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AlertSite vs Catchpoint comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AlertSite
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
46th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
API Monitoring Software (3rd)
Catchpoint
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
37th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (56th), Cloud Monitoring Software (31st), Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of AlertSite is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Catchpoint is 0.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Catchpoint0.9%
AlertSite0.6%
Other98.5%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

IH
Assistant Director at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Enterprise-level monitoring facilitates global observability and seamless script creation with intuitive tools
SmartBear, as a vendor, is focusing more on API management and testing rather than monitoring. AlertSite could benefit from more future-focused innovation, especially with competencies in generative AI. Additionally, support from AlertSite is not at an enterprise level since it is not offered 24/7. Outside of critical platform issues, there's no continuous support available.
AnmolRai - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant Project Lead at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Valuable monitoring features enhance ecommerce experience while improvement needed in region-specific insights
As part of the improvement, there are certain categories, like for the China market, where we face issues. We are currently using an external tool, Splunk, for reporting. If we could receive similar data for the China market as we do for North America and Asia Pacific, this would be helpful.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"There are custom reports available along with the inbuilt reports."
"If there are any issues, it triggers an alert within 30 seconds."
"I highly recommend AlertSite to other users."
"The return on investment of this solution is well witnessed in our organization because of the integration and various capabilities that it offers to interact with the upstream or downstream systems."
"The alerting capabilities of AlertSite were really helpful."
"If there are any issues, it triggers an alert within 30 seconds. When it triggers the alert, we go ahead and check it immediately. The alert is triggered on a real-time basis."
"This solution has numerous advantages; it's extremely simple to configure, and either digital monitors or single-URL monitors are simple to configure and build."
"This solution has numerous advantages. It's extremely simple to configure. Either digital monitors or single-URL monitors are simple to configure and build."
"The product's most valuable feature is the ability to identify and troubleshoot network issues."
"Catchpoint has everything you could want in a synthetic tool, and many things that you didn't know you wanted but you are ecstatic to have."
"Catchpoint provides a great amount of information."
"The solution offers three different ways of slicing data to look for abnormalities."
"Catchpoint's customer service and support are valuable."
"The most valuable features of Catchpoint are basically the transaction monitors on the API and UI."
"Catchpoint helped us establish that something is in a provider network, so we could tell our customers to check their internet provider because the traffic is not getting to us. You need to be gentle when you tell them that, but the fact that we could do it was crucial."
"The solution offers three different ways of slicing data to look for abnormalities."
 

Cons

"AlertSite sometimes triggers false alerts or fake alerts, which needs to be rectified. When we see an alert and go ahead and run certain tests on it, the test always passes, however, on the main screen, it shows up as critical."
"One area that needs improvement in AlertSite is the slow UI. I'm using the classic UI because it's quite user-friendly, or in human-readable format, but it's a little slow. It takes time to load all the monitors, so if that could be sped up, that would be helpful. The AlertSite support team also needs improvement in terms of availability. Most of the agents in the team aren't available 24 x 7, so if there's something you need to discuss, you need to tell the support team ahead of time to schedule it. Multiple times, when a case comes up during weekends or whenever my team is doing an update, support needs improvement, availability-wise. I use AlertSite for synthetic monitoring, so whatever is available right now is okay, but if I want to request a new feature on a website, currently, the UI refreshes automatically. I would like to have the option on AlertSite to configure that manually. The UI auto-updates every few minutes, so if I can control that manually, that would be helpful."
"I could use a few changes to the user interface."
"Additionally, support from AlertSite is not at an enterprise level since it is not offered 24/7."
"In terms of support, it is all based on the cost of the subscription that our company purchased, but it wasn't great, and it could've been much better."
"AlertSite sometimes triggers false alerts or fake alerts, which needs to be rectified. When we see an alert and go ahead and run certain tests on it, the test always passes. However, on the main screen, it shows up as critical. Therefore, the false alert needs to be fixed."
"I would like the ability to get more data points with regard to some of the unique requirements that we have."
"AlertSite requires improvements related to security, even at the enterprise level."
"As part of the improvement, there are certain categories, like for the China market, where we face issues."
"if we need to do performance analysis, we have to click too many times. For example, if there is an issue that is caught by Catchpoint, we need to understand what the error is and at which step it failed, or which transaction that is impacted. To drill down, we have to click too many things to get the answer."
"As part of the improvement, there are certain categories, like for the China market, where we face issues."
"The old user version was better, it was more user-friendly."
"It would be great if Catchpoint could incorporate its alerting system instead of relying on separate tools like ServiceNow."
"The product could include global monitoring and predictive analytics to identify widespread issues and cyber threats."
"We would like the script creation feature of this solution to be improved, as it currently requires a complicated manual process to update the scripts."
"A large selection of nodes are available but it is a challenge to test reliably in China and the Middle East."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost is high."
"My company pays to use AlertSite, but I'm unsure of the exact costs because it depends on how many monitors you have."
"We purchased the license once and had the option of selecting the number of user licenses."
"The price and licensing are very, very high. They have to come down on the pricing to match with the industry standard."
"The pricing is based on consumption and works on a point scale. For example, let's say I want to look at www.google.com, and I'm going to test it to see if it's there. It will bring back all this data that tells me how long it took to connect and how long it took to get the first byte. It will list all the resources on the page, showing that they all work and there are no broken links. It brings that data back. That test has an assigned point value depending on what you decide to extract from that test. If all I do is check to see whether it's available, it might be one point. I don't know the exact point values off-hand. This is just an example."
"In terms of licensing fees, I believe they were slightly higher."
"The solution's pricing is comparable to the last tool we were using."
"The solution's pricing varies based on services and licensing models."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Performing Arts
8%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Construction Company
10%
Retailer
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise13
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AlertSite?
I would rate the pricing aspects of AlertSite as nine out of ten, indicating it is good or low-priced.
What needs improvement with AlertSite?
SmartBear, as a vendor, is focusing more on API management and testing rather than monitoring. AlertSite could benefit from more future-focused innovation, especially with competencies in generativ...
What is your primary use case for AlertSite?
I have been working with the AlertSite ( /products/alertsite-reviews ) product since 2019. Within our organization, specifically one service unit at one of the Big Four firms, this product has been...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Catchpoint?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the cost was very cost-effective and affordable.
What needs improvement with Catchpoint?
Catchpoint can be improved as it has a complex setup and configuration, and dashboard customization and UX should be improved.
What is your primary use case for Catchpoint?
My main use case for Catchpoint is proactive monitoring of application performance, availability, and user experience. A quick specific example of how I use Catchpoint for monitoring application pe...
 

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Sample Customers

JetBlue, Payless ShoeSource, Hilton Inc., StubHub, Symantec, Newegg, Sapient, AstraZeneca, Dell, Quest Diagnostics
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