I had no clue that Pingdom could do that, I use it to monitor availibility, not to compare speed. I feel like PingParade is more a troubleshooting tool than a

I had no clue that Pingdom could do that, I use it to monitor availibility, not to compare speed. I feel like PingParade is more a troubleshooting tool than a monitoring tool (this point), ie you use it one shot when you feel like something might be wrong, whereas you need Pingdom to keep trying, in order to detect failure ASAP.