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About WebGazer
WebGazer checks websites, APIs, servers and ports around the clock and alerts you when something goes down. Heartbeat monitors cover scheduled jobs such as database backups: the job checks in, and you are notified if it does not run as planned.
Monitoring results can be shown on hosted status pages for your users. A free allowance of 50 monitors with 5-minute checks is available, and paid plans come with a 14-day trial that needs no credit card.
Strengths
- HTTP, API, port and cron job monitoring in one place
- Heartbeat checks for scheduled jobs
- Hosted status pages built from monitor data
- Free allowance of 50 monitors
Limitations
- Free checks run every 5 minutes
- Hosted only, requires an account
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree tier with 50 monitors at 5-minute intervals; paid plans have a 14-day trial.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- Web
- How it runs
- Hosted service
- Account
- Required
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Small teams and indie developers who want uptime alerts, cron checks and a status page
- Categories
- Notifications & webhooks, Website testing
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Status & Uptime Monitoring); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.
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WebGazer as an alternative
Listings that name WebGazer as an alternative.
Better Stack Status Page
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Checkly
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Dead Man's Snitch
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HetrixTools
A hosted uptime, server metrics and blacklist monitoring service with a free tier and instant alerts.
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Hyperping
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Instatus
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Pingdom
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