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GoPinger
What GoPinger is
GoPinger is a hosted service for monitoring websites, APIs, and SSL certificates, with notifications when monitored endpoints have problems. It runs scheduled HTTP, API, and browser checks from external locations, without requiring agents, browser extensions, or code changes. API monitoring includes a visual request builder with authentication helpers, custom headers, body types, and response validation. Alerts can use verified email, Slack Incoming Webhooks, or generic HTTPS JSON webhooks; Microsoft Teams and Freshdesk channels are included on Starter and higher. Every plan, including Free, has status pages with email subscriptions for incidents, updates, and scheduled maintenance. The service includes incident lifecycles; on-call scheduling and escalation are available on Pro. Free lists five monitors, five-minute checks, 30-day retention, one team member, one status page, and SSL monitoring. Paid plans start at $7/month. The Pro and Enterprise uptime SLA targets are 99.9% and 99.95% monthly respectively; Free has no SLA or uptime guarantee. GoPinger is a synthetic monitoring service and does not provide real-user monitoring. A free account that reaches a Pro limit can receive a one-time 30-day Pro trial without a credit card before returning to Free.
Who it suits
It suits teams that need hosted website, API, or SSL checks and endpoint alerts. It is not suited to readers seeking real-user monitoring.
What it does well
- Hosted checks need no agents or code changes.
- Free plan includes five monitors and SSL monitoring.
- Every plan includes status pages and email subscriptions.
- API checks have request-building and response-validation tools.
- Free accounts can receive a one-time 30-day Pro trial at a Pro limit.
What to know first
- Free has no uptime SLA or guarantee.
- Free checks run at five-minute intervals.
- Real-user monitoring is not provided.
- On-call scheduling and escalation are limited to Pro.
Limits
Free includes five monitors, five-minute checks, 30-day data retention, one team member, and one status page. If a Free account reaches a Pro limit, its terms allow a one-time 30-day Pro trial without a credit card before the account returns to Free.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | monthly · 5 monitors · 5-minute checks · email and webhook alerts · 30-day retention · 1 team member · 1 status page · SSL monitoring | Free |
| Pro | monthly · 100 monitors · 30-second checks · 90-day retention · 10 team members · 5 status pages · API monitoring · screenshots · SLO tracking · 5 locations · on-call scheduling and escalation · remove branding | $25 a month |
| Starter | monthly · 20 monitors · 1-minute checks · email, webhook, Slack, Teams and Freshdesk alerts · 30-day retention · 3 team members · 2 status pages · API monitoring · screenshots · SLO tracking · 3 locations | $7 a month |
| Enterprise | custom · 1000 monitors · 30-second checks · 1-year retention · 200 team members · 100 status pages · 15 locations · private probes · custom roles · SSO/SAML · SCIM | On request |
As gopinger.com lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the GoPinger website.
- Choose the Free plan or a paid plan.
- Create an account; a Free account may receive a one-time 30-day Pro trial after reaching a Pro limit, without a credit card.
- Set up website, API, or SSL monitoring and choose the available check schedule.
- Configure alert channels and, if needed, a status page.
Verdict
GoPinger covers synthetic website, API, and SSL monitoring, with status pages on every plan. Its Free plan has a five-minute interval and no uptime guarantee, and the service does not track real-user activity.
Questions
Is GoPinger free?
Yes. The Free plan costs $0/month and includes five monitors, five-minute checks, email and webhook alerts, 30-day data retention, one team member, one status page, and SSL monitoring.
How much do the paid plans cost?
Starter costs $7/month and Pro costs $25/month. Enterprise is billed at a custom price.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. When a Free account reaches a Pro limit, the terms allow a one-time 30-day Pro trial without a credit card, after which the account reverts to Free.
Which platforms does GoPinger support?
GoPinger is available on the web.
What alert integrations are available?
Verified email, Slack Incoming Webhooks, and generic HTTPS JSON webhooks are supported. Microsoft Teams and Freshdesk are available on Starter and above.
Does GoPinger offer real-user monitoring?
No. GoPinger is a synthetic monitoring platform and does not provide real-user monitoring.
Facts from GoPinger's own pages
- Alert integrations
- GoPinger supports verified email, Slack Incoming Webhooks, and generic HTTPS JSON webhooks, while Microsoft Teams and Freshdesk channels unlock on Starter and above. · gopinger.com, 1 Oct 2026
- Alert rules
- Alert rules offer six condition types, cooldowns, consecutive-failure smoothing and multi-location consensus. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- API checks support Bearer token, Basic authentication and API keys placed in headers or query parameters. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- API checks
- Its API monitoring includes a visual request builder with authentication helpers, custom headers, body types, and response validation. · gopinger.com, 1 Oct 2026
- API monitoring
- The API monitor provides a visual request builder with headers, query parameters, cURL import, body editors and response validation. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Browser checks
- Real Chromium renders monitored pages and stores full-page screenshots for visual review. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company identity
- The maker identifies the operator simply as GoPinger; the opened official pages did not state a legal entity name, headquarters or founding year. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Data location
- The DPA states that personal data is primarily processed within the European Union and uses Standard Contractual Clauses for certain transfers outside the EU/EEA. · gopinger.com, 1 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The maker says checks run from hosted infrastructure without agents, browser extensions, plugins or code changes. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The public site includes feature pages, legal policies and a blog with webhook integration and API-monitoring guides. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Email monitoring
- Email monitoring matches messages by fields such as subject, body, sender or recipient and alerts when scheduled messages are late or missing. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Free-plan trial
- When a free account reaches a Pro limit, the terms allow a one-time 30-day Pro trial without a credit card before reverting to Free. · gopinger.com, 1 Oct 2026
- Hosted service
- GoPinger is fully hosted, with checks running from its external infrastructure and no agents, browser extensions, or code changes required. · gopinger.com, 1 Oct 2026
- HTTP monitoring
- HTTP(S) monitors check endpoints from multiple locations as often as every 30 seconds on Pro and detect downtime, slow responses and unexpected status codes. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Incident management
- Incident workflows cover detection, acknowledgement, investigation and resolution, with on-call rotations and escalation chains on Pro and above. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent review volume
- MobilesTalk says its GoPinger page had no reader reviews at the time checked. · mobilestalk.net, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent score
- MobilesTalk gives GoPinger an editorial index score of 53 out of 100 and says it ranks 16th among 46 synthetic-monitoring products. · mobilestalk.net, 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Alert delivery supports email, generic JSON webhooks, Slack incoming webhooks, Microsoft Teams and Freshdesk depending on plan. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- License
- GoPinger's terms identify its code, design, documentation and related intellectual property as proprietary and prohibit copying, modification, distribution and derivative works. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: enterprise pricing
- MobilesTalk identifies Enterprise pricing as available only by request. · mobilestalk.net, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: free plan
- Free accounts have no service-level guarantee, no support obligation and may have the plan modified or discontinued without notice. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: no journey checks
- MobilesTalk describes the product as lacking transaction and multi-step user-journey monitoring. · mobilestalk.net, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: no RUM
- MobilesTalk states that GoPinger does not provide real-user monitoring. · mobilestalk.net, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: SLA scope
- The SLA excludes notification delivery, dashboard availability, API latency, screenshot failures, third-party outages and incidents shorter than five minutes. · gopinger.com, 15 Oct 2026
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