How Do You Monitor Your Websites

Discussion
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I have a bunch of websites. What’s the best way to monitor them? What are the key things I need to focus on?

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Are you asking about monetization or monitoring? Those are two different topics.

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Jordan said:
Are you asking about monetization or monitoring? Those are two different topics.

I mean monitoring, like how UptimeRobot does it.

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Kelley said:

Jordan said:
Are you asking about monetization or monitoring? Those are two different topics.

I mean monitoring, like how UptimeRobot does it.

You mentioned monetization in your description, by the way.

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Kelley said:

Jordan said:
Are you asking about monetization or monitoring? Those are two different topics.

I mean monitoring, like how UptimeRobot does it.

“Monetize” means making money, while “monitor” means keeping track.

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Kelley said:

Jordan said:
Are you asking about monetization or monitoring? Those are two different topics.

I mean monitoring, like how UptimeRobot does it.

I recommend UptimeRobot and Sentry.

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Kelley said:

Jordan said:
Are you asking about monetization or monitoring? Those are two different topics.

I mean monitoring, like how UptimeRobot does it.

I use UptimeRobot and HetrixTools.

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Kelley said:

Jordan said:
Are you asking about monetization or monitoring? Those are two different topics.

I mean monitoring, like how UptimeRobot does it.

I really like the UptimeRobot mobile app for iPhone.

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I use BetterStack for uptime monitoring and Sentry/DataDog for the rest.

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Kris said:
I monitor my own websites since nobody else visits them.

You should still use UptimeRobot.

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I just wait for client emails to let me know if there’s a problem. :wink:

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I use Pulsetic. It’s great for uptime monitoring and lets you track status with badges and pages. It also allows for maintenance windows. For bug tracking, I use Sentry.

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Kingsley said:
I use Pulsetic. It’s great for uptime monitoring and lets you track status with badges and pages. It also allows for maintenance windows. For bug tracking, I use Sentry.

I stopped using Sentry due to high costs and hidden fees.

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In your title, you said ‘monitor,’ but in your post, you mentioned ‘monetize,’ which is confusing. If you want to monitor web traffic, I recommend Umami. I compared Google Analytics 4, Umami, and Plausible after trying them for over 30 days.

Umami and Plausible can both be self-hosted easily (which I did for my comparison).

Check out my post here: https://tsykin.com/blog/google-analytics-vs-umami-vs-plausible

Or watch my YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xBC_Vp2e7c

In short, Umami comes out on top for price, data quality, data access, ease of use, and unique features.

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@Noor
That’s helpful! I’m currently using Plausible, but their custom event reporting isn’t great. I hadn’t heard of Umami, but I’m interested in trying it. Is it as privacy-focused as Plausible?

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Dane said:
@Noor
That’s helpful! I’m currently using Plausible, but their custom event reporting isn’t great. I hadn’t heard of Umami, but I’m interested in trying it. Is it as privacy-focused as Plausible?

Yes, Umami is also privacy-focused, possibly even more than Plausible.

I might need to update my comparison to include that.

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Wilkie said:
I use UptimeKuma.

Same here. I have UptimeKuma running in a container on my Proxmox server.

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Wilkie said:
I use UptimeKuma.

I use UptimeKuma along with Sentry.

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Wilkie said:
I use UptimeKuma.

I host UptimeKuma on my own server. It’s not the best setup, but the price is unbeatable!

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Wilkie said:
I use UptimeKuma.

+1, I use it with ntfy.sh for iPhone notifications.