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If you're comparing uptime and status page tools, here's what Site Monitor offers: uptime and recovery alerts, a public status page you can embed on your own site, and change detection for the pages you care about.

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Free plan · 10 URLs · hourly checks · 2 AI summaries/mo · no credit card

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How it works

  1. Add your URLs and APIs

    Set the HTTP method, headers, and body for APIs, and the expected status code or response text.

  2. Turn on change detection

    Get alerted when page content changes, not just when the URL stops responding.

  3. Share your status

    Publish a public status page or embed live status on your site.

You choose which alerts each URL sends — downtime, content changes, slow responses — and we email you when they happen.

What Site Monitor offers

  • Content change detection for a whole page or one element
  • Plain-English AI summaries of what changed
  • Uptime, recovery, and response-time alerts
  • Broken-link checks and screenshot history (paid plans)
  • Public status pages and an embeddable status widget
  • A Free plan: 10 URLs, hourly checks, 2 AI summaries a month

Status pages that bring people back to your site

Publish a public status page for the services you monitor, or embed a live status widget on your own site with a short snippet. Visitors see current status and recent history without leaving your domain.

Built for small teams and solo developers

Site Monitor is designed to be set up in a minute: paste a URL, choose how you want to be alerted, and you're done. The Free plan covers 10 URLs, and paid plans add faster checks, more AI summaries, and screenshot history when you need them.

How to choose a website monitor

Start with what you need to know. If you only care whether a site responds, a basic uptime check is enough. If you need to know what changed on a page — a price, a policy clause, a list of dates — look for content change detection and element (CSS selector) targeting.

Then consider where checks run (in the cloud or on your own machine), how often you need them, how alerts reach you, and whether you want summaries of changes or raw diffs. Trying two tools side by side on the same URLs for a week is the most reliable way to decide.

Frequently asked questions

Can I publish a status page?

Yes. Create a public status page for any of your monitors and share its link, or embed it on your own site with a short script snippet.

Does Site Monitor do uptime monitoring?

Yes. Every monitor tracks availability and response time, with one alert when a URL goes down and one when it recovers.

How often does Site Monitor check a page?

Free checks every hour. Paid plans check as often as every 5 minutes, and you can set the interval per URL.

Is Site Monitor free?

Yes. The Free plan covers 10 URLs checked every hour, with 2 AI change summaries a month — no credit card required. Upgrade only if you need faster checks, more URLs, or more AI summaries.

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Free plan · 10 URLs · hourly checks · 2 AI summaries/mo · no credit card

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