Item: SolarWinds Pingdom
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SolarWinds Pingdom for monitoring internet uptime at our client facilities as well as to keep track of outages of their internet properties as well. We receive SMS and email notifications promptly when service interruptions are detected and can manage the frequency and method of those notices. It has worked for us for several years now without interruption and is a core part of our monitoring platform.

Pros and Cons

Alerts us to outages
Notifies us promptly
Configurable to meet our needs

Failsafe rollover from SMS to email when credits are used up

Return on Investment

It simply alerts us when our services are down

Alternatives Considered

We continue to use SolarWinds Pingdom because it hasn't failed us. If it did, we'd change to other providers, but we have no reason to do so.

Support Rating

We have never required support for our SolarWinds Pingdom account because it has always worked without issues.

Key Insights

Do you think SolarWinds Pingdom delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SolarWinds Pingdom's feature set?

Yes

Did SolarWinds Pingdom live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SolarWinds Pingdom go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SolarWinds Pingdom again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

It is great for monitoring website uptime and IPs associated with commercial internet services. We don't use it for anything else, so we don't have a sense of what it isn't good for in this regard. We are pleased with the service and plan to continue using it for the foreseeable future.

A fine choice in a sea of fine choices

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Pingdom