Pingdom

pingdom.com
Observability & Monitoring
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Website Monitoring Service - Availability and Performance

How to Replace Pingdom

Overview

Pingdom is a comprehensive website and web application monitoring platform that combines synthetic monitoring and real user monitoring to provide unified visibility into uptime, performance, and user experience. It helps organizations monitor website availability, page speed, and business transactions from over 100+ locations worldwide while capturing real-time data from actual end users.

Features

28 features across 15 categories

Analysis(4)

Browser-Based Filtering

Filter real user monitoring data by specific browsers when users are experiencing problems

Device-Based Filtering

Filter real user monitoring data by specific devices to identify device-specific issues

Geographic Filtering

Filter performance data by geographic location to identify regional issues

Performance Filtering

Filter performance data by geography, device, browser, or other dimensions for detailed analysis

Also in: Lexion, Ironclad, Juro

Configuration(1)

Maintenance Windows

Schedule and manage maintenance windows to exclude downtime from monitoring reports

Data Management(1)

13-Month Data Retention

Access and compare historical performance data up to 13 months

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Integration(2)

Pingdom API

Leverage performance insights generated by Pingdom within existing systems or portals with simplified API implementation

Webhooks

Webhook support for integrating monitoring alerts with external systems

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Integrations(2)

Cloud Infrastructure IntegrationsPremium

Comprehensive set of turnkey infrastructure integrations including dozens of AWS and Azure services

Container Orchestration SupportPremium

Support for container orchestrations like Docker and Kubernetes

Also in: ReadMe, Hugging Face, Setmore

Log Management(1)

Log Management and AnalyticsPremium

Integrated, cost-effective, hosted, and scalable full-stack, multi-source log management powered by SolarWinds Loggly

Monitoring(5)

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)Premium

Comprehensive, full-stack visibility and troubleshooting with complete visibility into application issues and ability to pinpoint root cause down to poor-performing line of code

Infrastructure MonitoringPremium

Instant visibility into servers, virtual hosts, and containerized environments powered by SolarWinds AppOptics

Synthetic Monitoring

Simulate visitor interaction with your website or web app to know if and when critical pages or flows stop working correctly

Transaction Monitoring

Test simple or highly complex transactions such as new user registrations, user login, search, shopping cart checkout, and URL hijacking

Uptime Monitoring

Monitor site availability from over 100+ locations worldwide

Notifications(1)

Alerting

Email and SMS alerting for uptime and performance issues

Also in: Jira Service Management, Juro, Smartsheet

Performance Analysis(2)

Page Load Performance

Track and analyze page load times and performance metrics for your web applications

Page Speed Monitoring

Know when and why your website is slow with page speed analysis to help troubleshoot and optimize performance

Reporting(2)

Public Status Pages

Sharable and customizable public status pages and reports for SLA proof

Shareable Reports

Generate and share customizable reports on monitoring data and SLA compliance

Scalability(1)

Unlimited Sites

Monitor an unlimited number of sites with Real User Monitoring

Team Management(1)

Unlimited Users

Add unlimited team members to your Pingdom account

Tools(1)

Website Speed Test

On-demand website speed testing tool

User Analytics(3)

Real User Monitoring (RUM)

Gain visibility into how actual end users are interacting with and experiencing your website with scalable and easy-to-use Real User Monitoring

User Behavior Metrics

Capture metrics like top visited pages, top platforms, top browsers, active sessions, and bounce rates

User Experience Monitoring

Monitor how visitors experience your site based on browser, device, and geographic location

Visualization(1)

Live Map

Visualize real-time user interaction and performance data on a live map

Pricing

Synthetic Monitoring - Starter

Starting at $
  • 10 Uptime checks
  • 1 Advanced check
  • 50 SMS alerts
  • Transaction monitoring
  • Page speed monitoring
  • Email and SMS alerting
  • Maintenance windows
  • Public status pages and reports
  • Unlimited users

Synthetic Monitoring - Growth

Tiered Pricing
  • 25-30,000+ Uptime checks
  • 4-2,500+ Advanced checks
  • 100-1,500+ SMS alerts
  • Transaction monitoring
  • Page speed monitoring
  • Email and SMS alerting
  • Maintenance windows
  • Public status pages and reports
  • Unlimited users

Real User Monitoring - Starter

Starting at $
  • 100,000 Pageviews/month
  • Unlimited number of sites
  • Unlimited users
  • Shareable reports
  • Performance filtering
  • 13-month data retention

Real User Monitoring - Enterprise

Tiered Pricing
  • 100,000 - 1 billion+ Pageviews/month
  • Unlimited number of sites
  • Unlimited users
  • Shareable reports
  • Performance filtering
  • 13-month data retention

Enterprise

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  • 500K to 5M+ pageviews per month
  • Custom scaling
  • Dedicated support
  • Infrastructure monitoring
  • Application performance monitoring
  • Log management and analytics
  • Full APM integrated experience

Cost Calculator

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Build vs Buy

Should you build a Pingdom alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 28 features.

Buy Pingdom

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying Pingdom saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 28 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

8 known integrations

AWSAzureBigCommerceDockerKubernetesShopifySolarWinds AppOpticsSolarWinds Loggly