Comparison

Pingdom vs StatusCake

On the evidence we track, Pingdom leads this comparison with a composite score of 50/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Pingdom50
StatusCake20
Score
Vioscale score
Pingdom50 / 100high · 76%updating
StatusCake20 / 100low · 3%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Pingdom
StatusCake
Model
Pingdomfreemium
StatusCakecommercial
Price level
Pingdomlow
StatusCake
Transparent
Pingdom
StatusCake
Integrations
Count
Pingdom7
StatusCake4
Security
Gdpr
Pingdom
StatusCake
Hipaa
Pingdom
StatusCake
Pci
Pingdom
StatusCake
Soc2
Pingdom
StatusCake
Reliability
Status page
Pingdom
StatusCake
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api monitoring. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Multi region probes
Pingdom-
StatusCake-
Private location agent
Pingdom-
StatusCake-
Status page hosting
Pingdom-
StatusCake-
Json schema assertions
Pingdom-
StatusCake-
Monitoring as code
Pingdom-
StatusCake-
Multistep API flows
Pingdom-
StatusCake-
Heartbeat deadmans switch
Pingdom-
StatusCake-
Self hostable
Pingdom-
StatusCake-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Pingdom

Leader

Combines automated testing from 100+ global locations with real user monitoring to provide visibility into website availability, performance, and user experience across browsers and devices.

Independently observed

StatusCake

Not documented yet.

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Pingdom

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Pay-per-plan subscription model. 30-day free trial. Annual and monthly billing available.

  • Synthetic Monitoring-
    • Transaction monitoring
    • Page speed monitoring
    • Uptime monitoring
    • Email and SMS alerting
    • Maintenance windows
    • +2 more
  • Real User Monitoring-
    • Unlimited number of sites
    • Unlimited users
    • Shareable reports
    • Performance filtering
    • 13-month data retention
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

StatusCake

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Pingdom
StatusCake
iOS
Pingdom
StatusCake
Android
Pingdom
StatusCake
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Pingdom
StatusCake

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Pingdom

Leader
7 total
  • Slack
  • VictorOps
  • OpsGenie
  • PagerDuty
  • HipChat
  • Email
  • SMS
Independently observed

StatusCake

4 total
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Autotask
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.