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title: "Better Stack vs Pingdom: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Better Stack or Pingdom? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Uptime monitoring tools set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Better Stack vs Pingdom: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Better Stack or Pingdom? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Uptime monitoring tools set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Better Stack and Pingdom
- **Competitive set**: Uptime monitoring tools
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Better Stack Share of Search**: 26.4%
- **Pingdom Share of Search**: 22.6%

## Which is more popular in search, Better Stack or Pingdom?

- In August 2026, Better Stack had more branded searches than Pingdom among uptime monitoring tools in New Zealand. Better Stack was estimated to have 140 branded searches compared to Pingdom’s 120, and held a 26.4% Share of Search versus Pingdom’s 22.6%.
- The lead changed hands 3 times in the 11 months ending August 2026: Better Stack took it in March 2026, Pingdom took it in April 2026, Better Stack took it in May 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Better Stack’s estimated Share of Search among uptime monitoring tools in New Zealand moved from 19% to 26.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 110 to 140.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Pingdom’s estimated Share of Search among uptime monitoring tools in New Zealand moved from 29.3% to 22.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 170 to 120.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand uptime monitoring tools in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Better Stack lost estimated Share of Search among uptime monitoring tools in New Zealand, from 28.1% to 26.4%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Pingdom in New Zealand fell 29.4% over 11 measured months, from 170 to 120 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Better Stack estimated searches | Better Stack Share of Search | Better Stack rank | Pingdom estimated searches | Pingdom Share of Search | Pingdom rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 110 | 19% | 3 | 170 | 29.3% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 100 | 18.5% | 3 | 150 | 27.8% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 90 | 18% | 3 | 160 | 32% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 130 | 24.5% | 3 | 150 | 28.3% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 130 | 22% | 3 | 150 | 25.4% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 190 | 27.1% | 2 | 180 | 25.7% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 110 | 18% | 3 | 140 | 23% | 2 |
| May 2026 | 160 | 23.5% | 2 | 140 | 20.6% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 150 | 24.6% | 2 | 130 | 21.3% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 160 | 28.1% | 2 | 130 | 22.8% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 140 | 26.4% | 2 | 120 | 22.6% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Better Stack’s and Pingdom’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Better Stack**: Measured on the search terms “better stack”, “better stack status page”, “betterstack”, “betterstack com” and “betterstack status page”, summed into one figure.
- **Pingdom**: Measured on the search terms “pingdom”, “pingdom com”, “pingdom speedtest”, “pingdom status page”, “pingdom uptime monitor” and “pingdom website monitoring”, summed into one figure.

- [Better Stack profile](/demand/nz/brands/better-stack)
- [Pingdom profile](/demand/nz/brands/pingdom)
- [All uptime monitoring tools in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-uptime-monitoring-tools): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Better Stack or Pingdom?

In August 2026, Better Stack had more branded searches than Pingdom among uptime monitoring tools in New Zealand. Better Stack was estimated to have 140 branded searches compared to Pingdom’s 120, and held a 26.4% Share of Search versus Pingdom’s 22.6%.

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