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Head-to-head · Status Tracking

Uptime Kuma vs Pingdom

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 1 check side by side
Higher score Uptime Kuma #3 in Status Tracking 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Uptime Kuma
Pingdom #4 in Status Tracking 8.9/10 Pricing on request · 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Pingdom

Uptime Kuma leads on 1 check, Pingdom on 0, and 0 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 1 yes/no, price and count check where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreUptime Kuma · 9.0/10
  • Free planonly Uptime Kuma
  • Free trialonly Pingdom

Uptime Kuma scores higher on our rubric for status tracking: 9.0 against 8.9 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #4.

Uptime Kuma offers free plan; Pingdom doesn't.

Uptime Kuma is the better fit for self-hosters wanting a widely adopted free monitor. Pingdom is the better fit for teams prioritizing synthetic and real-user monitoring.

  • Uptime Kuma fits best

    Self-hosters wanting a widely adopted free monitor

  • Pingdom fits best

    Teams prioritizing synthetic and real-user monitoring

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Side by side

Feature Uptime Kuma 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Pingdom 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.9
Ranking #3 in Status Tracking #4 in Status Tracking
Best for Self-hosters wanting a widely adopted free monitor Teams prioritizing synthetic and real-user monitoring
Pricing model Free Paid
Starting price Free plan —
Free plan ✓ (best) —
Free trial — 30 days
Deployment Cloud, Desktop, Self-hosted Cloud, Mobile
Platforms Web, Windows, Linux Web, iOS, Android
Integrations 8 integrations 9 integrations
Features Uptime Kuma 0/2 · Pingdom 0/2
Hosted status page Not checked yet Not checked yet
API monitoring Not checked yet Not checked yet
Specs
Minimum check interval Not checked yet Not checked yet
Alert channels Telegram, Discord, Gotify, Slack, Pushover, Email (SMTP), Apprise Email, SMS, push notifications, Slack, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, VictorOps, HipChat, webhooks
Monitor limit Not checked yet Not checked yet
Check locations Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Monitors HTTP(S), TCP, DNS, Ping, Docker, and other endpoint types
  • 20-second monitoring intervals and certificate-expiry notifications
  • Status pages, response-time charts, and multiple alert integrations
  • Checks uptime from more than 100 locations, as often as every minute
  • Combines synthetic transactions, page speed, and real-user monitoring
  • Offers configurable alerts, public status pages, and root-cause tools
Cons
  • Requires self-hosted deployment rather than a turnkey SaaS service
  • Integration choices are comparatively focused
  • Monitoring intervals shorter than 20 seconds are not available
  • No free plan; pricing is handled through sales
  • Monitoring breadth may exceed the needs of teams seeking a simple status page
  • The listed plans separate synthetic monitoring from real-user monitoring
Our verdict

Uptime Kuma is an open-source monitoring tool for websites, network services, and infrastructure. It is aimed at people who want to run their own monitor on Linux or Windows, including through Docker, rather than subscribe to a hosted…

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Pingdom, from SolarWinds, monitors website and application availability and performance for technical teams, developers, marketers, and IT or web operations professionals. Its coverage spans uptime checks from more than 100 global…

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  1. Uptime KumaStatus Tracking 9.0Free plan
  2. PingdomStatus Tracking 8.9Pricing on request · 30-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Uptime Kuma — where it wins

    • Monitors HTTP(S), TCP, DNS, Ping, Docker, and other endpoint types
    • 20-second monitoring intervals and certificate-expiry notifications
    • Status pages, response-time charts, and multiple alert integrations

    Where it doesn't

    • Requires self-hosted deployment rather than a turnkey SaaS service
    • Integration choices are comparatively focused
    • Monitoring intervals shorter than 20 seconds are not available

  • Pingdom — where it wins

    • Checks uptime from more than 100 locations, as often as every minute
    • Combines synthetic transactions, page speed, and real-user monitoring
    • Offers configurable alerts, public status pages, and root-cause tools

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan; pricing is handled through sales
    • Monitoring breadth may exceed the needs of teams seeking a simple status page
    • The listed plans separate synthetic monitoring from real-user monitoring
  • Uptime Kuma9.0/10 · Free plan

    A free, open-source monitor with broad checks and status pages, designed for self-hosting.

    Visit Uptime KumaFull verdict →
  • Pingdom8.9/10 · Pricing on request · 30-day trial

    Mature uptime, synthetic, and real-user monitoring, with pricing handled through sales.

    Visit PingdomFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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