ApproveThis manages your Pingdom Integration approvals.

When uptime meets “approve this”

Your website crashes during peak sales hours. Pingdom fires an alert. Now what? If your team’s stuck waiting for someone to approve the fix while revenue bleeds out, you’re doing it wrong. Let’s talk about marrying Pingdom’s always-on monitoring with ApproveThis’ approval automation to turn downtime emergencies into solved problems before the coffee gets cold.

Why this combo works better than your current disaster plan

Pingdom tells you when things break. ApproveThis tells people what needs fixing right now. Together through Zapier, they create an auto-pilot system for handling critical incidents where every second costs money. We’re talking about:

• Zero manual approval requests when alerts fire
• Automatic escalation paths if first responders are MIA
• Full audit trails showing who approved what fixes and when

Real-world fixes for real companies

The e-commerce meltdown saver

Imagine a 200-person online retailer running Black Friday sales. Their Pingdom detects checkout page failures. Instead of Slack chaos and 17 “Who’s handling this?!” messages, ApproveThis:

1. Auto-creates an approval request with incident details
2. Routes it to both the engineering lead and CTO based on outage severity
3. Triggers pre-approved AWS server scaling if no one responds in 5 minutes

Result? Fixed checkout before abandoned carts tank revenue.

The MSP’s accountability hack

A 5,000-employee managed service provider handles client uptime SLAs. They use ApproveThis+Pingdom to:

• Auto-route client-specific alerts to designated response teams
• Require dual approvals for major infrastructure changes
• Push resolution timelines and approval records directly into client reports

Suddenly, proving compliance isn’t a full-time job.

Setting up your auto-approve system

Here’s how to stop playing approval tag with IT:

Step 1: Connect Pingdom and ApproveThis via Zapier (takes 8 minutes)

Step 2: Set your triggers - we recommend starting with “New Alert” in Pingdom

Step 3: Build approval chains that match your incident severity levels

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis’ calculated fields to auto-escalate alerts lasting longer than X minutes or affecting Y% traffic.

Why your IT team will actually use this

ApproveThis doesn’t add another tool to their stack. Approvers get everything in email with one-click decisions. For engineers? It means:

- No more digging through monitoring alerts to find who needs to sign off
- Automatic reassignment if primary on-call is offline (thanks to vacation delegation)
- Pre-approved playbooks for common issues that bypass meetings

Finance teams - this is your uptime insurance policy

When accounting needs to calculate downtime costs, ApproveThis gives them:

- Timestamped approval records showing exact response times
- Budget guardrails using approval thresholds (auto-approve server reboots under $X cost)
- Audit-ready trails for compliance checks

Customer support’s secret weapon

Support leads use the integration to:

- Trigger pre-approved compensation offers when uptime SLAs are breached
- Auto-escalate VIP client incidents to senior staff
- Share real-time approval status with customers via existing help desk tools

No, you don’t need more Pingdom licenses

Here’s the kicker: External clients or contractors approving fixes don’t need Pingdom access. ApproveThis sends them everything in email with secure links. They click “Approve”, you handle the rest. No added costs for guest approvers.

Beyond basic uptime - where this gets strategic

The integration isn’t just for putting out fires. Savvy teams use it for:

Pre-launch checks: Auto-route new feature deployments to QA and legal before going live
Budget controls: Require CFO approval for any monitoring upgrades over $X/month
Vendor management: Get instant sign-offs when third-party services cause outages

Your move

If you’re still handling uptime emergencies with group texts and crossed fingers, that’s a choice. A bad one. ApproveThis + Pingdom via Zapier gives you an actual system that:

- Cuts approval delays from hours to minutes
- Documents every decision automatically
- Works how your teams already operate

Ready to stop losing money to approval bottlenecks? Get ApproveThis or book a 15-minute demo to see live Pingdom workflows.