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Fluxguard vs MailCharts

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

Fluxguard

Free plan APIWeb

Fluxguard offers several ways to detect and filter website changes, with alert routing and a limited free plan. Its beta API and restriction on extremely rapid crawling matter for teams with those requirements.

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MailCharts

Free plan Web

Choose MailCharts if your ecommerce marketing work benefits from searchable competitor emails, industry reports, and lifecycle journey examples. Look elsewhere if you need campaign performance or deliverability data, or need a free trial before signing up.

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The facts

FluxguardMailCharts
Free planYesYes
Open sourceNot publishedNot published
Runs onAPI, WebWeb
Lowest paid planStandard (Periscope): $110 a monthFree or on request
Plans published41
MakerNot publishedNot published
Websitefluxguard.commailcharts.com
On competitive intelligence software#8 of 45#12 of 45

Fluxguard: what it does well

  • Tracks visual, text, rendered HTML, and network changes
  • Renders pages and JavaScript-loaded assets
  • Offers area filters and exclusions
  • Webhook change data can go to a chosen endpoint
  • Free plan includes instant or daily alerts

What to know first

  • API is documented as beta
  • Extremely rapid third-party crawling is unsupported
  • Free plan is limited to three sites per month
  • Free plan retains three versions per page

MailCharts: what it does well

  • Search emails from more than 2,500 ecommerce brands.
  • Filter by keywords, send date, promotions, and technology used.
  • Compare up to five brands in industry reports.
  • Track 11 ecommerce email journey types.
  • Free account available to check brand coverage.

What to know first

  • Open rates and deliverability statistics are unavailable.
  • Only onboarding and cart abandonment journeys cover every indexed brand.
  • There is no free trial.
  • MailCharts Pro pricing is available on request.

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