SolarWinds Pingdom is a website uptime monitoring and alert tool, with additional reporting and Real User Monitoring capabilities. Pingdom is part of SolarWinds’s DevOps package, enabling full-stack monitoring as a service.
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SolarWinds® Pingdom® is a SaaS-based web app performance monitoring solution. It provides web app performance and user experience monitoring consisting of four major capabilities:
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
Pingdom is a versatile tool that users rely on to monitor the uptime of their websites and ensure they are up and operational. With Pingdom's notifications via Mobile, Email, and Slack Integration, users can quickly resolve any downtime issues and avoid potential revenue loss. The tool is widely used by multiple departments within organizations for front-line monitoring of core public-facing services, allowing them to be proactive and react as soon as they receive a notification of downtime, preventing further issues. Additionally, Pingdom is used for uptime monitoring and verification of responses from specific endpoints, which assists in diagnosing issues. Its ability to support different monitoring types makes it a preferred choice for many users.
Furthermore, Pingdom serves as an uptime monitor for cloud applications, providing direct notifications and general uptime statistics. Users rely on Pingdom to monitor URL/endpoints and website uptime, ensuring optimal performance. It also helps in managing preventive failures and troubleshooting during scheduled maintenances. Additionally, Pingdom allows for the addition of notification-only users, facilitating collaboration with other teams. As a service provider, Pingdom is a primary tool for monitoring uptime for clients. Users appreciate its simplicity and ease of setup and maintenance. Integration with OpsGenie allows for quick resolution of alerts and efficient management of downtime. Overall, Pingdom is a helpful tool for monitoring and testing websites, analyzing page speed, overall performance, compliance with SLAs, and providing reliable customer service.
Users have made several recommendations based on their experiences with Pingdom. The most common recommendations are as follows:
Overall, these recommendations highlight the technical reliability of Pingdom as a monitoring platform and provide suggestions on optimizing website performance and monitoring experience.
