A Pingdom alternative with a free plan
Pingdom is a powerful tool for big teams. If you just need to know the moment your website is down, Site Patrol does that for less, and it's free for one website.
What you get with Site Patrol
Free to start, free to stay
Watch one website free for as long as you like. No trial clock and no card needed.
Less than half the price
Pro is £5 a month for 20 websites, servers or jobs. Pingdom starts at £12.16 a month, paid yearly, for 10.
More than websites
Certificate and domain reminders come free with every site, and Pro watches mail servers, ports and scheduled jobs too.
Site Patrol and Pingdom
| Feature | Site Patrol | Pingdom |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 1 website, checked every 5 minutes | No 30 day free trial |
| Cheapest paid plan | Pro: £5 a month or £50 a year | Synthetic Monitoring: from £12.16 a month, paid yearly £145.92 a year |
| How many on that plan | 20 websites, servers or jobs | 10 uptime checks and 1 advanced check |
| Certificate and domain reminders | Yes Free with every website | Not listed on their uptime pages |
| Alerts on your phone | Yes Phone and computer, nothing to download | Yes Text messages, 50 included |
| Team chat and webhooks | Yes Slack, Teams, Google Chat, Discord and webhooks, on Pro | Yes Webhooks |
| Text message alerts | No Text and WhatsApp alerts coming soon | Yes 50 a month included |
| Status page | Yes On Pro | Yes Included in all plans |
| Scheduled jobs (heartbeats) | Yes On Pro | Not listed on their uptime pages |
Pingdom facts and prices are from their own website on 7 November 2026 and may have changed since. Pingdom is a trade mark of its owner. Site Patrol isn't connected to or endorsed by Pingdom.
Where Pingdom is stronger
We'd rather you pick the right tool. Pingdom may suit you better if you need:
- Checks from over 100 test servers around the world, by region
- Transaction monitoring for logins, sign ups and checkouts
- Page speed and real user monitoring
- Root cause analysis when something breaks
- Text message alerts included in every plan
Switch in four steps
Make a list
Note the websites you watch in Pingdom today.
Start free
Sign up with your email and add your first website. It takes seconds.
Turn on alerts
Phone, computer, email or team chat: choose where you want to hear.
Run both for a week
When you're happy with the alerts, cancel the old one.
Good to know
Is there a free version of Pingdom?
Pingdom offers a 30 day free trial rather than a free plan. Site Patrol is free for one website for as long as you like.
Is Site Patrol cheaper than Pingdom?
Yes, for uptime checks. Pro is £5 a month or £50 a year for 20 websites. Pingdom's Synthetic Monitoring starts at £12.16 a month, paid yearly, for 10 uptime checks.
Does Site Patrol do transaction or real user monitoring?
No. We focus on telling you quickly and clearly when your website, certificate, domain, mail server or scheduled job has a problem. If you need to test a full checkout journey, Pingdom does that.
Try Site Patrol free
Add your website and see it working in under a minute. No card needed.
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