1. How do credits work?
Every user gets a certain number of credits per month. You can use these credits to add monitors, perform checks, create status pages, send emails, SMS, etc.
1. How do credits work?
Every user gets a certain number of credits per month. You can use these credits to add monitors, perform checks, create status pages, send emails, SMS, etc.
2. What happens when my credits are exhausted?
Pinger Man sends you an email when your credits are running low. Make sure to buy more credits before they are empty. All monitors are automatically paused when your credits are exhausted. You will receive another email notification when this happens.
3. How many Credits do I receive?
All subscription plans (including Free) add monthly credits to your balance.
| Plan | Price | Credits |
| Free | $0 | 50,000 per month |
| Basic | $4.95 | 250,000 per month |
| Pro | $29.95 | 2,250,000 per month |
| Business | $49.95 | 4,000,000 per month |
4. How do I buy credits?
Click on the Credits in the top right of the application's dashboard. You will see how many credits are left, how long they will last, the latest transactions, and a full breakdown of the daily credit consumption.
Use the Purchase Credits button to see a list of the available Credit Packs. For each credit pack, you can see the amount of credit added to your account, how long they will last under the current usage and how much they cost. Use a credit pack that is most suitable for you.
Given below is the pricing for purchasing additional Credits.
| Credits | Price |
| 250,000 | $5 |
| 600,000 | $10 |
| 1,400,000 | $20 |
| 3,200,000 | $40 |
| 7,000,000 | $80 |
| 10,000,000 | $100 |
| 20,000,000 | $200 |
| 50,000,000 | $500 |
| 100,000,000 | $1,000 |
5. How are Credits consumed?
The following table shows the credit consumption rates.
| Item | Credits Consumed |
| Standard Monitors (Storage) | 20 per hour |
| Standard Monitors (Checks) | 1 per check |
| Low Frequency Monitors (Storage) | 20 per hour |
| Low Frequency Monitors (Checks) | 50 per check |
| Additional Redirect Requests | 1 per request |
| Body Bytes Processed | 1 per 10 KB |
| Status Pages (Storage) | 40 per day |
| Maintenance Windows (Storage) | 40 per day |
| Contacts (Storage) | 40 per day |
| Email Alerts | 40 per email sent |
| SMS Alerts | 4,000 per SMS sent |
| API | 10 per API request |
6. Do credits expire?
Credits do not expire. You can use them at a later date.
7. What is the maximum credit I can accumulate?
There is no limit to how much credit you can add.
8. Pricing Example: 10 HTTP monitors for websites (1 min checks)
Sam is a freelance web developer. He has built 10 websites to showcase his portfolio. Sam wants his websites to be always up so that his clients can see his work. He creates 10 HTTP monitors to be checked once every minute.
Here is a breakdown of the credits consumed to monitor his websites with the assumption that Sam's website goes down once every day.
| Item | Quantity | Rate | Credits Consumed |
| Standard Monitors (Storage) | 240 hours | 20 per hour | 4,800 per day |
| Standard Monitors (Checks) | 14,400 checks | 1 per check | 14,400 per day |
| Contacts (Storage) | 1 contact | 40 per day | 40 per day |
| Email Alerts | 20 emails per day | 40 per email sent | 800 per day |
| Credits Spent (Daily) | 20,040 per day | ||
| Credits Spent (Monthly) | 601,200 per month |
Sam spends 601,200 credits monthly. An yearly Business subscription of $449.95 would give him 48,000,000 credits which would last 6 years. Thus, the cost of monitoring 10 HTTP monitors is about $5.70 per month.
The cost of a HTTP monitor checked every 1 min is roughly $0.57 per month.
9. Pricing Example: 50 HTTP monitors for websites (5 min checks)
Rick is also a freelance web developer. He has built 50 websites to showcase his portfolio. Rick is more cost conscious and can make do with 5 minute checks. He creates 50 HTTP monitors.
Here is a breakdown of the credits consumed to monitor his websites with the assumption that Rick's website goes down once every day.
| Item | Quantity | Rate | Credits Consumed |
| Standard Monitors (Storage) | 1200 hours | 20 per hour | 24,000 per day |
| Standard Monitors (Checks) | 14,400 checks | 1 per check | 14,400 per day |
| Contacts (Storage) | 1 contact | 40 per day | 40 per day |
| Email Alerts | 100 emails per day | 40 per email sent | 4,000 per day |
| Credits Spent (Daily) | 42,440 per day | ||
| Credits Spent (Monthly) | 1,273,200 per month |
Rick spends 1,273,200 credits monthly. An yearly Business subscription of $449.95 would give him 48,000,000 credits which would last 3 years. Thus, the cost of monitoring 50 HTTP monitors is about $12.16 per month.
The cost of a HTTP monitor checked every 5 min is roughly $0.24 per month.
10. Pricing Example: 12 domain expiration monitors
Sally, a managed service provider, manages renewals for 12 domains of a client. She creates 12 WHOIS monitors and sets a reminder for 30 days before expiry.
Here is a breakdown of the credits consumed to monitor these domains with the assumption that Sally renews the domains every year.
| Item | Quantity | Rate | Credits Consumed |
| Low Frequency Monitors (Storage) | 288 hours | 20 per hour | 5,760 per day |
| Low Frequency Monitors (Checks) | 12 checks | 50 per check | 600 per day |
| Contacts (Storage) | 1 contact | 40 per day | 40 per day |
| Email Alerts (Yearly) | 24 emails sent | 40 per email sent | 960 per year |
| Credits Spent (Daily) | 6,403 per day | ||
| Credits Spent (Monthly) | 192,079 per month |
Sally spends 192,079 credits monthly. An yearly Business subscription of $449.95 would give her 48,000,000 credits which would last 20 years. Thus, the cost of monitoring 12 Domain expiration monitors is about $1.80 per month.
The cost of a domain expiration monitor is roughly $0.15 per month.
11. Pricing Example: 275 URL monitors (checked every 8 hours)
David wants to monitor the affiliate links for his platform. He wants to track 275 URLs and make sure they land on the correct page. Because URLs don't change too frequently, David can reduce the cost by checking the URLs once every 8 hours. He creates 275 HTTP monitors.
The landing page verification is done via redirects through several websites. On an average, each link is redirected 4 times which require 4 HTTP requests. 1 HTTP request is free for each check. Each additional request consumes 1 credit.
David enables body processing to follow redirects written in JavaScript. On an average, each check consumes 500 KB.
Here is a breakdown of the credits consumed to monitor his websites with the assumption that the URLs break once per month.
| Item | Quantity | Rate | Credits Consumed |
| Standard Monitors (Storage) | 6600 hours | 20 per hour | 132,000 per day |
| Standard Monitors (Checks) | 825 checks | 1 per check | 825 per day |
| Additional Redirect Requests | 2,475 requests | 1 per request | 2,475 per day |
| Body Bytes Processed | 402.83 MB | 1 per 10 KB | 41,250 per day |
| Contacts (Storage) | 1 contact | 40 per day | 40 per day |
| Email Alerts | 9 emails per day | 40 per email sent | 366 per day |
| Credits Spent (Daily) | 176,956 per day | ||
| Credits Spent (Monthly) | 5,308,680 per month |
David spends 5,308,680 credits monthly. An yearly Business subscription of $449.95 would give him 48,000,000 credits which would last 8 months. Thus, the cost of monitoring 275 HTTP monitors is about $49.99 per month.
The cost of a HTTP monitor checked every 480 min is roughly $0.18 per month.