Good website monitor?
I’m looking for a good website monitoring service. This service will quickly, and accurately, notify me when any of the monitored website is not responding / down.
Please freely give your recommendation if you happen to know one.
My requirements:
1. We can choose the monitoring station’s locations
2. Robust monitoring system : I do NOT want false alarm.
3. Easy to setup, then it’ll work with no further intervention
4. SMS notification
5. Good cost/benefit ratio : I can set up this kind of service myself – but why hassling myself if there’s someone else already providing it for less cost/hassle?
Before I used pingdom.com’s service, because I read rave reviews of it all over the Net. But, to my confusion, it consistently send me false alarms.
OK it’s understandable when the monitored server is on Indonesia, with less-than-ideal international links. However, to get 10 false alarm everyday on servers hosted on SoftLayer.com ?? Needless to say, I got tired of it pretty quickly.
Thank you.
November 27th, 2008 12:57
Just curios, false alarm yg anda terima apa yah?
Kemudian parameter yang dimonitor apa yah? Kebetulan saya kerjaannya bikin High Available system (Cluster+Grif+Enteprise Monitoring), jadi kepingin tahu kalo dari sisi anda apa aja sih yang penting?
November 27th, 2008 16:33
I use Dejal Simon.
And no. It’s not an open source software.
November 27th, 2008 19:21
Sudah coba http://www.alertra.com ?
November 28th, 2008 11:35
@Andry
Dejal simon perlu di coba tuh.. kayaknya ok..
December 1st, 2008 08:42
@Dedhi – halo, requirements dan masalah false alarm yang saya alami sudah ada di posting ini. Basically, saya butuh layanan yang memonitor website2 customer saya 24×7, dan lalu mengabarkan saya via email — dan bisa di eskalasi via SMS; jika ada yang bermasalah.
December 1st, 2008 08:45
@Andry – thanks, but I need a 24×7 monitoring service. Even when my laptop is off, it will have to be able to alert my team in case of problems with any of our customer’s website. So it’s gotta be a hosted service.
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Dejal simon do looks very nice indeed.
December 1st, 2008 08:46
@Steward – thanks! Alertra looks like just what I need.
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Let’s see how it performs.
December 7th, 2008 14:57
I use http://host-tracker.com. They offer solid monitoring and it’s not too expensive.
December 10th, 2008 18:29
I was searching for reliable network monitors myself when I came across this site – I seem to have got about 3 names of it already!
Sufehmi is right in saying that most monitors end up giving false alarm and that’s really annoying!
I also came across a free service called ‘Montastic’ which can help you monitor upto 100 servers(or so they claim) and it has been developed by self-proclaimed open source fanatics – haven’t tried it myself but just thought I’ll add it as my contribution to the discussion. I don’t think it has sms notification though, only RSS/e-mail.
December 12th, 2008 16:45
Hi, i would recommend website montioring service by Dotcom. Take a look at their website at http://www.dotcom-monitor.com They have some datacenters all over the world… So your website will be monitored from different locations (e.g. from Australia). They offer SMS alerting. So it may suits your needs.
January 16th, 2009 03:32
I work with an of shores company that is pretty good. That’s my recommendation to you is to find someone out of your country to do it and have it all self automated systems. If you’re in the US, I recommend Europe; Aftrica I recommend the US.
January 17th, 2009 01:02
And no. It’s not an open source software.Thanks
January 19th, 2009 03:05
I have heard that Dejal Simon is quite good. Haven’t tried it myself though.
January 22nd, 2009 05:50
Have a look at http://monimi.net we do free SMS alerts,
the system won’t send you false alarms — in case one monitoring server
reports a failure for your site the remaining servers are checked before
sending notification. It’s trivial to setup and interface is very easy to use.
Regards,
Anton
January 25th, 2009 03:44
I really don’t know if payday loans has an idea what this topic is really about. Sounds like he might be more into money laundering than website monitoring.
January 26th, 2009 15:32
I was away for awhile, and already we have several more suggestions here.
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Thanks guys, I’ll give these a try.
February 14th, 2009 09:34
@Anton – hi, your activation code never reaches my mobile phone – it’s +62 811 xxxxxxxx
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FYI.
