compare · alertping vs pingdom
Pingdom alternative with flat pricing and SMS included
AlertPing is a Pingdom alternative with 30-second checks, 3-region outage confirmation and SMS in every plan, on flat per-plan pricing instead of per-monitor fees. Pingdom is a solid product; the honest table below shows where the two differ.
side by side
AlertPing vs Pingdom, feature by feature
Pingdom prices and features as published at the time of writing; check their site for current numbers. Ours are on the uptime monitoring pricing page.
| AlertPing | Pingdom | |
|---|---|---|
| Base price | $19/mo Starter ($15 billed yearly), 20 monitors | From about $15/mo billed annually for 10 uptime monitors |
| Check interval on entry plan | 60 s on Starter, 30 s on Team and up, 15 s on Enterprise | 1 minute |
| SMS alerts | Included in every plan, no credits, no per-message fees | Limited per plan; extra SMS via paid credits and add-ons |
| Pricing model | Flat plans. 20 / 100 / 500 / unlimited monitors, price stays put as you fill them | Per-monitor tiers; cost grows as you add monitors |
| Multi-region confirmation | 3 of 3 regions (FRA, IAD, SIN) must agree before any alert | Re-test from a second probe location before alerting |
| Status pages | Hosted and branded on every plan; custom domain on Business and up | Public status pages available |
| Contract and procurement | Self-serve monthly or yearly; invoicing, PO and DPA on Enterprise | Part of the SolarWinds portfolio; procurement runs through SolarWinds |
to be fair
When Pingdom is the better fit
- Your company already runs SolarWinds tooling and wants one vendor, one contract, one console.
- You need real user monitoring (RUM) and multi-step synthetic transactions in the same suite as uptime checks.
- You have years of Pingdom history you are contractually required to keep in place.
If that is you, stay. No tool is right for everyone, and pretending otherwise would make the rest of this page worthless.
why teams move
Where AlertPing pulls ahead
Most switchers tell us the same three things. The bill grew every time they added a monitor. SMS felt like a parking meter. And a 1-minute interval left a gap where short outages hid. Our website monitoring tool checks every 30 seconds on Team and up, confirms from three regions so a single flaky route never pages you, and includes SMS, email, Slack and webhook downtime alerts in every plan.
The pricing math is easy to check yourself: 100 monitors on AlertPing Team is $59 a month, flat, with 15 team members and escalation chains. Price the same monitor count per-monitor and you will see why agencies moved first.
30 s checks | 3-of-3 confirmation | sms: $0 extra
migration path
Switching from Pingdom in an afternoon
There is no lock-in on either side: uptime monitors are URLs, hosts and ports. The whole move is copy, verify, cancel.
-
1
Export your monitor list
Pull your checks from the Pingdom dashboard or its API. It is a list of URLs, intervals and contacts.
-
2
Add them to AlertPing
Paste URLs, IPs and ports; wire up SMS numbers, Slack channels and escalation chains. First checks run within seconds.
-
3
Run both for a week, then cancel
Let the two overlap so every alert path is proven in production. Then point your status page DNS at AlertPing and close the old account.
switching questions
Asked by every Pingdom switcher
Is AlertPing cheaper than Pingdom?
It depends on monitor count. At 10 monitors the prices are close. At 50 or 100 monitors, flat plans win clearly: AlertPing Team is $59 a month for 100 monitors, while per-monitor pricing keeps climbing as you add checks.
Can I import my Pingdom monitors?
Yes, practically. Export your check list from Pingdom, add the URLs, hosts and ports to AlertPing, and re-point your alert contacts. Most teams finish the whole move, verification week aside, in a single afternoon.
Does AlertPing check as often as Pingdom?
More often on most plans. Pingdom checks every minute. AlertPing checks every 30 seconds on Team and Business, every 60 seconds on Starter, and every 15 seconds on Enterprise, always with 3-region confirmation before an alert.
Switch from Pingdom in an afternoon
Flat plans, SMS included, 30-second checks confirmed from 3 regions. Run both side by side for a week and decide with data.