{"id":2516,"date":"2015-10-04T10:05:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T07:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prchecker.info\/web-hosting\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2017-02-18T22:13:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T19:13:01","slug":"choose-best-free-web-site-monitoring-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prchecker.info\/web-hosting\/choose-best-free-web-site-monitoring-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Free web site monitoring services – Choosing the Best one"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article we aim to consider the matter of how to choose a free website monitoring<\/em> service to control the site uptime and the options one might want to take into account when he\/she is choosing among free site monitoring<\/em> services available on the web.<\/p>\n

Yes that\u2019s right, nowadays there are a huge number of paid and free services that can help to monitor your website and that will help you to control your website uptime 24×7, and the matter of choosing the right web site monitoring service becomes quite relevant. <\/p>\n

\"Website That\u2019s not the secret, and we\u2019d recommend to consider this option, most newbies as well as the owners of smaller web projects tend to choose exactly free monitoring services (vs paid ones), as first, checking, monitoring and analysis of websites is free of charge, and second, new or small clients do not require advanced services and they can start and usually do very well with the smallest package that is usually that free monitoring plan.<\/p>\n

As a result of some research and comparison of many providers offering web site monitoring free<\/em> of charge, we\u2019ve decide to review and submit to the readers just three site monitor services that we consider might be right options to choose from, as well as our recommendations regarding the matters that you might want to pay your attention while choosing the best site monitor solution for your site.<\/p>\n

In the reviews and comparison we decided to consider such main features of free monitoring services as the maximum number of monitoring tasks<\/em>, monitoring interval<\/em>, number of monitoring locations<\/em>, and the variety of monitoring functions<\/em>. In our opinion the mentioned features are some of the most important to the users in choosing a free monitoring service.<\/p>\n

So, here are the 3 providers of our choice (please note that the order does not indicate and rating or preferences but it only follows the logic of the article):<\/p>\n

1. Siteuptime.com<\/h2>\n

\"SiteUptime The free web site monitoring<\/strong> service that is definitely worth consideration is Siteuptime.com. This service might be the right choice for complete newbies who have never dealt with the matters of monitoring sites because Siteuptime service is very easy to use and it does not require any additional knowledge in order to setup website uptime testing quickly and successfully.<\/p>\n

Siteuptime.com enables to check for free the uptime of just 1 site<\/strong> with 30 or 60 minute<\/strong> monitoring intervals and the allows to select one of the 8 monitoring locations. And this service does not provide any additional advanced functions apart from notification regarding the issues with monitored site via e-mail. So, we suppose Siteuptime might be the right solution for beginners who do not require a large selection of features, but who just need to monitor one web site and get notified if the site \u201cgoes down\u201d i.e. if it stops working properly.<\/p>\n

Siteuptime website: http:\/\/www.siteuptime.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Uptimerobot.com<\/h2>\n

\"UptimeRobot In case one is a developer who deals with a large number of sites that require constant monitoring of uptime and performance, and the one does not want to spend big $$$ to pay for the service, then it might be a good idea to consider free web monitoring<\/em> service by Uptimerobot.com. Despite of the lack of add-on features and options in Site Monitoring control panel, Uptimerobot service is one of the very few (if not the only one among free website monitors) that enables to simultaneously monitor 50 sites<\/strong> (i.e. 50 monitoring tasks) at once with a pretty small monitoring interval of just 5 minutes<\/strong> that allows to check website performance every 5 minutes.<\/p>\n

These features are close to a professional paid service at the price of zero per month that might put Uptimerobot service as a good choice of website monitoring for experienced webmasters.<\/p>\n

You might also consider another advantage of this site that is an easy and fast registration \u2013 it requires filling in just three text-boxes on their website and one can start checking his\/her site uptime and use other monitoring services.<\/p>\n

Uptimerobot website: http:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Host-tracker.com<\/h2>\n

\"Host-Tracker And if you\u2019d like to consider the web site monitoring provider that might work well for both beginners and advanced users, then your could check Host-tracker.com. Unlike Host-tracker\u2019s advanced paid plans their free website monitor package does not provide the best options of the number of monitored sites (monitoring tasks) and monitoring interval – you can monitor free only 2 sites<\/strong> at the interval of 30 minutes<\/strong>, however, Host-tracker provides many useful functions for professional monitoring of web sites (e.g. Logjam, SSLv3, DNSBL, RegBL).<\/p>\n

Another feature of Host-tracker is that even without registering on the site any visitor can check the speed of the site, the results of “ping” and \u201ctrace route\u201d commands (that enables to verify if the site is available), check if the browser is protected from SSLv3 vulnerabilities, verify if the domain name and port are Logjam vulnerable, as well as to check if site or IP address could get to some SPAM-database (so called DNSBL) using the corresponding function.<\/p>\n

In case you\u2019d like more advanced site monitoring options to control the stable operation of your website, then Host-tracker proposes to register on the site and get access to many other features, e.g.:<\/p>\n