Pingdom
$180/yr
48% less than Better Stack / UptimeRobot paid
Pingdom vs Better Stack / UptimeRobot paid
Price, free plan and alternatives, side by side
The comparison in short
- Pingdomno free plan
- Better Stack / UptimeRobot paidhas a free plan
Better Stack / UptimeRobot paid
Buildable
one sitting
On price, Pingdom wins. To start without paying, Better Stack / UptimeRobot paid has a free plan. If you would rather build it, Better Stack / UptimeRobot paid is the simplest to rebuild.
Side-by-side comparison
| APPLICATION | PingdomMonitoring | Better Stack / UptimeRobot paidUptime |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly billing | $15/mo$15Synthetic Monitoring | $34/mo$34Responder |
| Per year | $180/yr | $348/yrannual plan · −15% |
| Billing model | Flat subscription | Per person |
| Free tier | — | 10 monitors + 10 heartbeats + 1 status page with 3-minute checks; 1,000 subscribers; 100,000 exceptions/month; 5,000 replays; 3 GB logs + 3 GB traces + 3 GB web events retained 3 days; 30 GB metrics |
| Additional costs | — | Base includes only 10 monitors/10 heartbeats/1 status page. Add 50 monitors: $25/mo or $21/mo annual; add 10 heartbeats: $20/$17; each additional public status page: $15/$12; 1,000 extra subscribers: $40/mo; Playwright: $1 per 100 minutes; AI SRE: $5/million tokens; Slack/Teams workflows: $9/responder/mo; advanced status-page and SSO options can cost $42-$250 per page/user/month. |
| Can you rebuild it? | Worth subscribingclosest consolation build: one sitting | Buildableone sitting |
| Free alternatives | +2 | |
| Checked on | 07/31/2026 | 10/20/2026 |
| Buy on the official site | Buy View app page | Buy View app page |
The free plan compares up to 2 apps. Pro compares up to 4. See plans →
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