Comparison

Pingdom vs UptimeRobot

On the evidence we track, UptimeRobot leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Pingdom52
★UptimeRobot60
Score
vioscaleAI score
Pingdom52 / 100high · 76%
UptimeRobot60 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Pingdom✓
UptimeRobot✓
Model
Pingdomfreemium
UptimeRobotfreemium
Price level
Pingdomlow
UptimeRobotlow
Transparent
Pingdom✗
UptimeRobot✓
Integrations
Count
Pingdom7
UptimeRobot16
Security
Certifications
Pingdom–
UptimeRobotSOC 2
Gdpr
Pingdom✓
UptimeRobot✓
Hipaa
Pingdom✓
UptimeRobot–
Pci
Pingdom✓
UptimeRobot✓
Soc2
Pingdom✓
UptimeRobot✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Pingdom✓
UptimeRobot✓
Content
Faq
Pingdom7 items
UptimeRobot7 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Pingdom

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

UptimeRobot

Leader

A website and infrastructure monitoring service that continuously checks the uptime and performance of websites, APIs, and servers, providing instant notifications through multiple channels when problems are detected.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Pingdom

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 ↗

UptimeRobot

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier

Free plan available. Paid plans from €/month with 60-second monitoring intervals; save ~15% with annual billing.

  • FreeFree
    • 5 min monitoring interval
    • Ping monitoring
    • HTTPS monitoring
    • Port monitoring
    • API monitoring
    • +9 more
  • Solo-
  • Team-
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Pingdom✓
UptimeRobot✓
iOS
Pingdom✓
UptimeRobot✓
Android
Pingdom✓
UptimeRobot✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Pingdom✓
UptimeRobot✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty

Pingdom

7 total - 5 not shared
  • VictorOps
  • OpsGenie
  • HipChat
  • Email
  • SMS
Independently observed

UptimeRobot

Leader
20 total - 18 not shared
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Mattermost
  • Telegram
  • Discord
  • Google Chat
  • Splunk On-Call
  • Zenduty
  • ilert
  • PagerTree
  • Zapier
  • Pipedream
  • Pushbullet
  • Webhooks
  • Email to SMS
  • Voice call
  • Mobile push notification
  • MS Teams
  • Google Analytics
Independently observed
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