February 18th, 2009 01:04
Thanks guys, I’ll give these a try.
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March 6th, 2009 04:24
Wow! It sounds like the monitoring system is really good.I think I might have to try it.
March 7th, 2009 03:11
i would recommend website montioring Your traveling. Take a look at their website at http://www.portablegps-navigation.com/tomtom-gps/TomTom-ONE-3rd-Edition-GPS
They have some datacenters all over the world. So it may suits your needs.
March 7th, 2009 05:13
May I suggest siteuptime.com?
March 8th, 2009 23:44
Lets see the perform to monitoring our site traffic
March 12th, 2009 01:47
There are a lot of services for uptime site monitoring with SMS alerts. One of these may be good for you:
http://basicstate.com/ or
http://www.onestat.com/uptrends/uptrends_website_server_monitoring.html
March 13th, 2009 06:52
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April 15th, 2009 00:52
Multi-Check technology allows us to monitor your website from diverse geographic regions to ensure that your website is accessible from multiple Internet points.
April 17th, 2009 14:22
I think host-tracker is the best monitoring system you must try this.
April 22nd, 2009 11:30
Good luck in finding the best monitoring system. =)
May 15th, 2009 22:19
I use Dejal Simon. It is perfect if you have several sites you need monitor
May 20th, 2009 18:42
I have been using http://100pulse.com for free website monitoring. And also thanks for this new one. Let me try this also.
May 21st, 2009 01:13
nice post, thx for sharing it
May 26th, 2009 15:07
Thanks for the comments, They really helped me.
and thank you for posting.
May 28th, 2009 19:05
Free Website Monitoring Service?
I never use that.
But I learn much from this site.
May 30th, 2009 07:20
You posted this question last Novermber 2008. I wonder you if found the answer now? Please share it with us. Thank you so much and hoping to receive your reply.
June 6th, 2009 09:37
Yes please share the answer with us?
This post was posted last November 2008.
June 16th, 2009 19:56
I recommend 100pulse.com as the most versatile, highest frequency free website monitoring service.
# Easy way to detect your website outages quicker and more effectively
# Two website credit free for life time and you can save $120USD/year
# Cheapest Website monitoring Service
# You can Monitor with 15 min interval
# Instant alert when ever your site goes down
# No software installation needed
# Periodical Reports depends on user selection
# Easy way to analyze your website perfomance through graphs and datas
# Easy and Secured payment
# Secured data transfer
# Use demo user account to have a trail
# Track your website’s server status, Find your website IP and geographical location online
June 27th, 2009 22:10
This service will quickly, and accurately, notify me when any of the monitored website is not responding down.thank u for sharing.
July 20th, 2009 13:26
Thanks for the comments, They really helped me.
July 21st, 2009 13:14
Thanks for detail.
July 24th, 2009 18:57
Thanks you..
July 27th, 2009 15:25
Thank You..
August 17th, 2009 10:22
i agree with “geetha”.. i probably recommend 100pulse.com!
well, thanks for the details.
god bless!
August 19th, 2009 15:11
Great, thanks for information
August 19th, 2009 15:15
Thanks,…. I need it
August 31st, 2009 11:15
gak ada open source yang sanggup ya?
September 3rd, 2009 07:46
gak ada open source yang sanggup ya?
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Kok open source? Gak ada hubungannya.
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Saya perlu layanan monitoring, bukan software monitoring.
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Kalau software monitoring, apalagi yang open source, sudah ada banyak. Misalnya; monit. pandora, dll.
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Tapi gak bisa saya gunakan di server saya, karena ya tentu konyol — kalau server saya down, maka software monitoring tersebut tidak akan bisa memberitahu saya karena, well, server yang menjalankan software monitoring tsb sedang down….
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Karena itu saya butuh layanan monitoring. Bukan software monitoring.
September 17th, 2009 01:35
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November 16th, 2009 15:26
I suggest you host with Hostgator and then check out the options and services they provide. The kick butt and have to lowest downtime of all. They also have some service options that might do what you are looking for.
December 16th, 2009 05:15
Most good hosts come with great monitors, awstats is alright and its free…If its not with your host then you could still install it.
December 16th, 2009 20:07
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