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Pingdom

Uptime and page speed monitoring

Pingdom is an uptime & monitoring tool for Small businesses, offered as paid ($18/mo). Based in Sweden, founded in 2007. Popular alternatives include UptimeRobot, Logsign, Testifly.

About Pingdom

Pingdom is a website monitoring service founded in Sweden in 2007 and owned by SolarWinds since 2014. It checks whether sites and APIs are up and how fast they load from a network of probe servers around the world, and alerts teams by email, SMS and integrations when something breaks or slows down.

Synthetic monitoring includes uptime checks, transaction checks that script multi-step flows such as login or checkout, and page speed tests that break down load time by resource. Real User Monitoring measures performance from actual visitors by country, browser and device. Alerts route to tools such as Slack, PagerDuty and Opsgenie, and public status pages show uptime to customers. The two products, Synthetic and Real User Monitoring, are priced separately and scale with the number of checks or monitored pageviews.

Pingdom suits businesses and agencies that want a dependable, established monitoring service with simple setup. It looks dated next to newer tools, prices are higher than many modern alternatives, and incident management features are limited. Better Stack bundles uptime, status pages, on-call and logs, UptimeRobot is cheaper with a generous free tier, and Datadog Synthetics fits teams already using Datadog.

Key features of Pingdom

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

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Reliable and established
  • RUM available
  • Simple setup
  • Global locations

Cons

  • Pricier than modern alternatives
  • Dated UI
  • Limited incident management
  • Add-ons for advanced checks

Pingdom pricing

Pingdom uses a paid model. A 30-day free trial is available.

PlanPriceIncludes
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

Source: www.pingdom.com · checked on Oct 20, 2026

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How Pingdom compares in Uptime & monitoring

Rank by votes
#1 / 27

0 votes from members

Starting price
$18

28% below the category median ($25/mo)

Free alternatives
7

Free or open-source tools in Uptime & monitoring

Pingdom ranks #1 of 27 uptime & monitoring tools by community votes and is priced below most tools in the category.

Common use cases

  1. 1E-commerce uptime monitoring
  2. 2Checkout transaction checks
  3. 3Page speed tracking
  4. 4Agency monitoring client sites

Best for

Businesses wanting established uptime and speed monitoring.

Not ideal for

Teams wanting all-in-one incident tooling (Better Stack).

Integrations

  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • Opsgenie
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Webhooks
  • API

Our take

Pingdom still works well, but newer tools offer more value.

FAQ

What is Pingdom?
Pingdom is an uptime and page speed monitoring.
How much does Pingdom cost?
Pingdom uses a Paid model; paid plans start at $18 per month.
What are the best alternatives to Pingdom?
Community-listed alternatives to Pingdom include UptimeRobot, Logsign, Testifly, Atlassian Statuspage.
Does Pingdom have a free trial?
Yes, Pingdom offers a 30-day free trial.
What does Pingdom integrate with?
Pingdom integrates with Slack, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Microsoft Teams, Webhooks, API and more.
Which platforms does Pingdom support?
Pingdom is available on web.
Who is Pingdom for?
Businesses wanting established uptime and speed monitoring.

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