# Site monitoring service/software

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-monitoring-service-software/75544>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [2017年十二月6日 17:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-monitoring-service-software/75544 "2017-12-06T17:49:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [2017年十二月6日 17:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-monitoring-service-software/75544/1 "2017-12-06T17:49:39Z")

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This isn’t really a Discourse issue, but I’ve decided that it’s time that I have something more formal in place to know when a site is down than to happen to notice or get an email from someone.

I’ve seen pingdom and uptimerobot.

Well, and here’s this: [The Best Website Monitoring Services | PCMag](https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2492697,00.asp). But most of those cost 10-100x what would make sense for me. See also [https://www.capterra.com/website-monitoring-software/](https://www.capterra.com/website-monitoring-software/) for a list that seems too long to be useful; well, you can filter by various factors.

There’s also [Newrelic plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/newrelic-plugin/12986) and [GitHub - davidcelis/new\_relic-discourse: A New Relic plugin for Discourse forums. · GitHub](https://github.com/davidcelis/new_relic-discourse).

And [https://www.infoworld.com/article/2683857/network-monitoring/article.html](https://www.infoworld.com/article/2683857/network-monitoring/article.html). . .

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2017年十二月6日 22:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-monitoring-service-software/75544/2 "2017-12-06T22:06:18Z")

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Yes these Pingdom type services are surprisingly and shockingly expensive for what they do. Perhaps that’s a new business you could get into?

Proper monitoring from multiple locations, which is how it should be done for maximum effectiveness, is a bit more difficult than you’d expect, though.

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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [2017年十二月6日 22:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-monitoring-service-software/75544/3 "2017-12-06T22:10:02Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Yes these Pingdom type services are surprisingly and shockingly expensive for what they do.

That’s how it seems to me.

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Proper monitoring from multiple locations, which is how it should be done for maximum effectiveness, is a bit more difficult than you’d expect, though.

I expect that it is pretty difficult. Perhaps we shouldn’t be shocked. 🙂

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Perhaps that’s a new business you could get into?

I was hoping to keep my horse hitched to this wagon, thanks.