Pingdom
7.8#2 in uptime monitoring softwareFrom $16.50 a monthAndroidiOSWebAPI
VisitPingdom vs Visual Sentinel
Visual Sentinel
8.0#4 in website monitoring softwareFrom $6 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | Pingdom | Visual Sentinel |
|---|---|---|
| Alert channels | Email,SMS,push notifications,Slack,PagerDuty,Opsgenie,VictorOps,HipChat,webhooks | Supported alert destinations include email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, webhooks and browser push. |
| Integrations | Native alert integrations named by Pingdom include Slack, VictorOps, Opsgenie and PagerDuty. | The pricing comparison lists Google Analytics 4, Google Search Console, Cloudflare import and proxy bypass, and server-to-site correlation. |
| Intended users | Pingdom describes use cases for digital marketers, web hosting providers, and web developers. | The maker describes the product as serving small teams, agencies, and site owners. |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.5 out of 5 from 78 reviews | 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review |
| Security | SolarWinds provides a security information page linked from Pingdom's site. | The privacy policy states that data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.3 and sensitive integration credentials and API tokens are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM. |
| Server monitoring | Yes | Server checks can report CPU, memory, disk, load and agent status and correlate related site failures. |
| Support | The site links to customer support and support tickets and lists a sales contact phone number. | The company says human support replies typically within 24 hours by email. |
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
Visual Sentinel plans
- Solo$6 a month
- Starter$12 a month
- Business$39 a month
- FreeFree
- Agency$149 a month
- CustomPriced 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 Visual Sentinel if…
Visual Sentinel suits site owners and small teams that need uptime checks alongside screenshot-based detection of page changes. Agencies may find its client reporting options useful, particularly the scheduled reports on Business and white-label reports on Agency.