Plans and Pricing
Compare Pingara Free and Pro plans. Understand monitor limits, check intervals, team features, data retention, and how to upgrade your subscription.
Pingara offers simple, transparent pricing designed for teams of all sizes. Start free, upgrade when you need more.
Plan Comparison
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Monitors | 1 | 50 |
| Check Interval | 5 minutes minimum | 30 seconds minimum |
| Monitoring Regions | 1 region per monitor | All 4 regions |
| Team Members | 1 | 20 |
| Status Pages | 1 | 10 |
| Alert Policies | 1 | 20 |
| Data Retention | 7 days | 365 days |
| Maintenance Windows | ❌ | ✅ |
| Status Page Subscribers | 100 per page | 1,000 per page |
| Multi-Region Quorum | ❌ | ✅ |
| Ping (ICMP) Monitoring | ❌ | ✅ |
| POST/HEAD Methods | ❌ | ✅ |
| Priority Support | ❌ | ✅ |
| Price | $0/month | $9/month |
Free Plan
Perfect for personal projects, blogs, and startups testing the waters.
What you get:
- ✅ 1 monitor
- ✅ 5-minute check intervals
- ✅ 1 monitoring region
- ✅ Email alerts
- ✅ 1 status page
- ✅ 7-day data retention
- ✅ Apdex scoring
- ✅ SSL certificate tracking
- ✅ AI root cause analysis
Ideal for:
- Personal blogs
- Side projects
- Proof of concept
- Learning uptime monitoring
Limitations:
- Cannot check URLs more frequently than every 5 minutes
- Only 1 geographic region (no multi-region redundancy)
- Data older than 7 days is automatically deleted
- Cannot invite team members
Pro Plan
Built for production services, SaaS platforms, agencies, and growing teams.
What you get:
All Free features, plus:
- ✅ 50 monitors — Scale across your infrastructure
- ✅ 30-second intervals — Detect issues 10x faster
- ✅ All 4 regions — Multi-region redundancy with quorum alerting
- ✅ 20 team members — Collaborate with your whole team
- ✅ 10 status pages — Separate pages per product/service
- ✅ 365-day retention — Full year of historical data
- ✅ Maintenance windows — Schedule downtime without alerts
- ✅ POST/HEAD methods — Advanced HTTP monitoring
- ✅ Ping monitoring — Network-level checks
- ✅ 20 alert policies — Fine-grained alerting rules
Ideal for:
- Production web services
- SaaS platforms
- E-commerce sites
- DevOps teams
- Managed service providers
- Agencies monitoring client sites
Pro Features Deep Dive
Multi-Region Monitoring
Monitor from US East, US West, Europe, and Asia Pacific simultaneously. Quorum-based alerting reduces false positives — your monitor only goes "Down" if 2+ regions fail.
Maintenance Windows
Schedule planned maintenance and suppress alerts during:
- Deployments
- Infrastructure upgrades
- Database migrations
- Server restarts
Windows can be one-time or recurring (daily, weekly, monthly).
Extended Data Retention
Keep a full year of:
- Check results and response times
- Incident history
- Uptime trends
- Apdex scores
Perfect for compliance, SLA reporting, and performance analysis.
Team Collaboration
Invite up to 20 team members with role-based access:
- Owner — Full access, billing management
- Admin — Manage monitors, alerts, status pages
- Member — View-only access
Pricing FAQs
How is billing calculated?
Pro is billed monthly at $9/month. Your first charge is prorated if you upgrade mid-month.
Can I upgrade anytime?
Yes! Upgrade instantly from Settings → Billing. You'll have immediate access to Pro features.
What happens when I upgrade?
- Existing monitors continue running uninterrupted
- Pro limits apply immediately (50 monitors, 30s intervals)
- You can create more monitors and status pages right away
- Data retention extends to 365 days (historical data is preserved)
What happens if I downgrade?
If you downgrade from Pro to Free:
Monitors:
- You keep your monitors but can only have 1
- Disable or delete excess monitors before downgrading
- Check intervals revert to 5-minute minimum
- Multi-region monitors revert to single region
Status Pages:
- Additional status pages become private (not deleted)
- Re-enable them if you upgrade again
Data:
- Data older than 7 days is hidden (not deleted)
- Historical data reappears if you re-upgrade
Team:
- Additional team members lose access
- You can remove them or upgrade again
Is there a free trial for Pro?
All new accounts start on the Free plan. You can evaluate Pingara with 1 monitor before upgrading.
Do you offer non-profit or education discounts?
Contact support@pingara.com with proof of non-profit status or .edu email for special pricing.
Can I pay annually?
Currently only monthly billing is available. Annual billing is on our roadmap.
Do you offer custom enterprise plans?
For >50 monitors or custom SLAs, contact sales@pingara.com.
How to Upgrade
From the Dashboard:
- Go to Settings → Billing
- Click "Upgrade to Pro"
- Enter payment details (Stripe checkout)
- Confirm subscription
Your plan upgrades immediately.
From a Monitor:
If you try to create a monitor beyond Free limits, Pingara prompts:
"Your Free plan allows 1 monitor. Upgrade to Pro for 50 monitors?"
Click "Upgrade Now" to start the checkout flow.
Payment & Security
Accepted Payment Methods
- Credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover)
- Debit cards
- Apple Pay / Google Pay (via Stripe)
Security
- All payments processed by Stripe (PCI-DSS Level 1)
- We never store your full credit card number
- Automatic fraud detection
Invoices
Pro subscribers receive email invoices automatically. Access past invoices from Settings → Billing → Invoice History.
Subscription Management
Update Payment Method
Settings → Billing → "Update Payment Method"
Cancel Subscription
Settings → Billing → "Cancel Plan"
What happens:
- Pro access continues until the end of your billing period
- No refunds for partial months
- Automatically downgrades to Free at period end
Reactivate Subscription
If you canceled but are still within your paid period, click "Reactivate" in Settings → Billing.
Questions?
- View your current plan: Dashboard → Settings → Billing
- Compare features in detail: Feature comparison matrix
- Contact sales: sales@pingara.com
- Technical support: support@pingara.com
Ready to upgrade? Start your Pro subscription today!