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Best Website Monitoring Software in 2026
Website monitoring software helps you observe site availability and health. Compared on check types, latency monitoring, and page health checks, the entries show different ways to track what is happening with a site. SSL monitoring and maintenance windows add other operational considerations; API access and a status page may also matter for how you use or share monitoring information. Compare free-plan availability with paid-from pricing when considering access. Dotcom-Monitor, Tallwatch, and Better Stack are among the options shown. Focus on the checks you need to run and the monitoring features that fit your workflow.
- 55 apps
- Research read 23 Sept 2026
- How the order is worked out
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Better Stack
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Better Stack combines incident response and monitoring with telemetry, error tracking, and status pages.
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Distill Web Monitor
Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+5Distill offers a broad set of monitor types, filtering controls, and notification routes. Check frequency and quotas vary by plan, and unused resources do not carry forward past the billing period.
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Dotcom-Monitor
by Dotcom-MonitorFree plan AndroidAPIiPhone+4Dotcom-Monitor offers target monitoring with multiple alert routes and plan limits that vary by tier.
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Cronitor
Free plan APILinuxWebCronitor covers scheduled jobs, uptime checks, heartbeats, and status pages, with a free plan and a listed trial.
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Downdetector
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Downdetector combines public outage reporting with monitoring and communication tools for organizations.
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OnWebChange
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1OnWebChange covers targeted webpage monitoring, documents, and protected pages, with several alert channels and tracker-management options.
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ArxEyes
Free plan WebArxEyes brings regional checks, alert controls, and public status pages together, with a free tier and paid plans from $9 per month.
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DownNotifier.com
Free plan APIWebDownNotifier.com combines website availability checks with content, SSL, and email-record validation.
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GTmetrix
Free plan APIWebChoose GTmetrix for detailed page diagnostics, recurring checks, and options to test from multiple locations and devices.
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HostTracker
Free plan APIWebHostTracker combines external monitoring, rechecks, alerts, and status pages with a broad set of developer integrations.
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Tallwatch
Free plan APILinuxMac+2Tallwatch combines multi-region checks with alert routing, on-call features, and status pages.
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Dead Link Checker
Free plan WebChoose Dead Link Checker for manual website scans or scheduled broken-link checks with emailed reports. The free plans provide manual checks, while paid Auto Checker plans start at $9.95 a month.
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deltaFeed
Free plan WebdeltaFeed provides a straightforward way to follow webpage changes through RSS or email, with faster checking and more monitorings on paid plans.
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Dr. Link Check
Free plan WebDr. Link Check combines crawl diagnostics, blacklist monitoring, scheduling, and exportable reports in a web service. Check its JavaScript limitation and project limits before selecting a plan.
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LibrePing
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1LibrePing provides decentralized, self-hostable monitoring with signed results, shared checks, dashboards, and alert integrations.
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Uptime Cairn
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1Uptime Cairn offers broad monitoring, alerting, reporting, and status-page features in a self-hosted package.
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Uptime Kuma
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWeb+1Uptime Kuma provides broad self-hosted monitoring, alerting and status-page features under an MIT license. Check the supported operating systems and storage limitations before choosing a deployment.
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Pinger Man
Free plan APIWebPinger Man combines a broad range of website and service checks with multiple alert channels, reports, status pages, and an API.
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Page Monitor
Free plan WebPageMonitor.io offers scheduled visual change tracking with plan-based detection and frequency limits. Email alerts are available across plans, while some chat notifications are not yet launched.
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SiteLock
Free plan Self-hostedWebSiteLock combines scanning, removal, health reporting, and optional patching, firewall, and CDN features. Review plan differences if you need expert cleanup, PCI reporting, or faster ticket responses.
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Visual Sentinel
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Choose Visual Sentinel if you need visual page comparisons alongside uptime, server, and other monitoring, with a free plan for up to three monitors.
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