WatchEU-hosted & GDPR-first
A Danish company, data kept in the EU and a DPA on request — compliance built in, not bolted on.
Alternative
A GDPR-first Pingdom alternative
Pingdom is a well-known, paid monitoring service. If you want EU-hosted monitoring with a genuinely free plan and every monitor type in one place, here is why teams move to WatchControl.
Why switch
Built for how European teams work
These are the things teams tell us matter most when they move their monitoring to WatchControl.
Checks every minute
1-minute checks on paid plans, and 5-minute checks even on the free plan.
All-in-one
HTTP/HTTPS, keyword, TCP port, TLS certificate, ICMP ping and heartbeat — six monitor types, no add-ons.
Email, webhook & SMS
Email and webhooks on every plan, plus pay-as-you-go SMS credits that never expire.
Proof you can show
Response-time history, public status pages and monthly SLA reports built in.
Free to start
A free plan with no credit card — try it on your own services first.
Try WatchControl free
Move one monitor over and see the difference — no credit card required.