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Distill Web Monitor vs Super Monitoring

Both stand on website monitoring software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Distill Web Monitor

Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+5

Distill 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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Super Monitoring provides broad website checks, alerting, diagnostics, reporting, and integrations. It requires a paid plan after the trial, with monitoring frequency and SMS usage affecting the service’s limits and costs.

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The facts

	Distill Web Monitor	Super Monitoring
Free plan	Yes	A free trial
Open source	No	Not published
Runs on	Android, API, Extension, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows	API, Web
Lowest paid plan	Starter: $15 a month	Super: $59 a year
Plans published	5	5
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	distill.io	supermonitoring.com
On website monitoring software	#2 of 55	#46 of 55

Distill Web Monitor: what it does well

Monitors webpages, PDFs, JSON, and other listed content.
Local checks can run every five seconds.
Offers email, SMS, app, and team notifications.
Supports visual selection and code-based refinements.

What to know first

Free cloud checks start at six-hour intervals.
Unused resources expire at the billing period’s end.
Cloud checks count in ten-second units.

Super Monitoring: what it does well

Checks availability, forms, transactions, and page changes
Confirms incidents from multiple locations
Provides screenshots, HTML, or HAR analysis
Stores event history indefinitely
Offers webhooks and CMS interfaces

What to know first

No free plan
Plans limit testing frequency to one minute
Extra 100 SMS credits cost $7
Trial lasts 14 days

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