# Pingdom vs UptimeRobot

**Leader by Vioscale score:** UptimeRobot

| Attribute | Pingdom | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 49.8 (76% (high)) | 61.8 (76% (high)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":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 service that continuously monitors websites, APIs, and servers at regular intervals and sends alerts when downtime or performance issues are detected. Includes branded status pages to inform users of incidents and maintenance. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"self_hostable":false,"monitoring_as_code":true,"multi_region_probes":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"json_schema_assertions":true,"heartbeat_deadmans_switch":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 18 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"VictorOps"},{"name":"OpsGenie"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"HipChat"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"SMS"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Splunk On-Call"},{"name":"Zenduty"},{"name":"ilert"},{"name":"PagerTree"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Pipedream"},{"name":"Pushbullet"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Email to SMS"},{"name":"Voice call"},{"name":"Mobile push notification"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"CZ","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":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":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever, 5 monitors","features":["Keyword monitoring","Ping monitoring","Basic status pages","API monitoring","UDP monitoring","DNS monitoring","Email/SMS/push alerts","Mobile app access"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"description":"Basic monitoring for personal projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"5","integrations":"5","status_pages":"1","monitoring_interval":"5 min"}},{"free":false,"name":"Solo","features":["60-second monitoring interval","API monitoring with custom headers","Multi-location checks","UDP monitoring","DNS monitoring","SSL/domain monitoring","Port monitoring","Webhook integrations","Zapier","PagerDuty"],"description":"Faster checks with advanced monitoring types","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"3","monitoring_interval":"60 sec"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","features":["Team member access","Granular permissions","Status page customization","Custom domain support","Password-protected status pages","Unlimited integrations"],"description":"Shared access for team collaboration","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"100 white-label"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Dedicated CSM","Private Slack channel","Shortest monitoring intervals","Highest monitor counts","All monitoring types","All integrations"],"description":"Advanced features with dedicated support","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"unlimited","monitoring_interval":"shortest available"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"SMS/Voice call credits"}],"summary":"Free plan with 5 monitors; paid plans from €/month with annual savings","currency":"EUR","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://uptimerobot.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T08:33:05.571Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Pingdom | UptimeRobot |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:21:00.772Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*