How Hyperping compares to other uptime monitoring tools
Hyperping Pro plan costs $74/month for 100 monitors, 10 browser checks, unlimited public & private status pages, and 6 users.
Some alternatives have complex pricing, but here's our best effort at a fair comparison.
Total monthly price
Uptime monitors
Cron job monitors
Synthethic monitors
Advanced status pages
Users
Hyperping
$74/m
100
10
Unlimited
6
Pingdom
$95/m
100
20
Basic only
Unlimited
Uptime
$67/m
50
16
2
10
Uptime Robot
$29/m
100
100
3
Better Stack
$199/m min.
10 included, $21/m per 50 monitors
10 included, $17/m per 10 monitors
$4/m for 10k runs
1 basic included, $12/m/page + addons
$29/m/user
Cronitor
$250/m min.
$2/m/monitor
$2/m/monitor
$1/m per 1k runs
1 included, $25-50/m/page
$5/m/user
Pingdom's Pros & Cons
Pros:
Log management
Real User Monitoring
Unlimited users
Cons:
Limited status pages
No cron job monitoring built-in
Pseudo-code browser checks
No escalation policies
Why choose Hyperping over Pingdom
Escalation policies
Pingdom doesn't have escalation policies. With Hyperping, you can create tiered alert systems to ensure critical issues reach the appropriate team members.
Advanced status pages
Pingdom only has basic public status pages. Hyperping goes farther with component-level statuses, private pages (password-protected or Single-Sign On), multi-tenancy (host pages on the behalf of your customers), and more.
Playwright for browser checks
Pingdom uses pseudo-code for browser checks. It's proprietary tech so you're locked in and have limited functionality. With Hyperping, you write code for browser checks. It uses Playwright, a popular Node.js library, among other libraries that will make writing advanced browser checks possible and easy.
Better Stack's Pros & Cons
Pros:
On-call scheduling
Log management
Advanced reporting
Cons:
Expensive & complex pricing
Not in the EU anymore
Why choose Hyperping over Better Stack
Simple pricing
Better Stack charges per user and with addons for each little thing. Hyperping doesn't. Instead you get 100 monitors, 10 synthetic monitors, unlimited status pages, and 5 teammates for $74 per month. For the same, Better Stack would cost more than $200 per month.
GDPR
Better Stack started as a EU company but since they've raised money, they're now a US company and don't have the same guarantees as us. Hyperping is a French company hosted in EU data centers by EU companies. If it's something important for you, look no further.
Better Stack has more features
Better Stack beats Hyperping when it comes to features. We strive to make the best product, but if you compare us with them on a feature basis, they have the advantage. We won't pretend otherwise.
Uptime's Pros & Cons
Pros:
Plenty of check locations
Large choice of monitors
Real User Monitoring
Cons:
Long check frequency
Visual browser checks
Limited escalation policies
Why choose Hyperping over Uptime
30-second check frequency on all paid plans
Uptime limits the check frequency to a few minutes on their Starter and Essential plans. You need their premium $285/month plan to get to 1 minute checks. Hyperping has 30 second check frequency even on the smallest plan.
Access to all locations on all plans
While Uptime has more check locations worldwide than Hyperping, you have to pay for their $285/month plan to have access to all the locations. Hyperping doesn't have such limitation and allows you to use any location on all plans (even on the free plan).
Playwright for browser checks
Uptime uses a visual editor for browser checks. It's proprietary tech so you're locked in and have limited functionality. With Hyperping, synthetic monitors, you write code for browser checks. It uses Playwright, a popular Node.js library, among other libraries that will make writing advanced browser checks possible and easy.
Escalation policies
While Uptime does have a way to set up escalation rules, it has to be set up individually for each monitor you create. With Hyperping, you create policies you can then assign to monitors. So when you need to update these rules, it's effortless with Hyperping, and a hassle with Uptime.
Cronitor's Pros & Cons
Pros:
RUM
Daily reports
Cons:
Usage-based pricing
No voice calls
No escalation policies
No-code browser checks
Why choose Hyperping over Cronitor
Simple pricing
Cronitor has a usage-based pricing, meaning that instead of paying for a fixed amount of monitors, you just pay for what you use. Good in theory, but in practice, the bill goes up very quickly. With Hyperping, you get 100 monitors, 10 synthetic monitors, unlimited status pages, and 5 teammates for $74 per month. For the same, Cronitor would cost more than $200 per month.
Browser checks with Playwright
The problem with visual synthetic monitoring is the lack of flexibility and the lock-in. With Hyperping, you can code your browser checks with Playwright, a popular Node.js library. And if one day you don't want to use us anymore, you can just get the code and run it elsewhere if you want. Also it allows more advanced checks.
Escalation policies
Cronitor doesn't have escalation policies. With Hyperping, you can create tiered alert systems to ensure critical issues reach the appropriate team members.
Voice calls
Cronitor doesn't have automated voice calls as a way to be alerted. Hyperping does and it's something our customers really like because it's the way you usually don't miss the alert, compared to a Slack notification or an email.
Uptime Robot's Pros & Cons
Pros:
Very competitively priced
Mobile app
Cons:
No browser checks
No escalation policies
Missing status page features
Why choose Hyperping over Uptime Robot
Escalation policies
Uptime Robot doesn't have escalation policies. With Hyperping, you can create tiered alert systems to ensure critical issues reach the appropriate team members.
Browser checks with Playwright
Uptime Robot has a fair amount of uptime monitors, but doesn't include browser checks. With Hyperping, you can code your browser checks with Playwright, a popular Node.js library. With browser checks, you can monitor SEO elements, check SPA performance, detect broken third-party integrations, and more.
Advanced status pages
Hyperping goes farther than Uptime Robot for status pages with component-level statuses, more options for private pages (Single-Sign On), multi-tenancy (host pages on the behalf of your customers), and more.
Oh Dear excels in website monitoring but lacks network monitoring (TCP, IMAP, etc) and synthetic monitoring. Hyperping does it all.
Advanced status pages
Hyperping goes farther than Oh Dear for status pages with component-level statuses, more options for private pages (Single-Sign On), multi-tenancy (host pages on the behalf of your customers), and more.
Escalation policies
Oh Dear doesn't have escalation policies. With Hyperping, you can create tiered alert systems to ensure critical issues reach the appropriate team members.
Voice calls
Oh Dear doesn't have automated voice calls as a way to be alerted. Hyperping does and it's something our customers really like because it's the way you usually don't miss the alert, compared to a Slack notification or an email.
How does specialized software compare to Hyperping?
Statuspage
Custom CSS/HTML/JS
A single status page starts at $29/month but quickly goes to $99/month. Hyperping has unlimited pages (public and private) and a whole uptime monitoring suite for $74/month.
Instatus
Free status pages with unlimited subscribers
A single private page cost $45/month. Hyperping has unlimited pages (public and private) and a whole uptime monitoring suite for $74/month.
Incident.io
Top-notch on-call & incident management
$15-25/month per user + $10-20/month for each on-call user. Hyperping has basic incident management, unlimited status pages, and a whole uptime monitoring suite for $74/month. 5 teammates included.
Checkly
Code for browser checks in your own git repo
$64/month to unlock all integrations and multi-user. Hyperping includes browser checks, uptime monitors, unlimited status pages, and 5 teammates for $74/month.