Pingdom will ‘NO Free’ web site monitoring plan

Pingdom, a preferred web site monitoring and efficiency administration service, will quickly cease welcoming non-paying customers. In an e mail despatched to customers right this moment, Pingdom introduced that will probably be ending its free tier on February 6.

The transfer, which has unsurprisingly upset many customers, comes 5 years after Pingdom was acquired by SolarWinds, an Austin, Texas-based agency. In its e mail, Pingdom mentioned it intends to focus its sources and funding on the following section of its product growth.

Based in 2007, Pingdom attracted over 500,000 customers from 200 nations in seven years, earlier than it was acquired. A number of main firms, together with Google, Spotify, Microsoft, Twitter, Slack, Evernote, Mailchimp, Github, Sq., Instagram, and others turned its purchasers.

The service additionally attracted numerous particular person clients and mom-and-pop shops. Via the free tier plan, Pingdom supplied customers the flexibility to trace uptime, efficiency, and obtain textual content alerts for a single web site. For people and small companies, the free plan understandably match the invoice. (On the time of acquisition, SolarWinds had mentioned that it was dedicated to creating Pingdom for companies of all sizes.

Options

If you’re a Pingdom consumer on the lookout for a free various, there are a handful of providers you could strive. Listed below are three choices:

• StatusCake presents 10 uptime checks each 15 minutes, and one web page velocity take a look at every single day. It counts Microsoft, Netflix, and Tech Information amongst its purchasers.
• Pingbreak continues to be in beta, however permits you to monitor SSL and response time. It double checks outcomes with an exterior company. As of right this moment, it doesn’t let customers join with no Twitter account.
• Uptime Robotic presents 5 minutes of monitoring intervals and 50 monitoring situations in a day. You too can assessment two months of logs. Uptime Robotic counts Expedia, Fandango, and Staples amongst its purchasers.

Pingdom is in the meantime urging free customers to turn into paid subscribers. The corporate presents a number of plans starting from $15 per 30 days to $395 per 30 days for these with enterprise-level wants. (It additionally presents annual plans with introductory reductions.)