Pingdom
7.8#2 in uptime monitoring softwareFrom $16.50 a monthAndroidiOSWebAPI
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What both publish
| Fact | Pingdom | Spectate |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | Native alert integrations named by Pingdom include Slack, VictorOps, Opsgenie and PagerDuty. | The maker names Slack, Discord, and Pushover as integrations, and says alerts can also be sent by voice or SMS. |
| Intended users | Pingdom describes use cases for digital marketers, web hosting providers, and web developers. | The company says it aims to serve freelancers, SMBs, and enterprises; its homepage also calls out agencies, startups, SaaS companies, and indie hackers. |
| Status pages | Public status pages are included in all plans and can show current status and historical data. | Status pages support branding, custom domains, AI-powered updates, user issue reports, subscriptions, and postmortems. |
| Support | The site links to customer support and support tickets and lists a sales contact phone number. | The site lists email support at [email protected]; enterprise offerings include phone support and a dedicated account manager. |
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
Spectate plans
- Solo$12 a month
- Pro$24 a month
- Scale$72 a month
- Business$169 a month
- HobbyFree
- EnterprisePriced 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 Spectate if…
Spectate may suit freelancers, agencies, startups, SaaS companies, indie hackers, and larger organisations that need monitoring and incident tools. Teams needing on-call scheduling or escalation policies should note those are marked as coming soon.