Pingdom
7.8#2 in uptime monitoring softwareFrom $16.50 a monthAndroidiOSWebAPI
VisitPingdom vs ServiceUptime
ServiceUptime
7.0#16 in uptime monitoring softwareFrom $5.95 a monthFree planWebAPI
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | Pingdom | ServiceUptime |
|---|---|---|
| Alert channels | Email,SMS,push notifications,Slack,PagerDuty,Opsgenie,VictorOps,HipChat,webhooks | email,SMS,webhook |
| 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. | Outage alerts are available by email and SMS, and the services page also lists webhook alerts and an API for custom alerting applications. |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Intended users | Pingdom describes use cases for digital marketers, web hosting providers, and web developers. | The Start plan page recommends the plan to individuals monitoring one website, while the Standard plan page recommends professional monitoring for webmasters with over 10 hosts. |
| Server monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The site links to customer support and support tickets and lists a sales contact phone number. | The contact page says a representative will respond within 24 hours, while the FAQ says support and sales teams are available 24/7. |
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
ServiceUptime plans
- FreeFree
- Professional$89.95 a month
- Free MonitoringFree
- Start$5.95 a month
- Standard$9.95 a month
- Advanced$29.95 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 ServiceUptime if…
It suits individuals monitoring a website as well as webmasters managing multiple hosts. Teams needing availability checks, performance reports, and configurable alerts can choose among different monitoring plans.