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Pingdom Make integrationAutomate Pingdom with Make.

Can Make act the moment Pingdom spots a problem? Yes. The Pingdom Make integration gives you 4 modules: 3 triggers and one open API call. This guide is for teams that already monitor with Pingdom and want the next step to happen on its own, from the token to a live scenario.

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What you can automate

What can the Pingdom Make integration automate for you?

The Pingdom Make integration links your Pingdom account to Make, a no-code tool where you build a scenario: an automation made of modules, each module being one brick that watches, acts or searches in one app. On the Pingdom side, you get three ways to start a scenario (a new check, a new contact, an alert) and one module that talks to the Pingdom API directly.

Alerts that reach the people on call. Watch New Alert is an instant trigger: Pingdom calls Make through a webhook as soon as an alert event fires. From there, the scenario can pass the alert to whatever tool your on-call engineers actually read.

An inventory of every new check. Watch Checks picks up each check created in Pingdom. Useful when several developers add monitors and nobody keeps the list up to date by hand.

Contacts that follow along. Watch Contacts starts a scenario when a contact is created in Pingdom, so the person just added to alerting can be added to your other tools too.

What Make does not give you here: no search module and no ready-made action to create or edit checks. For those, Make an API Call reaches any endpoint of the Pingdom API with the same connection. Make's own Pingdom documentation also states it was generated by AI from Pingdom's docs and may contain mistakes, so verify anything important. New to the editor? The Make training covers the basics, and the n8n vs Make comparison helps if n8n is also on your shortlist.

Connect

How do you connect Pingdom to Make?

  1. 01

    Generate a Pingdom API token

    Before opening Make, log in to Pingdom, go to your account settings and then to the API section. Click the button that generates a new API token and copy the token shown on screen. This requires an active Pingdom account.

  2. 02

    Add a Pingdom module and create the connection

    In your scenario, add any Pingdom module and click Create a connection. A connection is your Pingdom account linked to Make once, then reused by every Pingdom module. Filling in Connection name is optional.

  3. 03

    Paste the token and confirm

    Enter the API token you copied from Pingdom, or follow the instructions Make displays, then confirm. The connection now shows up in the list, ready for Watch Checks, Watch Contacts, Watch New Alert and Make an API Call.

First scenario

Your first Pingdom scenario: act on an alert

GoalWhen an alert event fires in Pingdom, Make uses the alert data to act on Pingdom, for example on the check concerned, through the API endpoint you choose.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    Open the Scenarios page in Make and create a new scenario. Click the + in the middle of the editor to place the first module.

  2. 02

    Add Watch New Alert

    Search for Pingdom and pick Watch New Alert. Click Create a webhook, then Create a connection, and paste the API token you generated in Pingdom.

  3. 03

    Add Make an API Call

    Click the + on the right of the trigger and add Make an API Call from Pingdom. Point it at the Pingdom API endpoint you need and map data from the alert where it helps.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once so Make runs the scenario one time. When an alert comes in, read the bundle each module received: a bundle is one item handed from one module to the next.

  5. 05

    Switch it on

    Once the test looks right, switch the scenario on. Scheduled triggers would follow the clock on the first module (every 15 minutes by default), but Watch New Alert simply waits for Pingdom to call.

Triggers

What can start a Pingdom scenario?

3 modules start a scenario when something happens in Pingdom. A scheduled trigger is checked by Make on the scenario's schedule; an instant one is called by Pingdom as soon as it happens.

Pingdom1Watch Checks

Watch Checks

Scheduled trigger

In Make“Triggers when a new check is created.”

Watch Checks starts your scenario each time a new check appears in your Pingdom account, and hands that check to Make as a bundle the next modules can use.

How it fires
scheduled. Make checks the app on the scenario's schedule, every 15 minutes by default, so a new check shows up at the next run rather than the second it is saved.
When to use it
your team adds monitors in Pingdom and you want each one logged or announced elsewhere without anyone copying it by hand.
Watch out
every run uses operations, and an operation is one module run on one bundle, which is what Make counts on your plan.
Pingdom2Watch Contacts

Watch Contacts

Scheduled trigger

In Make“Triggers when a new contact is created.”

