Pingdom Website Speed Test is a free online tool that lets users enter a URL to test page load time, analyze webpage performance, and identify bottlenecks such as slow, large, or misconfigured elements. It is offered by Pingdom (a SolarWinds product) alongside its broader Synthetic Monitoring and Real User Monitoring services, which test website uptime and performance from over 70 global polling locations. The tool breaks down load stages (DNS, SSL, Connect, Send, Wait, Receive) and content types (HTML, JS, CSS, images) for detailed diagnostics.
What it's for
Features 14
- Content type breakdown (HTML, JS, CSS, Image, Text/Plain)
- Email and SMS alerting with configurable intervals
- Full page test analysis (HTML, CSS, JS, images)
- HTTP response code color-coded diagnostics
- Live Map showing global internet status
- Maintenance windows
- Page load performance tracking over time
- Pingdom API for automating monitoring tasks
- Public status pages and reports
- Real User Monitoring (RUM) from actual site visitors
- Transaction monitoring simulating user interactions
- Uptime monitoring from 100+ global servers
- User behavior metrics by browser, platform, and country
- Website speed test / page load time analysis
At a glance
Pricing
Pricing uses an interactive calculator for Synthetic Monitoring (by check volume) and Real User Monitoring (by pageview volume). Enterprise tier is quote-based.
Price shown as 'Starting at $ /mo' but no numeric value given on the page; billed annually or monthly
Scales with quantity of Uptime checks, Advanced checks, and SMS alerts selected
Price shown as 'Starting at $ /mo' but no numeric value given on the page; billed annually or monthly
Scales with number of monthly pageviews
Quote-based; contact sales for pricing
From 500K to over 5 million pageviews a month
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