Pingdom
7.7#2 in uptime monitoring softwareAndroidiOSWebAPI
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Pinger Man
6.6#32 in website monitoring softwareFrom $1 a monthFree planWebAPI
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | Pingdom | Pinger Man |
|---|---|---|
| Alerts | Incident alerts can be sent by SMS, email, push notification, or webhook, and Pingdom performs a second check before alerting to filter false positives. | Downtime notifications are available through email, SMS, Slack, Twitter, and webhooks. |
| Integrations | Native alert integrations named by Pingdom include Slack, VictorOps, Opsgenie and PagerDuty. | The site lists AWS Route53 domain import, Azure, Namecheap, Slack, Twitter, and webhook integrations. |
| Status pages | Public status pages are included in all plans and can show current status and historical data. | Users can create public status pages showing real-time service status, uptime statistics, downtime incidents, and response times. |
| Support | The site links to customer support and support tickets and lists a sales contact phone number. | The About page says email support is available and that the team usually responds the same day. |
Pingdom plans
- Synthetic Monitoring—
- Real User Monitoring—
- Real User Monitoring$16.50 a month
- Synthetic Monitoring$16.50 a month
- Synthetic Monitoring annual calculator$198 a year
- Real User Monitoring annual calculator$198 a year
Pinger Man plans
- FreeFree
- Solo$1 a month
- Team$20 a month
- Enterprise$50 a month
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.
Pick Pinger Man if…
Pinger Man may suit individuals, solopreneurs, small teams, and large teams looking to monitor websites and related services. Its free plan and paid tiers provide options for different monitor and team capacities.