| # | ALTERNATIVE | BEST FOR | SCORE | FROM | RANKED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  DatadogCloud scale monitoring and security | Large enterprises and DevOps teams | 95.0 | $15/host/month | #1 in Top 10 Synthetic MonitoringOn 4 of Pingdom's rankings |
| 2 |  New RelicAll-in-one observability platform | Software engineers and developers | 92.7 | $49/month | #2 in Top 10 Synthetic MonitoringOn 4 of Pingdom's rankings |
| 3 |  StatusCakeUptime monitoring made simple | E-commerce and growing businesses | 90.3 | $20.49/month | #3 in Top 10 Website Uptime MonitoringOn 4 of Pingdom's rankings |
| 4 |  Better StackBetter uptime monitoring and incident response | Modern engineering teams | 92.7 | $24/month | #2 in Top 10 Uptime MonitoringOn 3 of Pingdom's rankings |
| 5 |  ChecklyMonitoring for the modern developer | Frontend developers and API teams | 90.3 | $40/month | #3 in Top 10 Synthetic MonitoringOn 3 of Pingdom's rankings |
| 6 |  UptimeRobotSimple and reliable uptime monitoring | Small businesses and developers | 95.0 | $7/month | #1 in Top 10 Uptime MonitoringOn 2 of Pingdom's rankings |
| 7 |  DynatraceSoftware intelligence for the enterprise cloud | Large enterprises with complex cloud environments | 88.0 | Custom | #4 in Top 10 Synthetic MonitoringOn 2 of Pingdom's rankings |
| 8 |  AppDynamics | Business transaction performance tracking | 85.7 | Custom | #5 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring |
| 9 |  Site24x7Cloud infrastructure and application monitoring | IT professionals and system administrators | 83.3 | $9/month | #6 in Top 10 Website Monitoring |
| 10 |  UptimeKumaOpen-source, self-hosted uptime monitoring solution | Self-hosted environments and organisations prioritising data privacy | 83.3 | Free | #6 in Top 10 Website Uptime Monitoring |
FROM LISTER RANKINGS · UPDATED HOW WE RANK → | |||||
Start from what you need it for. Where each fits best, as Lister records it:
Closest to Pingdom by the rankings they share: Datadog (4 rankings), New Relic (4 rankings) and StatusCake (4 rankings).
Free to start, by their stated pricing: UptimeKuma.
Stated starting prices: Datadog ($15/host/month), New Relic ($49/month), StatusCake ($20.49/month), Better Stack ($24/month), Checkly ($40/month), UptimeRobot ($7/month) and Site24x7 ($9/month).
Custom or quote-based pricing: Dynatrace and AppDynamics.
Each Lister Score is the alternative's score on the ranking named in its row, so compare scores within one ranking rather than across rankings. How the score is made.
#1 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring: A cloud-scale monitoring and security platform that features robust synthetic testing capabilities alongside APM and infrastructure metrics.
#2 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring: An all-in-one observability platform offering browser-based synthetic monitoring and API tests to track global availability.
#3 in Top 10 Website Uptime Monitoring: StatusCake offers comprehensive uptime and performance monitoring with intelligent alerting, status pages, and detailed incident tracking for teams of any size.
#2 in Top 10 Uptime Monitoring: A modern observability platform combining fast uptime monitoring, incident management, and status pages into a unified interface.
#3 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring: An active monitoring platform built for developers, utilizing JavaScript and Playwright for reliable API and end-to-end checks.
#1 in Top 10 Uptime Monitoring: A popular and straightforward uptime monitoring service offering HTTP, ping, and port checks with instant alert notifications.
#4 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring: An enterprise software intelligence platform powered by artificial intelligence to automate application monitoring and synthetic checks.
#5 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring: Cisco-owned application performance monitoring solution providing end-to-end synthetic user monitoring for business-critical apps.
#6 in Top 10 Website Monitoring: An all-in-one cloud monitoring solution for DevOps and IT operations, tracking websites, servers, and networks.
#6 in Top 10 Website Uptime Monitoring: Uptime Kuma is a lightweight, open-source monitoring tool that can be self-hosted, offering a clean interface for HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, and TCP/UDP monitoring.