CA App Synthetic Monitor review
A broad synthetic monitoring service for browser, API, script, and transaction checks.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
CA App Synthetic Monitor is a cloud-based synthetic monitoring service for organizations measuring website, application, and end-user performance from external stations. It supports simple and advanced monitors, scripted monitoring, real browser monitoring, scheduled API checks, multi-step transaction testing, reporting, alerting, SMS notifications, and global monitoring stations. Its fit is strongest for teams that need traditional browser and API coverage across geographically distributed applications rather than a narrowly focused uptime checker.
Pricing is handled through contact sales, with quotas defining the available capacity. The Corporate option includes 30 simple monitors at 5-minute intervals, 10 at 1-minute intervals, 10 advanced monitors, 2,000 API calls per day, and 1,500 API checks per day. Multi-site provides 25 simple monitors at 5-minute intervals, 2 advanced monitors, 1,000 API calls per day, and 200 API checks per day. Tiny includes 5 simple monitors at 5-minute intervals, 3 custom reports, and 1,000 API calls per day. Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Options expand capacity progressively, from 180 to 800 simple monitors at 5-minute intervals and from 50 to 275 advanced monitors. A 30-day trial includes 10 simple monitors, 5 advanced monitors, 1 real browser monitor, 500 API calls per day, and 50 API checks per day.
The product’s main strength is breadth: browser checks, API checks, transaction testing, scripts, reporting, and SMS alerts sit within one monitoring service. The published plan structure also gives larger monitoring programs more simple-monitor, advanced-monitor, and API capacity. It is a sensible choice for teams that need external performance visibility and global stations across several check types. Teams seeking a lightweight monitor with a free ongoing plan, or a narrowly scoped tool with simpler capacity decisions, should consider a more focused alternative.
CA App Synthetic Monitor pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Combines browser, API, script, and transaction monitoring
- Global monitoring stations support geographically distributed checks
- Plans include SMS alerting, reporting, and scheduled API checks
- Where it doesn't
- Monetary pricing is handled through contact sales
- No free plan is available beyond the 30-day trial
- Trial quotas are limited to 10 simple and 5 advanced monitors
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