Modern engineering teams wanting code-first authoring (Checkly preferred), enterprise procurement teams still cautious post-SUNBURST, or buyers wanting tight APM/observability integration.
SMB and mid-market teams (under 500 employees) wanting simple uptime + transaction monitoring with public status pages and minimal setup.
Why we say this
Editorial pulled these weaknesses from Pingdom’s product card in our Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring Software for 2026:
- ! Relatively limited product investment since 2014 SolarWinds acquisition
- ! SUNBURST 2020 supply-chain incident still weighs on enterprise procurement of SolarWinds-branded products
- ! Feature breadth has fallen behind Datadog, Checkly, and Catchpoint
- ! No native code-first authoring (recorder-only)
- ! Brand momentum has stalled in modern engineering buyer circles
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Engineering teams (10-2,000 engineers) who treat synthetics as part of the SDLC, want Playwright-native authoring, and prefer monitoring-as-code over recorder UIs.
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API-heavy teams already using SoapUI/ReadyAPI who want to reuse API tests as synthetic monitors, plus enterprise teams needing strong SLA reporting.
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Mid-market teams (50-2,000 employees) wanting transparent published pricing, mature browser/transaction monitoring, and a recorder-led authoring model.
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Last updated 2026-05-10. Editorial verdict based on the published Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring Software for 2026 ranking. Disagree? Tell us.