Pingdom vs Site24x7 - Feature Comparison

 

Pingdom	Site24x7	Note
Check	(Website) Monitor
Name of check	Display Name
URL/IP	Web page URL
Check interval	Check Frequency	Default is 1 minute in both
Test from	Monitoring Locations
Port	N/A for Website Monitors but is available for e.g. Port Monitor (Custom Protocol)	If the website url starts with http://, port 80 is used; if https:// port 443 is used.
User name	Web Credentials
Password	Web Credentials
Check for string: Should contain	Should contain string(s)	Pingdom:  If this text is missing from the page, the site will be considered as down.  Site24x7 offers flagging this as Trouble or Down.  Provide a space-separated list of strings, all of which must be present in the response. Specify each string within double quotes. Example:  {"status":"ok"} needs to be entered as {\"status\":\"ok\"} In Terraform: "\"{\\\"status\\\":\\\"ok\\\"}\""
Check for string: Should not contain	Should not contain string(s)	Site24x7 offers flagging this as Trouble or Down
N/A	Case sensitive
N/A	Should match regular expression	Site24x7 offers flagging this as Trouble or Down
N/A	Should contain HTTP Response Header(s)	Site24x7 offers flagging this as Trouble or Down
POST data	HTTP Method = POST Request Body: FORM Text XML JSON  Send data to website via POST method, one per line. Eg.j_username=joe
N/A	HTTP Method: POST GET HEAD
Request headers	HTTP Request Headers
N/A (included in Req. headers)	User Agent
	Authentication Method	Basic / NTLM OAuth Web Token
N/A	Client Certificate	Only PKCS #12 files are supported
N/A	Query Authoritative Name Server
N/A	Force Domain / IP Addresses
N/A	Accepted HTTP Status Codes
N/A	Follow HTTP Redirection
Monitor SSL/TLS certificate	Trust the Server SSL Certificate
N/A	SSL Protocol	SSL version
N/A	HTTP Protocol	HTTP version
N/A	Enable ALPN
Consider down prior to certificate expiring
Use IPv6	Prefer IPv6
	Connection Timeout  (e.g. 10 secs) (socket connection)
	Monitor Groups
	Dependent on Monitor
	Tags
	IT Automation Templates
	Execute IT Automation during Scheduled Maintenance

Alerts

Pingdom	Site24x7	Note
Alerting Settings (within Check settings)	Threshold Profile (referenced in Monitor)
N/A	Monitor Type  (e.g. Website)
N/A	Display Name
(Pingdom uses 1 Second Opinion probe server)	Number of locations to report monitor as down
N/A	Notify when website content is modified (yes/no) Notify as: Down Trouble  Critical
Check importance  (High or Low)	User profile >> Alert Settings Choose notification mode: Email SMS Voice Call …for alert severity: Down  Critical Trouble Up
Who to alert?	User Alert Group
Consider down after:__ sec (e.g. 30 sec timeout) (response time)	Notify in case of read timeout (yes/no) Response receive timeout period is 30 seconds and it can’t be changed. Notify as: Down Trouble  Critical
When down, alert after (e.g. 2 mins)	Notification Profile >> Notification Delay When the status is: Down Trouble  Critical …Notification Delay: Notify immediately after failure Notify after [2-5] continuous failures]
Resend alert every	Notification Profile >> Persistent Alert Notify After Every: __th error
Customized message
Alert when back up	Notification Profile >> Alert Configuration When the status is: Any Down  Critical Trouble Up
Connect Integrations	Third-Party Integrations Webhooks Microsoft Teams …