What is Website Monitoring?

A website monitor makes an HTTP(S) request to a URL on a schedule and verifies the response. Use it for marketing sites, apps, dashboards, and any page your users load.

Configuration

• URL — the page to check, e.g. https://yoursite.com/pricing.
• Method — usually GET.
• Check interval — how often to run the check (down to 30 seconds on higher plans).
• Regions — one or more probe locations.

Assertions

Go beyond a status code so a broken page doesn’t pass as healthy:

• Status code — expect 2xx (or a specific code).
• Response time — alert if a page is slow, not just down.
• Keyword present — require text that only appears when the page truly rendered (a price, an “Add to cart” label).
• Keyword absent — alert if an error string (“exception”, “maintenance”) appears.

Authenticated pages

For pages behind auth, add custom headers, a bearer token, or basic auth. Credentials are stored encrypted and never shown in alerts.

Why “up” isn’t enough

A page can return 200 OK while serving an empty template or an error page. Keyword and response-time assertions catch those silent failures. Learn more on the website monitoring page.