Does Pingdom offer a perpetual free plan?

No. Pingdom only provides a temporary trial before requiring an enterprise calculator, with entry pricing starting around $15 to $18 per month. Acumen Logs provides a perpetual free plan, followed by Solo starting at just $5 a month.

Acumen Logs vs Pingdom

Enterprise Uptime Monitoring Without the Price Tag

Pingdom locks basic uptime, RUM, and transaction checks behind complex pricing calculators and enterprise tiers with no free plan. Acumen Logs delivers fast global uptime checks, status pages, and instant alerting in a modern, clutter-free dashboard—with no-code synthetic journeys ready whenever your checkouts need them.

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No credit card. Free plan, then $5 a month.

Keep Pingdom when

Your organisation already standardises on the SolarWinds enterprise ecosystem.

Move to Acumen Logs when

You want fast uptime and transaction checks without enterprise lock-in or pricing calculators.

Acumen Logs price

Free, then $5/mo. Essentials is $39.99 with a 14-day trial.

The short answer

How is Acumen Logs different from Pingdom?

Pingdom runs uptime checks and multi-step transaction checks in Chrome, selling real user monitoring beside them. Acumen Logs builds the same journeys using plain-text prompts, a Chrome recording, or a visual builder. The free plan requires no credit card, with Solo starting at $5 a month, while Pingdom prices each check from an enterprise calculator.

Feature comparison

Both products can walk a checkout in Chrome. Pingdom prices checks from a calculator and does not publish a free plan.

Feature

Pingdom

Acumen Logs

Uptime Monitoring

Pingdom

Yes

Acumen Logs

Yes

Synthetic User Journey Monitoring

Pingdom

Yes, Transaction checks

Acumen Logs

Yes, no code required

Video Recordings & Screenshots

Pingdom

—

Acumen Logs

Yes. A screenshot on every run you start. Video on Essentials.

API Monitoring & Response Validation

Pingdom

Basic

Acumen Logs

Yes, full assertions

Heartbeat & Cron Job Monitoring

Pingdom

—

Acumen Logs

Yes, with grace periods

SSL & Domain Expiry Monitoring

Pingdom

Yes

Acumen Logs

Yes

Real User Monitoring (RUM)

Pingdom

Yes

Acumen Logs

Yes

Branded Status Pages

Pingdom

Yes

Acumen Logs

Yes. Custom domain and branding from Solo.

AI Journey Generation

Pingdom

—

Acumen Logs

Yes. Describe a flow, and the AI builds it.

Free tier included

Pingdom

Acumen Logs

Yes

Starting price

Pingdom

From a calculator. The first published step is $18 a month for 10 uptime checks. A product page still says $10.

Acumen Logs

$5 a month

Pingdom's public pages were checked in October 2026. Synthetic Monitoring is priced from a calculator. The first published step is $18 a month for 10 uptime checks, and a product page still says $10. Acumen Logs limits follow the pricing page.

Where it shows up

The journey, without the suite around it

Pingdom's transaction check is a real product. Acumen Logs is how a smaller team gets that check this afternoon.

Author it without a project

Describe the flow, record it in Chrome, or assemble the steps. There is no SolarWinds tenant to provision first.

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See the failed step

The run keeps the screenshot, the console, and the network log. Video and trace logs start on Essentials.

Synthetic monitoring →

A price you can read

Free, Solo at $5, Essentials at $39.99. You choose the plan after you create the account.

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What Teams are Saying

Trusted by Agencies, Hosts, and SaaS Teams. Real feedback from teams monitoring live websites

Enterprise Fleet Spotlight Verified Customer

"Our experience with Acumen Logs has been outstanding. They played a crucial role in helping us quickly onboard several hundred sites for both uptime and synthetic monitoring, and their willingness to develop features based on our specific requirements was a game-changer."

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Their flexible payment models made it easy for us to tailor the service to our needs, providing invaluable support every step of the way. Their responsiveness and commitment to consistent platform updates have exceeded our expectations, and working with their team has been an absolute pleasure. Highly recommend!

Jared · Prisim RBS

100s of Sites

Onboarded seamlessly

Uptime + Synthetic

Unified fleet coverage

Ecommerce Fleet

"We needed to transition to a new monitoring system for the many ecommerce sites we support, and Acumen stepped in and filled the void in a terrific way. Very responsive—quickly implementing bug fixes and enhancement requests. A+"

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In the months that we've been using the platform there have already been several new features introduced, and I assume things will continue to get even better from here.

Brian · Prisim RBS

User Journeys

"We're using the synthetic monitoring and uptime monitoring. Really easy setup process for user journey based synthetic monitoring, and all the reporting options we needed."

Phil · PTDistinction

Hosting Provider

"Love the support we got from Acumen Logs! Highly recommended."

Mark · HostingNL

What Teams Are Saying

Trusted by agencies, hosts, and SaaS teams

Verified feedback across production fleets

Enterprise Fleet Spotlight Verified Customer

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Jared · Prisim RBS

100s of Sites

Onboarded seamlessly

Uptime + Synthetic

Unified fleet coverage

Ecommerce Fleet

Full quote + Less −

In the months that we've been using the platform there have already been several new features introduced, and I assume things will continue to get even better from here.

Brian · Prisim RBS

User Journeys

"We're using the synthetic monitoring and uptime monitoring. Really easy setup process for user journey based synthetic monitoring, and all the reporting options we needed."

Phil · PTDistinction

Hosting Provider

"Love the support we got from Acumen Logs! Highly recommended."

Mark · HostingNL

Pricing

Start free. Move to $5 when you want minute checks

No credit card. You choose the plan after you sign up, and you can change it later.

per month

60 synthetic tokens
10 uptime, SSL and WHOIS checks, every 10 minutes
Docker integration and the Chrome plugin
Email alerts

Create a free account

per month

150 synthetic tokens
100 uptime, SSL and WHOIS checks, every minute
10 status pages with custom domains
Email, Slack, Teams, desktop and webhook alerts

$39.99

per month

1,200 synthetic tokens
150 uptime, SSL and WHOIS checks, every minute
Video recording and trace logs
14-day trial once you select this plan

Pro is $149.99 a month for teams with a heavy CI suite. Essentials includes video and a 14-day trial once you select that plan.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Acumen Logs vs Pingdom, answered

Does Pingdom test a checkout?

Yes. Pingdom transaction checks replay multi-step flows in Chrome, categorized as advanced checks. Acumen Logs builds and runs the same user journeys using plain-text prompts or a browser recording, and allows you to test them directly on the free plan.

Is there a free Pingdom plan?

No. Pingdom only provides a temporary trial before requiring an enterprise calculator, with entry tiers starting around $15–$18 per month. Acumen Logs provides a perpetual free plan, followed by Solo starting at just $5 a month.

Do I get a recording when a transaction fails?

Pingdom provides waterfall breakdowns and failure screenshots, but does not offer end-to-end video replays. Acumen Logs captures screenshots, console outputs, and network logs on test runs, with full video replays unlocked on Essentials.

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Can either product monitor cron jobs and background workers?

Acumen Logs supports heartbeat monitoring, sending distinct alerts if a scheduled task runs late or misses completely. Native cron heartbeat tracking is not available in Pingdom’s standard check suite.

Can I try Acumen Logs before turning off my existing tool?

Yes. The free plan requires no credit card and includes 10 uptime, SSL, and domain checks every 10 minutes, plus 60 synthetic tokens for manual runs. You can easily test critical journeys alongside Pingdom before migrating your production alerts.