Grafana Cloud's new synthetic monitoring feature enhances user experience and website performance by proactively monitoring services, succeeding the previous worldPing tool with improved capabilities. This feature, available to all Grafana Cloud users including those on the free plan, utilizes the Prometheus blackbox exporter to conduct various protocol checks such as Ping, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP, DNS, and introduces new check types like traceroute and MultiHTTP. It allows users to configure checks and alerts through an intuitive interface, using hosted metrics and logs from Grafana Cloud. Synthetic monitoring not only provides a comprehensive overview of service health but also integrates seamlessly with existing Grafana dashboards, enabling users to visualize endpoint availability alongside other infrastructure data. The feature supports the creation of private probes for more flexible availability checks and offers REST API functionality for programmatic provisioning of checks, making it a significant upgrade from its predecessor. Users can explore these capabilities through a free 14-day trial of Grafana Cloud's Pro plan, after which they can access the free tier with limited resources.