What is the best server monitoring software? Pingdom? I know its great, but anything that is second of it?

Alertra is also excellent, but not cheap at all.
I've been using Pingdom for a while now, no problems whatsoever.
What are you looking for in particular that Pingdom doesn't provide?

Nah, I'm just curious what are the other popular and reliable ones. No false reports, that suck. HyperSpin seems to be great and their reviews seems positive.

HyperSpin is pretty good too, but again a bit pricier than Pingdom, even if you have reseller account and sell it to yourself. I like Pingdom because they charge on number of monitors, and it doesn't matter if its 1min interval or 10min interval. With Hyperspin, I would pay a lot more to have 1min interval monitoring.

Yes its a little bit pricier.. But well, I guess trying out both may be good? Lol

We use panopta and are quite happy with it. It charges based on services checked and all are 1 minute intervals.

That brand sounds foreign to me..

It got it's name from some greek god I think, but it works well. And you can have a completely customized status page that looks integrated with your design. I haven't found another where you can customize that much.

No idea about them too.. Do they give false reports?

i've been using hyperspin for 2 years and they are quite good.

I have to agree with Scott. We've been using Panopta for a few months now and no, I've yet to receive a false report of an outage. Their based in Chicago, right around the corner from us, which is always a nice perk. :)

Whoa they are expensive..

We use the basic plan and it's not bad.

We run Status2k (http://www.status2k.com/) and love it.
:D Bailey

From what I see Pingdom seems to be cheap and reliable. Just curious if they have any false alarms before?

From what I see Pingdom seems to be cheap and reliable. Just curious if they have any false alarms before?
Here are some Pingdom threads that might interest you, assuming of course you haven't already read them :)
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=740819
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=586315

+1 for HyperSpin; I use them for my personal servers. Works like a charm.

I have to agree with Scott. We've been using Panopta for a few months now and no, I've yet to receive a false report of an outage. Their based in Chicago, right around the corner from us, which is always a nice perk. :)Panopta is the best we've used by far out of SiteUptime and Hyperspin. We've never received 1 false outage, something I can't say about any of the others. The reports are simple and the member center is very easy to use, while maintaining an aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly feel. Give them a try and you'll see why we've been using them for over a year.

Here are some Pingdom threads that might interest you, assuming of course you haven't already read them :)
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=740819
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=586315I had participate in one of those threads before. However, my guess will be that the false report is false as other monitors gave the false report instead, and Pingdom had found the small little tiny problem that others did not..
+1 for HyperSpin; I use them for my personal servers. Works like a charm.I would love to try them out!

I would love to try them out!
I was going to suggest checking out this thread (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=652375) but you've probably already read and posted in it :)
I wish they'd offer this special (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=571355) again :eek:

I was going to suggest checking out this thread (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=652375) but you've probably already read and posted in it :)
I wish they'd offer this special (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=571355) again :eek:Yeah I know about that thread. I love that free 1 year special!