RapidSpike is THE alternative to Pingdom

Switch to RapidSpike and supercharge your website performance & security monitoring.
Looking to move away from Pingdom? We've got you covered!

Get richer, more detailed data

When directly compared to Pingdom, RapidSpike represents a significant upgrade. Our performance tools dive deeper into your data, enabling you to improve your user experience in order to increase your conversions.

Complete coverage

RapidSpike is a monitoring tool for your entire ecosystem - not just your key pages. Protect your platform and your customers with our security monitors. Track your SEO, watch your domain and much more.

Build a better customer experience

Work with the RapidSpike performance tools to improve site performance and customer experience. We're not just "set up and forget" - log in to RapidSpike regularly to learn about your site and how to improve.

One

Just starting out? The One Plan is designed for small businesses and startups on a budget.

Data flow: Very Small

Stream

For smaller businesses with more static websites who need monitoring and insight on improving their digital experience.

Data flow: Small

River

For growing ecommerce businesses who need to monitor, improve and protect their customers digital experience.

Data flow: Medium

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Detailed Feature Comparison

Uptime & Assurance

Core Monitoring

Is your site live? Core Monitoring tracks the fundamental uptime of your app or site. This is what we call "The last line of defence"
- although we feel that if your site is down, it's already too late! So how does RapidSpike compare to Pingdom?

Feature		Pingdom
Base plan monitors	50	10
Uptime HTTP / PING / TCP
API Monitoring POST / GET / PUT
Basic Authentication
Response Timeout
Content Checking
SSL Certificate Monitoring
WHOIS Domain Monitoring

Performance

Transaction Monitoring

In RapidSpike, Transaction Monitoring is called User Journey Monitoring. Probably our flagship product,
we've spent a great deal of time making sure our Journey software is the best around.

Feature		Pingdom
Multi-Step Journeys
Self-Service Scripts
Full HAR (page element) Download
Third Party Element Tracking
iFrame Support
Managed Scripts
Mobile Emulation
Screenshots
Element IP Address Map

Performance

Real User Monitoring

Real User Monitoring (RUM) lets you monitor real live site traffic, learning about performance issues and user demographics.
We've supercharged our RUM to enable us to also track potential Malicious Users, adding to your security coverage.

Feature		Pingdom
User Demographics
Visitor Map
Live Stats
Best & Worst Hours
Conversion Tracking
Malicious User Detection

Performance

Advanced Monitoring

Our Advanced Monitor is called an Page Performance Monitor, and we've loaded it with great features you can't find anywhere else.
Key among those features is a daily Google Lighthouse Audit of your site, which gives you tons of amazing advice on improving your page.

Feature		Pingdom
Page Speed
Full HAR (page element) download and analysis
Waterfall
Paint Timings Video
Third Party element tracking
Daily Google Audit (Lighthouse)
On-page Comparison of 2 Tests
Browser choice (Firefox & Chrome)
Mobile Emulation
Full Screenshots
Element IP Address Map
Browser & Server Logs

Security

Protect Your Online World

Security should form a vital part of your website or app monitoring. We've built a range of great tools and scanners
so you can be confident that you - and your customers - are secure. Our latest addition is
Magecart Detection, where we can alert to a potentially devastating attack in under 5 minutes.

Feature		Pingdom
Magecart Detection
Google SafeBrowsing
SSL Cipher
Port Scanning
Vulnerability Scanning
Malicious User Detection

Assurance & SEO

Other Monitors

We aim to help you cover your entire ecosystem. We've added a suite of extra monitors
to help you protect your domain name, track your SEO and much more.

Feature		Pingdom
Server/Misc Device Monitoring (RCA)
Alexa Traffic Rank
SEO Stats
Google Analytics Integration
HTTPS Redirect Checker

Features

Useful Tools & Extras

We don't have lengthy bureaucratic processes when it comes to improving our platform. We're always
listening to your requests and acting on your suggestions. Our customers love our responsiveness
and agility plus our ability to deliver new features is second to none.

Feature		Pingdom
Public Status Pages Display your monitors on a publicly accessible webpage.
Maintenance Windows Pause monitors on your account in accordance with scheduled maintenance.
TV Mode Live updating big-screen mode displaying monitor status and more.
Notes Log planned maintenance, track incidents and publish updates on status pages.