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Sematext Synthetics

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What it does
Sematext Synthetics actively monitors APIs, web URLs, websites, and user journeys from locations around the globe.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
Support
The product page says support is available through email, live chat, and phone calls.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York, USARead 28 Sep 2026 · sematext.com
Founded
2010Read 28 Sep 2026 · sematext.com
Alerts and integrations
The product page lists Slack, OpsGenie, Zapier, and VictorOps as alert integration examples.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
API checks
HTTP monitors can validate response codes, headers, content, and timing conditions for monitored endpoints.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
Browser monitoring
Browser monitors use Playwright with a headless Google Chrome browser in an isolated Node.js environment.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
Company history
Sematext's history page says the company launched as Sematext International in Spring 2010.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
Firewall limitation
Sematext says it does not provide a list of static IP addresses for firewall allowlisting.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
HTTP monitor limit
An HTTP monitor run has 128 MB of memory, and its response body is trimmed to 2 MB.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
Monitor types
HTTP monitors record response data and timings, while Browser monitors run scripts that simulate user actions on websites.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
Private locations
Private location agents run as Docker containers and can be deployed on machines where Docker runs, including Linux and Windows.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
Sensitive data
Browser monitor credentials can be stored in AWS Secrets Manager and substituted into scripts only during execution.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
SSL monitoring
Synthetics checks certificate validity and expiry, and HTTP monitors also detect certificate changes.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com
Vercel
The Vercel integration can create a Browser monitor for each selected Vercel project.Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com

Plans and prices

Pay-As-You-Go $2 a month per HTTP monitor; $7 per Browser monitor Minimum $5 per month · 30 days retention · monitor count and retention affect price Read 2 Oct 2026 · sematext.com

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