Pingdom alternative
The Pingdom alternative
with nothing bolted on.
Pingdom sells SSL monitoring and status pages as add-ons on top of $15 a month. PULSX includes both, for free, with 50 monitors per team.
Why teams switch
from Pingdom.
SSL monitoring, included
Certificate expiry is tracked on every HTTPS monitor out of the box. On Pingdom it is a paid extra.
Status pages, included
Unlimited public status pages in your branding with subscriber updates. Pingdom charges around $10 a month for theirs.
A dashboard from this decade
Fast, clean interface with dark mode, groups, search and a mobile app. Pingdom's UI shows its age.
PULSX and Pingdom,
side by side.
| Feature | PULSX Free | Pingdom Starter from $15/mo plus add-ons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $15/mo and up |
| Monitors | 50 per team | 10 |
| Check interval | 1 minute | 1 minute |
| SSL monitoring | Yes | Add-on |
| Maintenance windows | Yes | Yes |
| Public status pages | Unlimited, your branding | Around $10/mo extra |
| Alert channels | Email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, webhook, push | Email, SMS, Slack, webhook |
| Mobile app | Yes | Yes |
Pingdom's Starter plan is the entry point; synthetic transaction checks and real-user monitoring sit on higher tiers and are outside what PULSX does.
Move over
in an afternoon.
01
List your Pingdom checks
Note the URLs, intervals and who gets alerted. Leave Pingdom running while you move.
02
Set up PULSX
Add the monitors, connect your alert channels and turn on SSL monitoring for the HTTPS ones.
03
Verify and cancel
Send a test alert, watch a few checks land, then cancel Pingdom.
Questions
Why is PULSX free when Pingdom is not?+
Is PULSX as reliable as Pingdom?+
Can I import my Pingdom checks automatically?+
Switch from Pingdom in an afternoon.
SSL monitoring and status pages included. Free, no card, no add-ons.