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Sitewatch
What Sitewatch is
Sitewatch is a web service that checks whether website pages and their components continue to work, rather than only checking server availability. It examines content, scripts, styling, images, forms, and SSL, and can flag broken assets, redirect problems, SSL or domain expiry, content or DNS changes, robots.txt regressions, and sitemap URL issues. Incident reports include evidence, a severity classification, a tailored fix checklist, and a plain-English explanation. Deploy checks can be triggered through Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Actions, or a generic CI/CD webhook. Alerts can be sent through Slack, email, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, webhooks, and SMS, although availability varies by plan. The free plan covers one site and one page per site, with full-page checks every 30 minutes, five-minute pings, one Europe region, and seven-day data retention. Starter costs $9 a month, billed monthly; Pro costs $19 a month, billed monthly. A seven-day trial is available.
Who it suits
Sitewatch suits agencies, freelancers, business owners, and teams responsible for multiple websites. Its free plan may suit someone monitoring a single site and page.
What it does well
- Checks page content and components, not just server availability
- Incident reports include evidence and tailored fix checklists
- Deploy checks support Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Actions, and webhooks
- Offers alerts through several channels, including SMS
What to know first
- Free plan covers one site and one page per site
- Alert channel availability varies by plan
- Free plan retains data for seven days
Limits
The Free plan allows one monitored site and one page per site, 30-minute full-page checks, five-minute pings, one Europe region, and seven-day data retention. Paid plans add site and page capacity, faster checks, and additional alert channels.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 monitored site · 1 monitored page per site · 30-min full-page checks · 5-min pings · 1 region (Europe) · 7-day data retention | Free |
| Pro | billed monthly · 100 monitored sites · 25 monitored pages per site · 5-min full-page checks · 2 regions (EU + US) · 20 team members · 90-day data retention | $19 a month |
| Starter | billed monthly · 25 monitored sites · 5 monitored pages per site · 15-min full-page checks · 5 team members · 30-day data retention | $9 a month |
As getsitewatch.com lists them, read 3 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the Sitewatch website.
- Start with the Free plan or use the seven-day trial.
- Add a site and page to monitor.
- Connect deploy checks through Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Actions, or a generic CI/CD webhook.
- Choose an available alert channel for your plan.
Verdict
Sitewatch combines page-level checks with incident explanations and deployment-triggered checks. Its free plan is limited to one site and page, while paid plans add capacity and faster checks.
Questions
Is Sitewatch free?
Yes. Its Free plan costs nothing and covers one monitored site and one page per site.
What do the paid plans cost?
Starter is $9 a month and Pro is $19 a month; both are billed monthly.
Does Sitewatch offer a trial?
Yes, a seven-day trial is available.
Which platforms does Sitewatch support?
Sitewatch is available on the web.
Which deploy and alert integrations are available?
Deploy checks can use Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Actions, or a generic webhook. Alerts include Slack, email, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, webhooks, and SMS, with availability varying by plan.
Where is Sitewatch data stored?
Its privacy policy says data is stored on Google Cloud and Firebase infrastructure in the EU region, europe-west2, encrypted in transit and at rest, and not sold.
Facts from Sitewatch's own pages
- AI page analysis
- For page-importance scoring, Sitewatch sends Anthropic a structural summary of public pages and says it excludes query strings, cookies, form contents, and personal data. · getsitewatch.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Alert integrations
- Alert channels include Slack, email, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, webhooks, and SMS; plan availability varies. · getsitewatch.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Deploy integrations
- Deploy checks can be triggered through Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Actions, or a generic webhook from a CI/CD system. · getsitewatch.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Detection
- The service checks for broken assets, redirect problems, SSL and domain expiry, content changes, DNS changes, robots.txt regressions, and sitemap URL health. · getsitewatch.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Diagnosis
- Incidents include evidence, severity classification, and tailored fix checklists, with plain-English explanations. · getsitewatch.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Limitations
- The Free plan covers one monitored site and one monitored page per site, while paid plans add site and page capacity, faster checks, and additional alert channels. · getsitewatch.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says data is stored on Google Cloud and Firebase infrastructure in the EU region (europe-west2), encrypted in transit and at rest, and not sold. · getsitewatch.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Sitewatch monitors pages as a browser would and checks that their content, scripts, styling, images, forms, and SSL work, beyond basic server availability. · getsitewatch.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says it uses Firebase Authentication, Firestore workspace access rules, AES-256 encryption at rest, and TLS in transit; SOC 2 certification is on its roadmap. · getsitewatch.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- Sitewatch lists [email protected] for support and says it typically responds within 24 hours on business days. · getsitewatch.com, 3 Oct 2026
- Target users
- The maker describes Sitewatch as built for agencies, freelancers, business owners, and teams managing multiple websites. · getsitewatch.com, 3 Oct 2026
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