Apex Ping vs Pingdom vs updown.io

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Apex Ping

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Pingdom

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updown.io

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Pros of Apex Ping
Pros of Pingdom
Pros of updown.io
  • 2
    So simple
  • 224
    Simple and reliable
  • 103
    Monitoring your websites
  • 75
    Easy to use dashboard
  • 65
    Email, text & twitter alerts
  • 43
    Free tier
  • 23
    Performance data
  • 14
    Detailed Reports
  • 11
    Email Reports
  • 9
    Mobile App
  • 9
    Root Cause Analysis
  • 1
    30-day risk free trial
  • 1
    Easy setup
  • 1
    IOS app
  • 14
    Nice and clean UI
  • 11
    Cheaper
  • 8
    Super easy setup
  • 6
    Better than pingdom
  • 6
    Great support
  • 2
    Ridiculously simple pricing
  • 2
    SSL certificate checks

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Cons of Apex Ping
Cons of Pingdom
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    • 4
      Expensive
    • 3
      UI is incredibly complicated
    • 2
      Hard to set up alerts properly
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      What is Apex Ping?

      Modern uptime and performance monitoring for websites and APIs, with rich reporting, flexible alerting, and competitive pricing. More than just HEAD requests: choose an HTTP method, headers, and body for any request.

      What is Pingdom?

      Pingdom is an uptime monitoring service. When problems happen with a site that Pingdom monitors, it immediately alerts the owner so the problem can be taken care of.

      What is updown.io?

      updown is an online service that checks your website's status by periodically sending an HTTP HEAD request to the URL of your choice. It then notifies you by email or sms when your website is not responding correctly.

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