Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Pingdom
Pingdom clearly comes out ahead of Catchpoint on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Neither lists a free tier. Paid plans start at $15/mo for Pingdom and $833.33/mo for Catchpoint.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | SolarWinds | Catchpoint Systems, Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | observability-apmfraud-detection | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | pingdom | catchpoint |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Advanced | ||
| Access To World’S Largest, Independent Agent Network | ||
| 1,000 Sms | ||
| Ai-Powered Performance Insights | ||
| 1,000 Uptime | ||
| Cx Performance Insights And Diagnostics | ||
| 10 Advanced | ||
| Extensive Library Of Test Types & Monitors | ||
| 10 Uptime | ||
| Full Dashboards, Alerts, And Reports | ||
| 100 Sms | ||
| Full Platform Access | ||
| 100 Uptime | ||
| Initial Setup, Onboarding, And Support For A Single End To End Cx Journey | ||
| 20 Advanced | ||
| Monitoring For Critical Internet Stack Components, Including Dns, Ssl, Cdn And Api Services | ||
| 200 Sms | ||
| Real-Time Dashboards, Alerts, And Reports | ||
| 200 Uptime | ||
| Service Dependency Map For Your Internet Stack | ||
| 25 Uptime | ||
| Unlimited Users | ||
| 30 Advanced | ||
| Visual, Global Display Of Outages And Incidents | ||
| 300 Uptime | ||
| 350 Sms | ||
| 4 Advanced | ||
| 40 Advanced | ||
| 400 Sms | ||
| 400 Uptime |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Pingdom comes out ahead overall, though Catchpoint can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Pingdom's paid plans start at $15/mo and Catchpoint's start at $833.33/mo, so Pingdom is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Pingdom scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
