# Alternative to SolarWinds Pingdom

## The modern alternative to Pingdom

Phare is a modern alternative to Pingdom that offers reliable uptime monitoring, incident management, and status pages.

## The seriously unbiased review of SolarWinds Pingdom:
> “Pingdom is a serious enterprise uptime monitoring tool. They sell a plan that includes 30k uptime monitors, imagine having to manage that, it’s crazy.”  
Nicolas Beauvais  
Founder, Phare

\* Phare does not make enough money to buy swag hats, so I made this one with MS paint.

Phare is trusted by 700+ startups, agencies, and SMBs

|  | Phare |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Uptime monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Website monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| TCP port monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| SSL certificate monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-region monitoring | 12 regions | 4 regions |
| Minimum interval | 30 seconds | 1 minute |
| Incident management | Yes | Limited |
| Automated incident creation | Yes | No |
| Incident collaboration | Yes | No |
| Incident timeline | Yes | No |
| Postmortems | Yes | No |
| Status pages | Unlimited | Paid plan required |
| Custom domain | Free | Paid plan required |
| Incident subscription | RSS & Atom | No |
| Status page carbon rating | [A+](https://www.websitecarbon.com/website/status-phare-io/) | [A+](https://www.websitecarbon.com/website/secure-stats-pingdom-com-iqlwozbl4t08/) |
| Platform |  |  |
| Free plan | Yes | 30 days |
| Projects | Unlimited | No |
| Team members | Unlimited | Limited to 15 |
| Integrations | Discord, Email, Pushover, Slack, SMS, Telegram, Webhooks | > 10 |
| Privacy |  |  |
| Ad trackers | [0](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=phare.io&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) | [11](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=www.pingdom.com&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) |
| Third-party cookies | [0](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=phare.io&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) | [25](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=www.pingdom.com&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) |

## Why teams choose Phare over SolarWinds Pingdom

### Transparent Pricing
No surprise bills, no hidden fees. Pay only for what you use with clear, upfront pricing. Free plan available to get started.

### No Feature Gating
All features available on the free plan. No need to upgrade just to unlock basic functionality like 30-second intervals or status pages.

### Unlimited Team Members
Collaborate with your entire team without paying per seat. Invite as many team members as you need at no extra cost.

### Better Support
Get help directly from the founder who built the product. No ticket queues, no automated responses, just real help from someone who cares.

### Modern Incident Management
AI-powered incident analysis, team collaboration tools, and automated postmortem generation. Keep your team coordinated during downtime.

### Privacy-Focused
European-based, GDPR-compliant, zero tracking. Your data stays yours. No selling to big tech, no marketing trackers.

Adriaan Wind  
CTO & Co-Founder  
Anny

> “Phare provides a nice and clean UI, actually the best that I have seen for a monitoring tool so far. But you got many more features, like a status page with custom domain, own alert rules and alerting from different regions.”  
Adriaan Wind  
CTO & Co-Founder, Anny

Industry: Software as a Services  
Team size: 10-50

## Set up in 2 minutes, never look back.
Use every feature for free. Invite your whole squad. No credit card, no surprise charges, no clingy follow-up emails if you leave.  
Phare is a genuinely great platform, thoughtfully built with a lot of love.