Its really impossible for anyone to sit in front of the Computer 24 hours and monitor if your website is UP or DOWN. But this is really essential for everyone. There are some nice services available which can monitor your site’s status 24 x 7.
Montastic
Montastic is the first thing that i would recommend when it comes to Website Status Monitoring. Its completely free. It is really “The free website monitoring service that doesn’t suck”. I have been using them for few days now and really nice. I like their RSS feature and the “No unreasonable limit on the number of websites monitored”.
SiteUptime
SiteUptime is the next best one out there. They have three different plans : Free, Premium and Advanced. The free plan is too basic with just one monitor and 30/60 minute checks.
Free Web Monitoring
Free Web Monitoring is the first service that i used and i continue to use it even today. They have 60 minute checking time too, but, they allow multiple sites in a single account.
upPanel
upPanel was the second service that i started using. They have 3 plans too. I had the Free plan which had 30 minute lowest interval. Their Basic and Pro accounts have very nice features like AIM Alerts, SMS Alerts, Skype Alerts and Phone Alerts.
FreeSiteStatus
I read about this service over here. The features are not very clear. I think, signing up is free. But, you have to pay to start monitoring websites. The pricing depends on the number of URLs to be monitored, the time interval etc.. which can be calculated from here. This isn’t something i would recommend.
So, i suggest that you take a look at the above services and get the most out these by signing up for multiple ones. I suggest signing up for Montastic, upPanel and Free Web Monitoring.
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Thanks for review. I can offer two popular services http://host-tracker.com and http://alerta.com. Both have free and paid accounts.
Devis wrote on August 2nd, 2007 at 4:41 pm
I’ve been using ExternalTest for months and is a good service, too.
Marcos wrote on August 23rd, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Hello,
Just to clarify, FreeSiteStatus.com offers free monitoring at 60 minute intervals. http://www.freesitestatus.com/compare.php
Also, our professional monitoring services are among the cheapest starting at only $2/month. Our service also offers more options and allows for an unlimited number of monitors.
We would appreciate if you would re-evaluate our service instead of dismissing us so easily. Our website is complex, because we offer more options and complex monitoring methods. We also monitor from more locations than any of the competitors you mentioned. http://www.freesitestatus.com/network.php
Thank you for your time!
FreeSiteStatus.com wrote on August 29th, 2007 at 4:21 am
http://mon.itor.us is another free web monitoring, offers both global and local monitoring, monitors 12 protocols from US and Europe and provides Linux and Windows agent from internal monitoring.
Hovhannes Avoyan wrote on September 1st, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Thanks for this useful post… I used to have an a/c with InternetSiteSeer or something like that which offered similar services and email alerts when the site is down etc.
Good list though..
Cheers,
Ajith
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