Pingdom
7.8#2 in uptime monitoring softwareFrom $16.50 a monthAndroidiOSWebAPI
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Sematext Experience
7.4#7 in internet performance monitoring softwareFrom $8.10 a monthWebAPI
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | Pingdom | Sematext Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Alerting | Alerts can be delivered by email, SMS, push notification or connected incident-management applications. | Alerts can target performance metrics and Apdex, with priorities and notification routing. |
| Integrations | Native alert integrations named by Pingdom include Slack, VictorOps, Opsgenie and PagerDuty. | The Experience page says Sematext integrates with over 100 cloud providers; the integrations page lists React, Vue.js, Angular, and Ember support for Experience. |
| Notable news | Pingdom announced it was joining SolarWinds on June 18, 2014, with founder Sam Nurmi describing the deal as a way to expand monitoring and performance products. | Sematext announced Browser Memory Usage for Experience on November 9, 2020. |
| Public API | Pingdom offers a RESTful HTTP API using bearer API tokens over HTTPS and documents it with an OpenAPI 3.0 specification. | Sematext Cloud provides a REST API authenticated with an account API key, supporting remote app creation and alert-rule management. |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.5 out of 5 from 78 reviews | 4.8 out of 5 from 29 reviews |
| Rating on TrustRadius | 8 out of 10 from 123 reviews and ratings | 9 out of 10 from 2 reviews |
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
Sematext Experience plans
- Experience Startup$8.10 a month
- Experience — Startup (annual billing)$8.10 a month
- Experience — Startup$9 a month
- Experience — Pro—
- Experience Standard—
- Experience Pro—
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 Sematext Experience if…
It suits website teams monitoring real-user front-end performance, Core Web Vitals, interactions, and anomalies. Teams that also need backend context, role controls, and stakeholder reports may find it appropriate.