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Pingdom vs Atlassian Statuspage

Pingdom and Atlassian Statuspage are both uptime & monitoring tools. Pingdom is aimed at small businesses, while Atlassian Statuspage is aimed at small businesses and enterprise. Pingdom costs less, from $18/mo versus $29/mo for Atlassian Statuspage. Only Atlassian Statuspage has a free plan.

Pingdom

Uptime and page speed monitoring

Atlassian Statuspage

Hosted status pages

PricingPaid · $18Freemium · $29
Starting price$18/mo$29/mo
Free planNoYes
Free trial30 days—
Built forSmall businessesSmall businesses, Enterprise
Platformswebweb
CountrySE · 2007AU · 2013
Rating——

Choose Pingdom if

Businesses wanting established uptime and speed monitoring.

  • Reliable and established
  • RUM available
  • Simple setup

Look elsewhere if: Teams wanting all-in-one incident tooling (Better Stack).

Choose Atlassian Statuspage if

Companies wanting the established status page tool.

  • Industry standard
  • Atlassian integrations
  • Reliable

Look elsewhere if: Budget-conscious startups (Instatus, Better Stack).

Pingdom vs Atlassian Statuspage pricing

Pingdom

  • Synthetic Monitoring$18/mo$16.50/mo billed annually; 10 uptime, 1 advanced check
  • Real User Monitoring$18/mo$16.50/mo billed annually; 100,000 pageviews
  • Enterprise RUMCustom500K to 5M+ pageviews/mo

Atlassian Statuspage

  • Free$0Public page: 100 subscribers, 2 team members
  • Hobby$29/mo250 subscribers, 5 team members
  • Startup$99/mo1,000 subscribers, 10 team members
  • Business$399/mo5,000 subscribers, 25 team members
  • Enterprise$1,499/mo25,000 subscribers, 50 team members

Pingdom · Key features

  • Uptime monitoring from global locations
  • Transaction monitoring
  • Page speed tests
  • Real user monitoring
  • Alerting integrations
  • Public status pages

Cons

  • Pricier than modern alternatives
  • Dated UI
  • Limited incident management

Atlassian Statuspage · Key features

  • Public and private status pages
  • Incident and maintenance communication
  • Subscriber notifications via email, SMS, webhooks
  • Component and uptime display
  • Monitoring integrations
  • Audience-specific pages

Cons

  • Expensive for subscriber counts
  • Dated design
  • No built-in monitoring

Pingdom vs Atlassian Statuspage: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Pingdom or Atlassian Statuspage?

Pingdom starts at $18/mo and Atlassian Statuspage at $29/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Pingdom and Atlassian Statuspage have a free plan?

Pingdom has no free plan, a 30-day free trial. Atlassian Statuspage has a free plan.

Not sure yet?