Pingdom alternative: Uptimely vs Pingdom
Looking for a Pingdom alternative? Pingdom is being folded into SolarWinds Observability. SolarWinds' own migration documentation describes replicating customer accounts onto SolarWinds Observability Digital Experience with a 30-to-60-day transition period, after which the Pingdom account becomes read-only for viewing history. If you are reading this because you got that email, this page compares what you have with what Uptimely does. It does so fairly, and it names the migration's own documented limits rather than glossing over them.
Where Pingdom is strong
Pingdom's long operating history is a real advantage, and its synthetic monitoring runs from 100+ global locations at 1-minute check intervals with page-speed and transaction (advanced) checks and real-user monitoring (RUM). That synthetic and RUM capability is what SolarWinds is carrying forward into SolarWinds Observability Digital Experience — so if the wider SolarWinds observability suite is where your team is heading anyway, staying put is a reasonable answer and this page is not going to pretend otherwise.
Where Uptimely differs
Three of the migration's documented limits are the practical reasons to look elsewhere: historical monitoring data is not moved across (it stays in the read-only Pingdom account), text message/SMS alerts are not currently available in SolarWinds Observability, and there is a transition to sit through at all. Uptimely sends SMS alongside Slack, Discord, email, voice call and web push, and keeps your check history in the account you are using. On price, Pingdom has no free tier (it offers a 30-day trial) and bills synthetic monitoring by check volume with RUM priced separately by pageviews; Uptimely has a free plan at $0 and a flat Pro plan at $29/month with unlimited monitors and status pages, plus incident management, on-call escalation and OTLP logs/traces/metrics.
| Feature | Uptimely | Pingdom |
|---|---|---|
| Product status | Actively developed; no migration to sit through | Moving to SolarWinds Observability; the Pingdom account then goes read-only |
| Your existing history | Stays in the account you use | Not moved in the migration — viewable in the read-only Pingdom account |
| Free tier | $0 — 10 monitors, 1 status page, 3 members | No free tier (30-day free trial) |
| Entry paid plan | Pro $29/mo — unlimited monitors & status pages | Synthetic Starter $15/mo ($10/mo annual) — 10 uptime monitors, 1 advanced |
| Check frequency | 1-minute | 1-minute |
| Status pages | 1 (Free) / unlimited (Pro); custom domains | Public status page included |
| On-call / escalation | Included on all plans, incl. Free | — (not a core Pingdom feature) |
| Alert channels | Slack, Discord, email, SMS, voice call, web push | Email, SMS (bundled quota), webhook — SMS not currently available in SolarWinds Observability |
| Telemetry / APM | OTLP logs, traces & metrics; Prometheus /metrics | Real-user monitoring (RUM); no OTLP logs/traces |
| Self-hosting | No (SaaS) | No (SaaS) |
Migration facts (transition period, read-only account, historical data, SMS availability) are quoted from SolarWinds' own migration documentation, read 2026-08-30: https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/observability/content/intro/websites/migrate-pingdom.htm — Uptimely figures reflect its current plans. Pingdom PRICING figures are sourced from third-party pricing trackers (costbench, verified July 2026) and search results because Pingdom's own pricing page blocked automated retrieval on 2026-07-16 — verify against pingdom.com for current pricing before relying on those numbers.
Uptimely's Free plan has 10 monitors, 1 status page and 1-minute checks, with no credit card. Pro comes with a 14-day free trial.
Start free →Is Pingdom being discontinued?
SolarWinds describes SolarWinds Observability Digital Experience as the next generation of Pingdom rather than a discontinuation. In practice its migration documentation describes replicating customer accounts onto the new platform, giving a 30-to-60-day period in which both can be used, after which the Pingdom account transitions to a read-only state for viewing historical monitoring data.
Does my Pingdom history move to SolarWinds Observability?
No. SolarWinds' migration documentation states that historical data will not be moved over as part of the migration; it remains viewable in the read-only Pingdom account. If keeping your check history alongside your live monitoring matters, that is a reason to export what you need before the transition finishes, whichever product you move to.
Can SolarWinds Observability send SMS alerts like Pingdom did?
SolarWinds' migration documentation states that text message or SMS alerts are not currently available in SolarWinds Observability, which lists Microsoft Teams, Slack and ServiceNow among its integrations instead. Uptimely sends SMS alerts, as well as voice calls, Slack, Discord, email and web push.
Is Uptimely a good Pingdom alternative?
Uptimely is a good alternative for teams that want a free entry point and an integrated operations stack — status pages, incidents, and on-call alongside uptime checks — and for teams the Pingdom migration leaves without SMS alerting or without their history in the same place as their monitors. Staying with SolarWinds is the reasonable answer if you specifically need the mature global synthetic network and real-user monitoring, or if the wider SolarWinds observability suite is where your team is heading anyway.
Does Pingdom have a free plan?
No. Pingdom does not offer a free plan; it provides a 30-day free trial, after which synthetic monitoring starts at around $15/month ($10/month billed annually) for 10 uptime monitors. Uptimely offers a free-forever plan with 10 monitors, 1 status page, and 3 team members.
Who owns Pingdom?
Pingdom is owned by SolarWinds and is sold as part of SolarWinds' digital experience and website-monitoring offerings. Uptimely is built and operated by Devino Solutions.
Does Uptimely include incident management and on-call like a full ops stack?
Yes. In addition to uptime monitoring and status pages, Uptimely includes incident management, on-call duty policies with escalation, and scheduled maintenance on every plan. Pingdom focuses on synthetic monitoring and real-user monitoring rather than on-call and incident-response workflows.