Pinger Man monitors website uptime and response time, along with domains, SSL certificates, ports, DNS, ping, keywords, and website defacement. It says globally distributed monitoring servers help limit false downtime notifications. Alerts can be sent by email, SMS, Slack, Twitter, or webhooks. Users can publish status pages with current service status, uptime statistics, incidents, and response times, and review weekly reports and historical response-time views. The service is available on the web and through a REST API for automation; API calls use account credits. Listed integrations include AWS Route53 domain import, Azure, Namecheap, Slack, Twitter, and webhooks. A free plan includes five monitors and five-minute monitoring; paid plans start at $1/mo, and a 14-day trial is listed. The trial does not automatically become a paid subscription: users must upgrade manually afterward. Pinger Man also offers maintenance windows, SSL and latency monitoring, and page health checks.
Who it is for
The Free plan is for individual users, while the listed Solo, Team, and Enterprise plans are aimed at solopreneurs, small teams, and large teams. It may suit site owners who want uptime checks, alerts, and public status pages.
What is good
- Monitors uptime, SSL, DNS, ports, and keywords
- Alerts through email, SMS, Slack, Twitter, and webhooks
- Public status pages show incidents and response times
- Weekly reports and historical response-time views
- REST API supports automation
What to know first
- Free plan is limited to five monitors
- Free monitoring runs every five minutes
- API calls consume account credits
- Trial requires a manual paid upgrade afterward
Verdict
Pinger Man combines a broad range of website and service checks with multiple alert channels, reports, status pages, and an API. Review monitor limits, alert allowances, and plan features to find a suitable tier.
Get started with Pinger Man
- Visit https://pingerman.com/.
- Choose the Free plan or a paid plan for the intended monitor and alert capacity.
- Use the 14-day trial if you want to try a paid subscription first.
- Use the web service or REST API to work with Pinger Man.
- If using the trial, manually upgrade to a paid subscription afterward.
What the free plan stops at
Free includes five monitors, five-minute monitoring, one SMS per month, and email alerts. Solo starts at $1 per month and includes 10 monitors, one-minute monitoring, and two SMS messages per month; its annual billing option is $12 per year.
Questions about Pinger Man
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Free costs $0 per month and includes five monitors, five-minute monitoring, one SMS per month, and email alerts.
How much do paid plans cost?
Solo is $1 per month, Team is $20 per month, and Enterprise is $50 per month. Annual billing is listed at $12, $206, and $490 per year, respectively.
What platforms does Pinger Man support?
The listed platforms are web and API.
Does Pinger Man offer a trial?
Yes, a 14-day trial is offered. Users must manually upgrade to a paid subscription afterward.
What integrations are listed?
Integrations include AWS Route53 domain import, Azure, Namecheap, Slack, Twitter, and webhooks.
Who makes Pinger Man?
Pinger Man identifies itself as a product by Maxotek, and its About page names Partho Sarathi as founder.
Pinger Man plans and pricing
All plansCompared on website monitoring software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $1/mo
- SSL monitoring
- Yes
- Latency monitoring
- Yes
- Page health checks
- Yes
- Status page
- Yes
- Maintenance windows
- Yes
- API access
- Yes
