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Sematext Synthetics
What Sematext Synthetics is
Sematext Synthetics monitors APIs, URLs, websites, and user journeys from locations around the globe. HTTP monitors record response data and timings and can check status codes, headers, content, and timing conditions. Browser monitors run scripts that simulate website actions using Playwright and headless Google Chrome in an isolated Node.js environment. The service checks SSL certificate validity and expiry, while HTTP monitors can also detect certificate changes. Alert integrations listed include Slack, OpsGenie, Zapier, and VictorOps. The Vercel integration can create a Browser monitor for selected projects. Browser monitor credentials can be held in AWS Secrets Manager and inserted into scripts only when they run. Private location agents run in Docker containers on Linux or Windows machines that support Docker. An HTTP monitor run has 128 MB of memory, and response bodies are trimmed to 2 MB. Pay-As-You-Go is listed at $2 per month per HTTP monitor and $7 per Browser monitor, with a $5 monthly minimum and 30 days of retention; monitor count and retention affect price. A 14-day trial is available, and support is offered by email, live chat, and phone.
Who it suits
It suits teams that need recurring API or browser checks, including checks from private locations. The listed alert integrations and Vercel support may be useful for teams using those services.
What it does well
- Checks response codes, headers, content, and timing
- Browser monitors simulate user actions with Playwright
- Checks SSL validity, expiry, and certificate changes
- Private agents can run in Docker on Linux or Windows
What to know first
- No free plan is listed
- HTTP monitor runs have 128 MB memory
- Response bodies are trimmed to 2 MB
- No static IP list is provided for firewall allowlisting
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Pay-As-You-Go | per HTTP monitor; $7 per Browser monitor · Minimum $5 per month · 30 days retention · monitor count and retention affect price | $2 a month |
As sematext.com lists them, read 2 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Sematext Synthetics covers both endpoint checks and scripted browser journeys, with certificate monitoring and private-location agents. Budget for monitor-based pricing and note the HTTP run memory and response-body limits.
Facts from Sematext Synthetics's own pages
- Alerts and integrations
- The product page lists Slack, OpsGenie, Zapier, and VictorOps as alert integration examples. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- API checks
- HTTP monitors can validate response codes, headers, content, and timing conditions for monitored endpoints. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Browser monitoring
- Browser monitors use Playwright with a headless Google Chrome browser in an isolated Node.js environment. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Sematext's history page says the company launched as Sematext International in Spring 2010. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Firewall limitation
- Sematext says it does not provide a list of static IP addresses for firewall allowlisting. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2010 · sematext.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Brooklyn, New York, USA · sematext.com, 28 Sept 2026
- HTTP monitor limit
- An HTTP monitor run has 128 MB of memory, and its response body is trimmed to 2 MB. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Monitor types
- HTTP monitors record response data and timings, while Browser monitors run scripts that simulate user actions on websites. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Private locations
- Private location agents run as Docker containers and can be deployed on machines where Docker runs, including Linux and Windows. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Sensitive data
- Browser monitor credentials can be stored in AWS Secrets Manager and substituted into scripts only during execution. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- SSL monitoring
- Synthetics checks certificate validity and expiry, and HTTP monitors also detect certificate changes. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- The product page says support is available through email, live chat, and phone calls. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Vercel
- The Vercel integration can create a Browser monitor for each selected Vercel project. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Sematext Synthetics actively monitors APIs, web URLs, websites, and user journeys from locations around the globe. · sematext.com, 2 Oct 2026
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