How to add a site to the accessibility monitoring service — comparison of free systems

If you do not add a site to monitoring accessibility, you risk losing your customers due to a non-working resource. The reputation will be damaged, and if an advertising campaign was launched, then you will also lose the money invested.

There are many such systems, so consider the most common options among webmasters.

Monitis gives 15 days of free access to the monitoring system. Follow the link to the site and add your site to the panel. To do this, click "Start monitoring" and register:

In the registration form, indicate the name and surname, company, and phone number. Next, check the consent box and go through the captcha:

After successful registration, proceed to work inside the system:

First of all, configure monitoring. Uptime monitors are configured for http and https protocols. The method for checking is using GET or POST. To configure the monitoring of the state of the server, you will need to install additional software.

Notifications will be received in the form you specify: SMS, voice call, through social networks and even through an http request. The panel analyzes the time it takes to load the site and the actions that your users take.

You build your own tariff plan at the end of the 15-day period. This is convenient, as you buy only the necessary and sufficient functionality for you, and not the entire package of services.

Uptimerobot is completely free, which is certainly its advantage. Go to the main page and start monitoring:

To get started, confirm your mail, log in, and go to the panel. You can add a site by clicking the button "Add a new monitor":

Select a monitor type. If you need to know when the site becomes unavailable, select the site protocol http or https:

Then fill in the fields, adjust the update frequency, and create monitoring.

Notifications will come in the mail. You can also see all the information in your personal account:

Under the schedule, there is an event log:

A similar amount of information on the site availability can be obtained in pingdom.

The service offers not only an instant analysis of the website availability but also a report on the performance of the resource. For this, the technology uses the data of site visitors. An analysis is available in real time. The tool allows you to determine which violations slow down the speed.

As the service works on the interactive functions of the site, you can receive a notification about failed conversions: registration, logging in, searching, checking the basket, and so on, which arose due to an error on the website.

Notifications can be configured to receive an entire team. This is convenient when several people are working on a project. The free version is valid for 14 days. A package purchase will cost from $10:

A monitoring system that has a trial period of 15 days — nodeping. In order to start monitoring, go to the page and register:

Enter your mail and create a password to start:

Go to the panel and add your website:

Then expand the window "Scan Type" and select the one that your site needs. If you only want to receive a notification from the service, then select the protocol of your site — http or https:

Fill in all the fields to configure monitoring. Pay attention to the frequency indicator. The frequency determines how often the system will knock on the site and check its response code. Do not set the frequency too high, as the server may not be able to withstand the load and the site will simply "fall".


Consult with programmers. Usually, a frequency of 5 minutes is sufficient, unless every second is expensive for the site.

At the bottom, indicate who to notify about the inaccessibility of the site. After filling in all the fields, save the data.

Notifications will be sent by mail. In the resource, you can monitor several projects at the same time. The price of paid use is distributed according to the tariffs:

In addition to the main emphasis on monitoring site availability, the services offer auxiliary tools or advanced options for receiving notifications. The main results are concentrated in the table:

Uptimerobot offers monitoring and statistics reporting, advanced notifications, API integration, and completely free access. Other systems offer only limited access with the subsequent purchase of a tariff. Host-tracker allows you to check:

• DNSBL blacklists;
  
• domain and SSL certificate;
  
• site speed and download options.
  
  

An important function of the service is Adwords Management is that it automatically suspends advertising companies, which helps to avoid losses.

Other systems from the list do not offer this. Naturally, you will receive notification of errors on the site. The minimum cost of the service is $9.92.

Monitis, in comparison with others, in addition to monitoring availability and integration with the API, has an advantage in the tariff, which you can set b yourself. That is, select only the functionality that you need. Instead, you will need to install special software on your computer.

Pingdom is doing serious analytical work. In addition to the fact that you receive a notification about the inaccessibility of the site, you will be able to analyze the reasons. The system also monitors user behavior in real time. The tariff price starts from $9.95.

There are enough offers on the market to monitor site availability. We considered a small part of them in the article. The results were published in a general table.

To set up monitoring, you will need to register and create your project in the system.

As you can see from the table, the pricing policy of paid programs is not much different, but you can start with the free version. Notifications are sent by all systems, but some are ready to offer advanced notifications via social networks, call and more.

Most systems analyze the domain and server loading speed.

Basically, you do not need to install additional monitoring software. Conveniently, systems allow you to create a command that the system simultaneously notifies of an error.

Take advantage of test access and independently evaluate the merits of each program.