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How is Oh Dear different from Pingdom?

Oh Dear provides comprehensive website monitoring with 15 check types, AI-powered verification, and a clean interface that doesn't require a manual to understand. We focus on what most websites actually need. Pingdom offers synthetic and real user monitoring if those specific features are your priority.

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Oh Dear vs the competition

What we have that Pingdom doesn't

1. AI-powered monitoring

Use natural language to verify anything on your pages. Check if forms work, content exists, or validate complex states. Pingdom requires you to configure specific transactions.

2. Full site crawling

We crawl your entire site to find broken links, mixed content, and sitemap issues automatically. Pingdom only monitors the specific URLs you configure.

3. Simple, transparent pricing

One price per site with all 15 check types included. No calculator needed. Pingdom charges separately for synthetic monitoring, RUM, and SMS alerts.

Oh Dear compared with Pingdom

Check types per site?
Oh Dear
15
Pingdom
3
Free trial?
Oh Dear
10 days
Pingdom
30 days
AI monitoring?
Oh Dear
Yes
Pingdom
No
Crawls your entire site?
Oh Dear
Yes
Pingdom
No
DNS change monitoring?
Oh Dear
Yes
Pingdom
No
Real user monitoring?
Oh Dear
No
Pingdom
Yes
Uptime check locations?
Oh Dear
16
Pingdom
100+
Status pages?
Oh Dear
Unlimited
Pingdom
Limited

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Frequently asked questions

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Pingdom is better if you need Real User Monitoring (RUM) to track actual visitor experiences, or if you need to monitor from 100+ global locations. Their transaction monitoring is also more mature for complex multi-step checkout flows.

Oh Dear includes AI-powered monitoring, full site crawling for broken links and mixed content, DNS change detection, domain expiry monitoring, Lighthouse audits, cron job monitoring, and application health checks. All of these are included in every plan at no extra cost.

Pingdom starts at €8.33/month for 10 uptime checks, with SMS alerts and RUM charged separately. Oh Dear starts at €10/month for 5 sites with all 15 check types and unlimited notifications included. For comprehensive website monitoring, Oh Dear typically costs less.
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