If you don’t know you have a problem, how in the world are you supposed to fix it? Knowing if there’s a problem is the first step in making sure your visitors have an optimal experience on your site. The last thing you want to do is wait around until one of your visitors notices a problem and notifies you before fixing it.
Monitor Scout is a web-based site monitor that lets you know when your website has a problem, day or night. You’ll know about issues before your visitors, and before they cause real problems.
Regardless of the kind of site you run, uptime is critical. If a visitor comes to your site to make a purchase, find information, or contact you, and they find your site is broken, there’s a good chance they’ll take their business elsewhere. That’s the last thing you want.
Monitor Scout is currently in beta, which means for now it’s free! Their expert monitoring includes more than 50 different checks, server health monitoring, email and SMS notifications (including 5 free SMSs), 1 minute check intervals, and technical support.
Getting started with Monitor Scout takes only minutes, and you don’t need to install any software. You’ll get simple uptime monitoring, plus internal server monitoring with threshold notifications for CPU, RAM, HDD, NIC, and processes. Your site is monitored from over 15 locations worldwide, with support for a vast number of applications and protocols.
You’ll get a ton of reporting and analysis tools with Monitor Scout, too, including:
- Uptime graphs
- Latency graphs for all monitors and locations
- Usage and performance graphs for CPU, memory, network interfaces, processes, and hard disks.
Alerts give you detailed information about downtime, location, monitor, device, and more, that you can then use to help diagnose problems and prevent future downtime.
Crucial business applications are also monitored with Monitor Scout, including email, CMS, MySQL, PostreSQL, and more. There’s even a repository where you can download scripts and functions that will help you enhance your monitoring experience.
You need a monitoring service to stay on top of potential issues and site downtime. Monitor Scout is a great choice, especially since it’s currently free!
