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Pingdom
Uptime Monitoring · www.pingdom.com
SolarWinds Pingdom is a website monitoring service offering synthetic monitoring (uptime, page speed, transaction checks) and real user monitoring, sold as customizable subscriptions.
We only list alternatives we can defend with sourced pricing data.
Top Pingdom alternatives
We compared 8 products and found 6 alternatives · Pingdom pricing is still being verified, so savings are not computed yet · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
We list 6 assessed alternatives; Pingdom's own price is not verified yet, so no cheaper-than claim is made.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Pulsetic Solo plan · missing: Pageview analytics, Analytics API | 50% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
UptimeRobot Solo plan · missing: Pageview analytics, Analytics API | 50% | $10/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
StatusCake Superior plan · missing: Pageview analytics, Analytics API, SMS & voice alerts | 25% | $24.49/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Hyperping Pro plan · missing: Pageview analytics, Analytics API | 50% | $29/mo how? ⓘ | — | |
Better Stack Responder plan | 100% | $34/mo how? ⓘ | — |
Which Pingdom alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best full coverage
- Better Stack — $0/mo (Free (for personal projects) plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Better Stack — $0/mo (Free (for personal projects) plan) · covers 100%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Uptime Kuma — $0/mo (Self-hosted (free) plan) · covers 25%
- Best paid drop-in
- Pulsetic — $9/mo (Solo plan) · covers 50%
- Need pageview analytics, analytics API, SMS & voice alerts or status pages?
- Better Stack — from $0/mo (Free (for personal projects) plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Pingdom has that the top alternatives lack.
- Pageview analytics — Track how many times each page is viewed.Missing from UptimeRobot, Hyperping, StatusCake.
- Analytics API — Pull analytics data programmatically via an API.Missing from UptimeRobot, Hyperping, StatusCake.
- SMS & voice alerts — Get downtime alerts by text message or phone call.Missing from StatusCake.
Feature comparison
Pingdom vs the top alternatives, on the 4 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Pingdom | Better Stack | UptimeRobot | Hyperping | StatusCake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pageview analytics from Real User Monitoring | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Analytics API | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SMS & voice alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Status pages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | — | $0/mo Free (for personal projects) | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Hobby | $0/mo Free |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Pingdom covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Pageview analytics — from Real User Monitoring
- ✓ Analytics API
- ✓ SMS & voice alerts
- ✓ Status pages
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/ (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/# (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
Frequently asked
Is there a free Pingdom alternative?
Yes. Better Stack has a free plan that covers 100% of the 4 capabilities we compared against Pingdom.
What is the cheapest Pingdom alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), Better Stack is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free (for personal projects) plan).
What is the cheapest Pingdom alternative with Pageview analytics?
Better Stack covers Pageview analytics and costs $0/mo (Free (for personal projects) plan) in our scenario.
Does Pingdom have a free plan?
No. Pingdom has no free plan on its official pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-26 and 2026-09-12, on the vendors' official pricing pages.
