Industry veteran — enterprise pricing, complex for small teams.
Pingdom starts at From $15/mo · StillUp starts free
| Feature | Pingdom | StillUp |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $15/mo (limited) | Free |
| Full-featured price | $40–$80/mo | $9/mo |
| Status page included | Add-on | ✓ Included |
| Custom domain | ✓ | ✓ |
| Discord alerts | ✗ | ✓ |
| Telegram alerts | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free plan | ✗ | ✓ |
Every plan including free checks your endpoints every 60 seconds.
Email, Slack, Discord, and Telegram on every plan. No paywalls.
status.yoursite.com on all plans. SSL provisioned automatically.
Public status page your users will actually trust and bookmark.
Post timestamped updates as incidents unfold. Full public timeline.
Add a URL, configure alerts, share your status page. That's it.
Bottom line
Pingdom is a well-established tool with strong multi-location monitoring and detailed performance reports. But at $40–80/mo for a meaningful plan — with the status page as an add-on — it's simply not priced for indie SaaS founders. StillUp gives you 95% of what most founders actually use for $9/mo.