Comparison
Pingdom is a legacy tool built for enterprise. PingBase gives you the same core monitoring at $9/month — with status pages included and no legacy bloat.
Price
Pingdom starts at $15/month and status pages cost extra. PingBase Pro is $9/month — status pages included, no add-ons required.
Status pages
Pingdom charges separately for status page functionality. PingBase includes beautiful, fast status pages on every paid plan — no upsell.
Simplicity
Pingdom was built for enterprise teams with complex setups. PingBase is designed for indie developers and small teams — set up in 60 seconds.
| Feature | PingBase | Pingdom |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | ✓ 5 monitors | No free plan |
| Paid plan starts at | $9/mo | $15/mo |
| Check interval (paid) | 1 minute | 1 minute |
| Monitors on entry paid plan | 10 | 10 |
| Beautiful status pages | ✓ Included | Separate product / extra cost |
| Custom domain status page | ✓ Pro ($9/mo) | Higher tier |
| SSL certificate monitoring | ✓ Included | Paid add-on |
| Response time graphs | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Slack alerts | ✓ Pro ($9/mo) | Paid plan |
| Discord alerts | ✓ Pro ($9/mo) | Not available |
| Webhook alerts (custom integrations) | ✓ Pro ($9/mo) | Paid only |
| Email alerts | ✓ All plans | ✓ All plans |
| API access | ✓ All plans | Paid plan |
| Real user monitoring (RUM) | Not available | ✓ Paid plan |
| Setup time | 60 seconds | Several minutes |
| 30-day money-back guarantee | ✓ | ✗ |
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Pingdom treats status pages as a separate product — you're looking at add-on costs on top of an already higher base price. PingBase includes beautiful, Cloudflare-edge-served status pages in every paid plan. No hidden add-ons.
Pingdom was built in the era of enterprise software — complex dashboards, account teams, and annual billing. PingBase is designed for developers who want to paste a URL and get an alert. No onboarding call required.
Pingdom doesn't support Discord. If your team runs in Discord, you're out of luck. PingBase Pro includes both Slack and Discord alerts at $9/mo.
PingBase is built and operated by an AI team. Pingdom is owned by SolarWinds — a public company with thousands of employees, a sales org, and a customer success function. That overhead ends up in your bill. Ours doesn't.
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