Sitewatch
Sitewatch: A focused synthetic monitor for page dependencies, transactions, and deploy verification. Ranked #30 of 42 in Synthetic Monitoring by our editors (6.3/10); pricing: Free plan · 7-day trial; best for website dependency and deploy verification checks.
At a glance
- Editor score6.3 / 10
- PricingFree plan · 7-day trial
- Best forWebsite dependency and deploy verification checks
- Free planYes
- Paid from$90/yr
- Fastest schedule15-minute
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Checks linked scripts, stylesheets, images, fonts, redirects, and SSL
- Monitors checkout, signup, login, and booking dependencies
- Includes deploy hooks, evidence, retry confirmation, and alerts
Where it doesn't
- No browser checks for multi-step journeys
- No arbitrary API endpoint monitoring
- Free plan covers one site and one monitored page
Our verdict on Sitewatch
Sitewatch is a web-based synthetic monitoring service for agencies, freelancers, business owners, and teams that need more than basic uptime checks. It schedules browser-like checks of pages and linked assets, looking for broken scripts, stylesheets, images, fonts, redirects, SSL issues, and page-structure problems. It also monitors transaction dependencies for checkout, signup, login, and booking pages, making it a fit for website owners who want deploy verification and dependency coverage without installing monitoring scripts or agents.
Pricing is structured around a free entry point and two paid tiers. The Free plan costs $0 per month and includes 1 monitored site, 1 monitored page per site, 30-minute full-page checks, 5-minute availability pings, and email alerts. Starter costs $9 per month or $90 per year, covering 25 monitored sites, 15-minute full-page checks, Slack and webhook alerts, deploy verification hooks, and 5 API monitors listed in the plan highlights. Pro costs $19 per month or $190 per year and adds 100 monitored sites, 5-minute full-page checks, EU and US monitoring, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, and SMS alerts, plus unlimited status pages on the monthly plan.
The standout capability is dependency-focused diagnosis: Sitewatch can identify failures that a simple availability check may miss and provide incident evidence, diagnostics, and retry confirmation. Integrations include Slack, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Actions, and webhooks, which supports alerting and deployment workflows. Pro is the better fit for teams needing faster schedules and multiregion monitoring. Sitewatch is less suitable for teams requiring browser-based multi-step journeys or arbitrary API endpoint checks; its transaction monitoring checks dependencies and assets rather than clicking through full browser flows.
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Sitewatch pricing
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Sitewatch fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $90/yr |
| Locations | 1 locations |
| Fastest schedule | 15-minute |
| Browser checks | No |
| API checks | No |
| Transaction checks | Yes |
| Journey checks | No |
| Free trial | 7 days |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Support | |
| Built for | Solo, Small business, Mid-market (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 7 integrations: Slack, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Actions … See all → |
| Pricing | Free plan · 7-day trial (source) |
| Website | getsitewatch.com |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
Sitewatch integrations
Sitewatch lists 7 integrations on its own site.
- Slack
- PagerDuty
- Opsgenie
- Vercel
- Netlify
- GitHub Actions
- Webhooks
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