DNSMonit vs TLDTrack

DNSMonit is a web and API service for monitoring DNS records, email-security settings, and domain expiration. It watches A, AAAA, MX, NS, TXT, CNAME, SOA, and CAA records, then alerts when values change. Alerts can arrive by email, Slack, Discord, or webhook and include the previous and current values. Free domains are checked hourly; paid plans are checked every 15 minutes. DNSMonit analyzes SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configuration and policy settings, and monitors WHOIS data for warnings 30, 14, 7, and 1 day before expiration. Two-factor authentication is included on every plan. Free costs nothing for up to three domains. Pro costs $9 a month for up to 25 domains. Agency costs $49 a month for up to 150 domains and includes a 14-day trial without a card. MSP costs $149 a month for up to 750 domains, with API access and priority support.

TLDTrack gives agencies and web teams a dashboard for website uptime, SSL, DNS, content and brand changes, security, and email health. It checks sites every five minutes and increases checks to every minute during the first hour of an outage. Content monitoring can flag missing keywords or broken links; visual checks can detect pixel-level or price changes. Scheduled AI search visibility checks look for mentions or links from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, with alerts when a phrase drops out. Security scans cover ports, TLS, Nuclei vulnerability templates, WordPress checks and OWASP ZAP; full scans add subdomain discovery and active web app scanning. Email checks cover SPF, DKIM, DMARC and MX records and provide a score out of 100. iOS and Android apps provide alerts and monitoring triage, while the Chrome extension offers page notes and visual monitors. A free plan includes one website and four extra monitors; paid plans are billed monthly, with annual billing not yet available. The maker lists a seven-day trial.