
| Spec score · Internet Performance Monitoring Software | 8.8 (#3) | 8.3 (#14) |
| Spec score · Uptime monitoring services | 9.1 (#6) | 9.1 (#4) |
| Spec score · Status Tracking | 8.8 (#4) | 8.3 (#10) |
| Alert channels | Email,SMS,push notifications,Slack,PagerDuty,Opsgenie,VictorOps,HipChat,webhooks | Email, SMS, voice call, mobile push, Email-to-SMS and integrations are listed. |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Server monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| SSL expiry alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Status pages | Public status pages are included in all plans and can show current status and historical data. | Supports branded real-time status pages with incidents and maintenance updates. |
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
UptimeRobot
- FreeFree
- Solo$9 a month
- Team$35 a month
- Scale$65 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- SMS credits 10$3, paid once
In their own words
UptimeRobot
UptimeRobot monitors websites, servers and other services for availability, with Android and iOS mobile apps. Its Free plan costs nothing, billed monthly, and includes 50 monitors, five-minute checks and basic status pages. Listed monitor types include HTTP, port, ping, keyword, API, UDP, DNS, SSL and domain monitoring. Paid plans can check every minute; the Solo plan is listed at $9 a month when billed annually, with a 60-second interval and 10 monitors. Other plans list intervals as short as 15 seconds. Alert channels include email, SMS, voice calls, mobile push, collaboration services and webhooks. The service also offers branded status pages with incident and maintenance updates, and role-based access for teams. UptimeRobot lists integration with more than 20 services, while the free plan includes five integrations. Free registration does not require a credit card. Annual billing is stated to save about 15%, and new subscriptions and upgrades have a 14-day money-back guarantee. The company is headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia.