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GoPinger
What it is
GoPinger monitors websites, APIs, and SSL certificates, then notifies users when monitored endpoints have problems. It is a hosted service that runs scheduled HTTP, API, and browser checks from external locations, without requiring agents, browser extensions, or code changes. API monitoring includes a visual request builder with authentication helpers, custom headers, body types, and response validation. Alerts can use verified email, Slack Incoming Webhooks, or generic HTTPS JSON webhooks; Microsoft Teams and Freshdesk channels are available on Starter and above. Every plan, including Free, includes status pages with email subscriptions for incidents, updates, and scheduled maintenance. GoPinger also provides incident lifecycles, while on-call scheduling and escalation are available on Pro. The Free plan costs nothing and lists five monitors, five-minute checks, 30-day data retention, one team member, and one status page. Paid plans start at $7 a month. GoPinger is synthetic monitoring and does not provide real-user monitoring. Free has no uptime guarantee; Pro and Enterprise list monthly uptime targets of 99.9% and 99.95%, respectively.
For and against
For
- Runs external checks without agents or code changes.
- Every plan includes status pages with email subscriptions.
- API checks include response validation.
- Multi-factor authentication is available for all accounts.
Against
- Free checks run at five-minute intervals.
- Free has no SLA or uptime guarantee.
- Real-user monitoring is not provided.
- On-call scheduling and escalation require Pro.
The verdict
GoPinger covers scheduled synthetic checks, status pages, and incident features across its plans. Consider the monitoring intervals and plan-specific limits, especially if you need on-call scheduling or an uptime target.
Who it suits
GoPinger suits teams that need hosted checks for websites, APIs, or SSL certificates and want endpoint alerts. It is not for readers seeking real-user monitoring.
Plans and prices
Free
5 monitors · 5-minute checks · email and webhook alerts · 30-day retention
Read 15 Oct 2026 · gopinger.com
Starter
20 monitors · 1-minute checks · email, webhook, Slack, Teams and Freshdesk alerts · 30-day retention
Read 15 Oct 2026 · gopinger.com
Pro
100 monitors · 30-second checks · 90-day retention · 10 team members
Read 15 Oct 2026 · gopinger.com
Enterprise
1000 monitors · 30-second checks · 1-year retention · 200 team members
Read 15 Oct 2026 · gopinger.com
On the record
- Alert integrations
- GoPinger supports verified email, Slack Incoming Webhooks, and generic HTTPS JSON webhooks, while Microsoft Teams and Freshdesk channels unlock on Starter and above.gopinger.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Alert rules
- Alert rules offer six condition types, cooldowns, consecutive-failure smoothing and multi-location consensus.gopinger.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- API checks support Bearer token, Basic authentication and API keys placed in headers or query parameters.gopinger.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API checks
- Its API monitoring includes a visual request builder with authentication helpers, custom headers, body types, and response validation.gopinger.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- API monitoring
- The API monitor provides a visual request builder with headers, query parameters, cURL import, body editors and response validation.gopinger.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Browser checks
- Real Chromium renders monitored pages and stores full-page screenshots for visual review.gopinger.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company identity
- The maker identifies the operator simply as GoPinger; the opened official pages did not state a legal entity name, headquarters or founding year.gopinger.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Data location
- The DPA states that personal data is primarily processed within the European Union and uses Standard Contractual Clauses for certain transfers outside the EU/EEA.gopinger.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The maker says checks run from hosted infrastructure without agents, browser extensions, plugins or code changes.gopinger.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The public site includes feature pages, legal policies and a blog with webhook integration and API-monitoring guides.gopinger.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Email monitoring
- Email monitoring matches messages by fields such as subject, body, sender or recipient and alerts when scheduled messages are late or missing.gopinger.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Free-plan trial
- When a free account reaches a Pro limit, the terms allow a one-time 30-day Pro trial without a credit card before reverting to Free.gopinger.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- Hosted service
- GoPinger is fully hosted, with checks running from its external infrastructure and no agents, browser extensions, or code changes required.gopinger.com · read 1 Oct 2026
- HTTP monitoring
- HTTP(S) monitors check endpoints from multiple locations as often as every 30 seconds on Pro and detect downtime, slow responses and unexpected status codes.gopinger.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Incident management
- Incident workflows cover detection, acknowledgement, investigation and resolution, with on-call rotations and escalation chains on Pro and above.gopinger.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent review volume
- MobilesTalk says its GoPinger page had no reader reviews at the time checked.mobilestalk.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent score
- MobilesTalk gives GoPinger an editorial index score of 53 out of 100 and says it ranks 16th among 46 synthetic-monitoring products.mobilestalk.net · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Alert delivery supports email, generic JSON webhooks, Slack incoming webhooks, Microsoft Teams and Freshdesk depending on plan.gopinger.com · read 15 Oct 2026
