Free website monitoring that actually stays free

Watch 5 pages for content, visual, pricing, and SEO changes on the SiteGauge free plan. Daily checks, screenshots, AI summaries, and full API access are all included. No credit card, no trial timer.

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At 150 checks your monitors pause and resume on reset or upgrade. No overage, no surprise bills.

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5 monitors
Pages tracked, checked daily
150 checks
A month, hard cap, no overage
Unmetered
AI summaries, no credits or caps

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Paste any URL and watch SiteGauge capture it. Pick the area to track and set an alert, right here. No account needed to look.

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Everything the free plan includes

The same monitoring engine as the paid plans, on a genuinely free tier. This is the full website monitoring workflow, capped at a size that costs nothing to run.

5 monitors

Track up to 5 individual pages or URLs at once, each with its own change history and its own alert settings.

150 checks a month

Automated checks run once a day. When you reach 150 checks your monitors pause and resume on the monthly reset or when you upgrade. No surprise overage bills.

Screenshots and visual diffs

A fresh screenshot is captured on every confirmed change, with real before and after comparison so you can see exactly what moved.

Unmetered AI summaries

Every change is categorised, scored for importance, and explained in plain English. No AI credits and no caps, even on the free plan.

Email alerts and RSS

Get an email as soon as a check confirms a real change, plus an RSS feed of everything SiteGauge spots, both included on Free.

Full API, MCP and 30-day history

Read and write access to the full API and the MCP server, with 30 days of change history kept for every monitor.

Start monitoring in three steps

No card, no setup call. Create an account, add your pages, and let the daily check do the rest.

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Create a free account

Sign up with just an email. No credit card, no trial timer, and no sales call. The free plan is ready to use straight away.

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Add up to 5 pages

Paste any URL and pick the area to track. Include or exclude parts of a page with CSS selectors so tiny edits stay quiet.

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Get a daily check and an alert

SiteGauge checks each page once a day. When a real change is confirmed it captures a screenshot, writes an AI summary, and emails you.

Not ready to sign up? Try the free tools

The free tools run one-off checks and analyses with no account at all: the lowest-friction way to see what SiteGauge captures. When you want a page watched on a schedule, the free plan takes over from there.

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Who the free plan is for

Free is a real product, not a locked demo. It suits anyone watching a handful of pages who wants change alerts without a bill.

Solo SEOs and freelancers

Watch a handful of client or portfolio pages for title, canonical, and content changes without paying for a seat you do not need yet.

Side projects and makers

Keep an eye on your own landing pages and a couple of competitors on a budget of zero, with screenshots and AI summaries included.

Teams evaluating first

Prove the workflow on 5 real pages before you buy. Nothing expires, so you can trial it properly and upgrade only when you outgrow it.

When Free is enough, and when to upgrade

Free is generous, but it is honest about its edges. Here is exactly where the line sits.

Free is enough when

  • You track up to 5 pages
  • A daily check is fast enough
  • Email and RSS alerts cover you
  • You want screenshots, AI, and API at no cost

Upgrade to Standard when

  • You need Slack, Teams, webhooks, or SMS
  • You want hourly checks instead of daily
  • You want whole-domain or sitemap monitoring
  • You need more monitors or extra editor seats

Read-only viewer seats are unlimited on every plan, including Free. Compare the full list on the pricing page.

Free website monitoring FAQs

Is SiteGauge really free? What is the catch?
There is no catch. The Free plan is a genuine free tier for ongoing monitoring, not a time-limited trial. It includes 150 checks a month, 5 monitors, daily checks, 30-day history, and screenshots, AI summaries, and full API access. It does not expire. We only ask you to pay when you need more monitors, faster checks, or team alert channels, and until then Free stays free.
Do I need a credit card to start?
No. You can create a free account with just an email address. There is no card required to sign up, no trial that flips to paid, and no sales call. If you never upgrade, you are never charged.
What happens when I reach 150 checks in a month?
Your monitors simply pause once you hit the allowance and resume automatically on the monthly reset, or immediately if you upgrade. It is a hard cap, not overage, so there are no surprise bills and you never pay for extra checks. You always know exactly what Free costs, which is nothing.
Is free website monitoring real-time?
No, and we will not pretend otherwise. Free checks run once a day, and you are alerted as soon as a check confirms a real change. Faster cadence is a paid feature: hourly on Standard, every 15 minutes on Pro, every 5 minutes on Business, and as fast as every 2 minutes on Enterprise. There are no push notifications on any plan.
What is not included in the free plan?
Free covers email and RSS alerts. Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram, Google Chat, webhooks, Google Sheets, and SMS start on the Standard plan. Whole-domain and sitemap monitoring also starts at Standard, and signed evidence export is a Business and Enterprise feature. Free includes one editor seat, though read-only viewer seats are unlimited on every plan.
Can I monitor a whole website on the free plan?
Not the whole site at once. On Free you monitor up to 5 individual pages or URLs. Tracking a whole domain or sitemap with a tiered per-page cadence starts on the Standard plan. If you need broad coverage, see the pricing page for the upgrade.
Is there something even lower friction than signing up?
Yes. The free tools let you check a page, compare snapshots, and run one-off analyses with no account at all. They are a good first step before you create a free monitoring account for anything you want watched on a schedule.
How do I upgrade later, and will I lose anything?
You can move to Standard or any paid plan at any time from your account, and nothing is lost. Your monitors, history, and settings carry over, you simply gain faster checks, more monitors, whole-domain monitoring, and extra alert channels. See the pricing page to compare plans.

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5 monitors, daily checks, screenshots, and AI summaries, all included. No credit card, and it does not expire.

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