Pingdom
7.8#2 in uptime monitoring softwareFrom $16.50 a monthAndroidiOSWebAPI
VisitPingdom vs RapidSpike
RapidSpike
6.6#20 in synthetic monitoringFrom £199 a monthWebAPI
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | Pingdom | RapidSpike |
|---|---|---|
| Alert channels | Email,SMS,push notifications,Slack,PagerDuty,Opsgenie,VictorOps,HipChat,webhooks | Slack,Microsoft Teams,WhatsApp,PagerDuty,Pushover,Opsgenie,Splunk On-Call,ilert,Zendesk,Voice Call / SMS,Webhooks |
| 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. | Uptime errors are retested in another region and alerts are sent after two concurrent failures are established. |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Integrations | Native alert integrations named by Pingdom include Slack, VictorOps, Opsgenie and PagerDuty. | Listed alert methods and integrations include Slack, Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, PagerDuty, Pushover, OpsGenie, Splunk On-Call, ilert, Zendesk, Voice/SMS, and webhooks. |
| Server monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| SSL expiry alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The site links to customer support and support tickets and lists a sales contact phone number. | RapidSpike's contact page states an average response time of 15 minutes and lists managed live chat hours on weekdays. |
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
RapidSpike plans
- Business£199 a month
- Enhanced£499 a month
- Enterprise—
- Business (Synthetics)£199 a month
- Enhanced (Synthetics)£499 a month
- Enterprise (Synthetics)Priced on request
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 RapidSpike if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.