
Distill Web Monitor
8.0#2 in website monitoring softwareFrom $15 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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| Fact | Distill Web Monitor | OnWebChange |
|---|---|---|
| Content selection | Users can visually select all or part of a webpage and refine selections with XPath, CSS, regular expressions, and JavaScript. | It can monitor specific page elements, including prices, headlines and listings. |
| Filtering | