Visual Sentinel vs ZoneWatcher
Visual Sentinel
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ZoneWatcher
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| Figure | Visual Sentinel | ZoneWatcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.50/mo | $1.17/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 15 | 6 |
| Spec score · DNS Monitoring Software | 8.5 (#7) | 7.3 (#33) |
| DNS monitoring | It keeps six-hour snapshots for selected A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT and NS records and shows observed changes. | ZoneWatcher continuously monitors DNS records and alerts on changes, typically checking each zone every five minutes. |
| Support | The company says human support replies typically within 24 hours by email. | ZoneWatcher provides support at [email protected], and the Control plan includes priority support. |
Plans
Visual Sentinel
- Solo$6 a month
- Solo$54 a year
- Starter$12 a month
- Starter$108 a year
- Business$39 a month
- Business$351 a year
- FreeFree
- Agency$149 a month
- Agency$1,341 a year
- FreeFree
ZoneWatcher
- Monitor$1.40 a month
- Protect$2.50 a month
- Control$4 a month
- Monitor$14 a year
- Protect$25 a year
- Control$40 a year
In their own words
Visual Sentinel
Visual Sentinel monitors websites and servers, including page changes that ordinary uptime checks may miss. Its monitoring covers uptime, screenshot-based visual comparison, SSL, DNS, performance, content, APIs, endpoints, and servers. For visual checks, it captures a page in a browser and compares the screenshot with a prior baseline. Users can exclude changing page elements with CSS selectors and set the amount of change needed to flag a capture. Failed uptime checks are repeated; a site is marked down only if it fails from all selected regions. Alerts can go to email, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, OpsGenie, webhooks, Prometheus, and browser push. The REST API manages monitors, incidents, status pages, maintenance windows, reports, and notification channels; API access is listed for Business and Agency. The Free plan costs nothing and includes three monitors, 10-minute checks, and one status page. Solo costs $6 a month. Visual Sentinel is built and operated by Acefina LLC and is intended for small teams, agencies, and site owners.
ZoneWatcher
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