Whenever someone creates a contact in Pingdom, this trigger brings the new contact into Make so the rest of the scenario can pass it on.

How it fires
scheduled. Make checks the app on the scenario's schedule; on the Free plan the shortest gap between two scheduled runs is 15 minutes, and paid plans go down to 1 minute.
When to use it
a new person joins the alerting list in Pingdom and should also land in your team directory or helpdesk.
Watch out
the Free plan allows 2 active scenarios, so watching contacts and checks in two separate scenarios fills both slots.
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Watch New Alert

Instant trigger

In Make“Triggers when alert event fires.”

Pick this one when Pingdom raises an alert and something has to happen right away: it starts the scenario with the alert event as its bundle.

How it fires
instant. The app calls Make through a webhook as soon as it happens, so the scenario does not wait for its next scheduled run.
When to use it
a customer site stops responding and the on-call engineer should get the alert in the channel they really watch.
Watch out
when you add it, click Create a webhook before Create a connection; the webhook is the address Pingdom calls, and without it nothing reaches Make.
Modules

What else can Make do in Pingdom?

Pingdom gives you 1 module. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

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Make an API Call

Action

In Make“Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.”

This module covers what the three triggers leave out: it sends a request to any endpoint of the Pingdom API, using the connection you already created, so there is no second login to manage.

When to use it
you need to act on Pingdom itself, for example on checks after an alert, since the Pingdom app in Make has no ready-made action or search module.
Watch out
you choose the endpoint yourself, and Make's Pingdom docs warn they are AI-generated, so confirm the details in Pingdom's own documentation.
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FAQ

Pingdom and Make: common questions

01Is the Pingdom Make integration free?
Yes, on the Make side. Pingdom is a standard app, available from the Free plan. That plan gives you 2 active scenarios, at least 15 minutes between two scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution at most, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) bring the gap down to 1 minute, remove the cap on active scenarios and allow 40 minutes of execution. Usage is counted in operations per month. Your Pingdom subscription is a separate matter: you need an active Pingdom account either way, and Pingdom sets its own pricing.
02What do you need to connect Pingdom to Make?
An active Pingdom account and an API token. You generate the token in Pingdom: open your account settings, go to the API section, click the button that creates a new token and copy it. In Make, add a Pingdom module, click Create a connection, name it if you like, and paste the token. If the module is Watch New Alert, Make first asks you to click Create a webhook, then Create a connection. One connection then serves every Pingdom module in your scenarios, so you only do this once.
03Does the Pingdom trigger in Make fire in real time?
It depends on the trigger. Watch New Alert is instant: Pingdom calls Make through a webhook as soon as an alert event fires. Watch Checks and Watch Contacts are scheduled: Make checks Pingdom on the scenario's schedule, every 15 minutes by default. On the Free plan, 15 minutes is also the shortest gap between two scheduled runs, while paid plans go down to 1 minute. For outages, build on Watch New Alert, and keep the two scheduled triggers for inventory work where a short delay does no harm.
04What if the Pingdom module you need is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. The Pingdom app in Make has 4 modules: 3 triggers and this one. There is no ready-made action to create or edit checks, and no search module. Make an API Call fills that gap by reaching any endpoint of the Pingdom API with the connection you already set up, so no extra login is needed. You pick the endpoint from Pingdom's API documentation. Keep in mind that Make's Pingdom documentation is flagged as AI-generated and may contain mistakes, so confirm important details with Pingdom directly.
05Make or n8n for Pingdom?
It depends on your use case, not on a winner. On Make, Pingdom comes with 4 modules, including an instant alert trigger and a module for any API call, and it works from the Free plan. n8n often has a node for the same app, so check what it offers for Pingdom before deciding. Compare the two on concrete points: which Pingdom events you need to catch, which actions you need on checks, and which tool your team already knows. The n8n vs Make comparison on this site lays out both tools side by side.
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