Pingdom has possibilities...like WPM it fills a niche and helps you to measure service availability since in todays HA (Highly Available) world a single server or 2 being down may not be a critical thing with multiple servers sharing the load behind load balancers. WPM is a great point solution to run internal monitoring from remote branches to gauge application/service availability or even external sites. But from the other customer facing services via the internet, WPM is not really the tool to provide a good view from the perspective of the general consumer since they can be anywhere in the country. While Pingdom doesn't seem to have the granularity of WPM it does interleave in some areas where WPM is not as capable. Now with that said, WPM is rather long in tooth due to not having any real updates in like 18 months....support has been dismal. If WPM is updated and better supported, Pingdom can and should be a good extension to the tool as it gives you capabilities that are not as flexible with WPM due to the having to place hardware, etc...
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