OnlyStatus
6.3#27 in synthetic monitoringFree planFree planAPISelf-hosted
VisitOnlyStatus vs Pingdom
What both publish
| Fact | OnlyStatus | Pingdom |
|---|---|---|
| Alerts | Alert integrations listed include email, Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, and OpsGenie. | Incident alerts can be sent by SMS, email, push notification, or webhook, and Pingdom performs a second check before alerting to filter false positives. |
| Integrations | Email alerts can use SMTP, and Slack and Discord are listed as notification options. | Native alert integrations named by Pingdom include Slack, VictorOps, Opsgenie and PagerDuty. |
| Security | The deployment guide says setup generates random secrets and recommends disabling public registration after creating an account. | SolarWinds provides a security information page linked from Pingdom's site. |
| Status pages | It provides public status pages with custom domains and themes. | Public status pages are included in all plans and can show current status and historical data. |
| Support | The maker describes OnlyStatus as a community fork maintained in spare time, without commercial support or warranty, and suggests opening an issue or emailing [email protected] for problems. | The site links to customer support and support tickets and lists a sales contact phone number. |
OnlyStatus plans
- Self-hostedFree
Pingdom plans
- 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
Pick OnlyStatus if…
OnlyStatus suits people who want to host and maintain their own website and API monitoring. It may also fit teams needing public status pages, incident tracking, and alerts without plan tiers.
Pick Pingdom if…
Pingdom suits digital marketers, web developers, and hosting providers needing uptime, speed, transaction, or real-user monitoring. It also fits teams that need many alert channels and public status pages.