# Pingdom vs Uptime Kuma

| Attribute | Pingdom | Uptime Kuma |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 51.9 (76% (high)) | 49.9 (52% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 54 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 2 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 92,397 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"What is Pingdom?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pingdom offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Synthetic Monitoring, Real User Monitoring and Enterprise. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"Is Pingdom free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pingdom supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Pingdom support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Pingdom, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"Can Pingdom be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for Pingdom, including Slack, VictorOps, OpsGenie, PagerDuty, HipChat, Email and SMS. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"What does Pingdom integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Pingdom. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Pingdom not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/security/","question":"What security certifications does Pingdom have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Pingdom is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United Kingdom.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"Where is Pingdom available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source application for monitoring website uptime and checking service health. Designed to be deployed on your own infrastructure via Docker or traditional server setups. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"What is Uptime Kuma?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Uptime Kuma is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"Is Uptime Kuma free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Uptime Kuma can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"Can Uptime Kuma be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Uptime Kuma is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma","question":"Is Uptime Kuma open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A self-hosted monitoring solution that tracks the availability of websites and services across multiple protocols and endpoints, with flexible alerting through numerous notification channels. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"self_hostable":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"json_schema_assertions":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 6 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"VictorOps"},{"name":"OpsGenie"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"HipChat"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"SMS"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack","native":true},{"name":"Telegram","native":true},{"name":"Discord","native":true},{"name":"Gotify","native":true},{"name":"Pushover","native":true},{"name":"Email","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | - | JavaScript |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Synthetic Monitoring","features":["Transaction monitoring","Page speed monitoring","Uptime monitoring","Email and SMS alerting","Maintenance windows","Public status pages and reports","Unlimited users"],"description":"Automated monitoring of application availability, performance, and transaction flows","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Real User Monitoring","features":["Unlimited number of sites","Unlimited users","Shareable reports","Performance filtering","13-month data retention"],"description":"Insight into actual user experience and application performance from end-user perspective","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"For high-volume deployments with 500K to 5M+ pageviews per month","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Pay-per-plan subscription model. 30-day free trial. Annual and monthly billing available.","currency":"GBP","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-17T21:37:23.783Z","freeTrialDays":30,"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:21:28.490Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 8 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.6","date":"2026-10-09T15:46:26Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.5","date":"2026-09-16T13:31:07Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.4","date":"2026-09-11T10:09:10Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.3","date":"2026-08-22T09:20:48Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.2","date":"2026-08-22T08:44:26Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.1","date":"2026-08-22T06:50:57Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.0","date":"2026-08-01T16:35:53Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.4.0","date":"2026-05-31T00:55:12Z","type":"stable","version":"2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.2","date":"2026-05-03T16:15:29Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.1","date":"2026-05-03T13:40:11Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.0","date":"2026-05-01T04:01:17Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.2.1","date":"2026-03-10T02:25:33Z","type":"stable","version":"2.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.2.0","date":"2026-03-05T02:08:14Z","type":"stable","version":"2.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.3","date":"2026-02-19T05:37:30Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.2","date":"2026-02-19T05:09:11Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.1","date":"2026-02-13T16:07:33Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0","date":"2026-02-07T02:31:49Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.3","date":"2026-01-22T13:01:00Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.2","date":"2026-01-14T02:45:36Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.1","date":"2026-01-05T02:02:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Flouislam%2Fuptime-kuma&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Pingdom | Uptime Kuma |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Multi region probes | - | - |
| Private location agent | - | - |
| Status page hosting | - | ✓ |
| Json schema assertions | - | ✓ |
| Monitoring as code | - | - |
| Multistep API flows | - | - |
| Heartbeat deadmans switch | - | - |
| Self hostable | - | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:54:39.855Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*