Checkmate instead of Pingdom

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Check whether your website responds and how fast, with a history and an alert when something goes down. On your own instance, with no price per check.

What you get out of it

  • HTTP, ping and port checks at fixed intervals
  • Response times and outages as a history
  • Alerts by email or webhook when something stops responding

Pingdom and Podless

Pingdom and PodlessPingdomOn Podless
Where the data livesPingdomOn the provider’s serversOn PodlessIn your own instance in the EU
Source codePingdomNot open to readOn PodlessOpen, you can read what runs
Ads and profilingPingdomPer the provider’s termsOn PodlessNone
Your own domainPingdomUsually not offeredOn PodlessIncluded, certificate too
Getting out againPingdomAs far as the provider allowsOn PodlessSFTP, database, backups to your storage
If it gets shut downPingdomYou have to moveOn PodlessYou decide when you leave

Other swaps

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    about €4.00 / month
  • StatusCake
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    Uptime checks for websites and servers, with response times, history and a status page. On your own instance, without tiers on the number and interval of checks.

    about €4.00 / month
  • Better Stack
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    For the uptime part: check whether your services respond, report outages, show a status page. Plus, if you like, the load on your servers. On your own instance.

    about €4.00 / month