Upptime vs Pingdom: privacy compared
Upptime and Pingdom are both rated in status pages and uptime monitoring against the same 7 public criteria. Upptime does better on open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, runs on your own infrastructure and no visitor tracking. Pingdom does better on independent audit.
| Criterion | Upptime Our pick | Pingdom |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | Grade B B (78/100) | Grade F F (13/100) |
| Jurisdiction | Unknown | United States Five Eyes |
| Open source Is all the source code needed to run the product public? | Yes source | No |
| No trackers or telemetry Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default? | Partial source | No |
| No ads or data sales Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data? | Yes source | No source |
| Independent audit Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years? | No | Partial source |
| Runs on your own infrastructure Can it run entirely on your own infrastructure or repository, without a vendor account? | Yes source | No |
| No visitor tracking Is the public status page free of third-party trackers and analytics? | Yes source | No source |
| Public uptime history Does it publish response times and incident history? | Yes source | Yes source |
Summaries
Upptime. Upptime scores 78 out of 100 (grade B) on the status pages and uptime monitoring criteria. It meets 5 of 7 criteria: open source, no ads or data sales, runs on your own infrastructure, no visitor tracking and public uptime history. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit.
Pingdom. Pingdom scores 13 out of 100 (grade F) on the status pages and uptime monitoring criteria. It meets 1 of 7 criteria: public uptime history. It partly meets independent audit. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, runs on your own infrastructure and no visitor tracking. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.