UptimeGlass vs Pingdom
Pingdom (SolarWinds) offers uptime, transaction and real user monitoring. There is no free plan, only a trial.
Where Pingdom is stronger
- Transaction checks that click through a checkout or login.
- Real user monitoring of page speed.
Where UptimeGlass is stronger
- Reads WordPress errors behind "200 OK": database connection errors, critical errors and PHP fatal errors.
- The plugin reports database health, WP-Cron and the last fatal error with the plugin it came from.
- WordPress maintenance is shown as maintenance, not downtime; a stuck update gets one alert.
- Update Guard names the update that broke a site.
- Connects a site in one click from the WordPress admin.
Side by side
| Compared | Pingdom | UptimeGlass |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | None, a free trial only source: Pingdom pricing | 10 WordPress sites, 5-minute checks, 30 days of history |
| Smallest plan | 10 uptime checks, 1 advanced check and 50 SMS source: Pingdom pricing | 10 WordPress sites, 5-minute checks, 30 days of history |
| Price of the smallest plan | $18 a month ($16.50 billed yearly) in the pricing calculator source: Pingdom calculator, read by Hyperping (Aug 2026) | Solo: $8.99 a month ($6.75 billed yearly) for 25 monitors, 1-minute checks |
| Sees WordPress errors behind "200 OK" | No WordPress-specific check listed source: Pingdom pricing | Yes: database, critical and fatal errors, from outside and through the plugin |
| Knows about WordPress updates and maintenance | Not listed source: Pingdom pricing | Yes: maintenance is not downtime; a stuck update gets one alert after 15 minutes |
Which one should you use?
If you monitor servers, APIs and many things that are not WordPress, Pingdom may fit better. If your sites run on WordPress and you want alerts that say what broke, try UptimeGlass on Free – it takes a minute.