slalert! is a web service that watches for online mentions of a company, product, or keyword and sends notifications to Slack. It monitors news sites and blogs, with the service describing coverage across tens of thousands of sources. To create an alert, enter an email address, one search term, and a Slack Incoming Webhook URL. Notifications go to the Slack channel selected by that webhook, so setting up an alert requires administrative access to the Slack instance. slalert! recommends keeping each alert to one term or phrase. Quotation marks can target an exact phrase or a domain. After account verification, additional alerts can be created. The service is free, with a Free plan listed at no cost, including keyword and phrase alerts, Slack notifications, and monitoring of news sites and blogs. Configuration happens on the web, while Slack receives the alerts. The site identifies slalert! as powered by and presented by Diffbot.
Who it is for
It suits people who need Slack notifications when selected companies, products, keywords, or domains appear in news sites and blogs. Slack administrators are needed to add the Incoming Webhook.
What is good
- Free plan at no cost
- Monitors news sites and blogs
- Sends alerts to Slack channels
- Supports exact phrase and domain searches
What to know first
- Requires Slack administrative access
- One term or phrase recommended per alert
- Additional alerts require account verification
Verdict
slalert! provides focused web and news mention monitoring through Slack. It is a fit when Slack delivery and a free plan matter, provided an administrator can configure the webhook.
slalert! plans and pricing
All plansCompared on social media listening software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Web monitoring
- Yes
- News monitoring
- Yes
- Alert channels
- Slack
