Terms of use
By using simple-ping.com, the user agrees to the terms and conditions set forth in
this agreement.
General Rules
- A user can only monitor servers, websites, ports, that he has permission to.
- The service is offered on a best effort basis, it is reliable, but does not give any guarantees.
- If Simple Ping notices abusive usage for hacking or other, it will terminate the account.
Pricing & Payments
- All users get 1 month free trial.
- When the trial is over, an invoice is only sent if the user has checkers on his account.
- When an invoice is sent, the user can pay by credit card
- The user can add a card to his account on Account > Credit Card.
- The user can delete his card at any time.
- The monthly base fee is currently: $2 / month.
- The per-checker fee is currently: $0.25 / month.
- The monthly billing cycle is based on the day of the month the account was registered
- If the user deletes all the checkers from his account, no more monthly invoices will be sent until he adds some
back.
- Once checkers are added back, and if the trial was already over, the next invoice is sent at midnight the next
day, pro-rated with the next renewal date
- All prices are USD.
Ping Process
- Simple Ping will try to access the site 4 times at 5 seconds interval before returning a down signal
- This results in a very low amounts of false positives, but networks change and false positives may happen
- Pings will be made from IP address: 139.144.110.98
- No user agent is included to keep destination logs light
- Pings are done from Toronto, Canada, but network topology is resilient enough to reach broader locations
- If you have a large number of checkers, Simple Ping might need to adjust some infrastructure details
Questions
- If you have any questions regarding the Terms Of Service or other, please contact info@simple-ping.com.