Focused uptime monitoring without the observability platform price tag.
| Feature | Pingura | Datadog |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free / $9 mo | ~$12/test/mo (Synthetics) |
| Free plan | ✔ (15 monitors) | — (no synthetic free tier) |
| Paid plan monitors | 50–500 | Per-test pricing |
| Check interval | 3 min (free) / 30 sec (paid) | 1 min+ |
| Monitor types | HTTP, Keyword, TCP, UDP, DNS, Ping, databases, email, SSH, and more (17+ types) | API tests, browser tests |
| SSL monitoring | ✔ (all plans) | — |
| Domain expiration | ✔ (all plans) | — |
| Heartbeat monitoring | ✔ (all plans) | — |
| Server metrics | ✔ (Professional+) | ✔ (~$15/host/mo) |
| Status pages | ✔ (all plans) | — |
| Incident management | ✔ (Starter+) | ✔ (separate add-on) |
| Alert channels | Email, SMS, Slack, Teams, Push, Webhook | Email, Slack, PagerDuty, Webhook |
| Team members | Up to 25 | Varies by plan |
| Private probes | ✔ (Starter+) | ✔ (private locations) |
| Data retention | 7 days to 2 years | Varies |
Pingura plans start at $9/mo with monitors included. Datadog charges per test, per host, and per feature — costs can spiral quickly.
Pingura is focused on uptime monitoring with SSL, domain, heartbeat, and status pages built in. Datadog is a full observability platform where simple uptime checks are a small add-on.
Every Pingura plan includes status pages. Datadog has no native status page feature.
Server metrics that understand auto-scaling — track individual instances and get a unified health score across your fleet, without Datadog's per-host pricing.
Start monitoring in minutes — free plan, no credit card required. No migration headaches, just add your monitors and go.
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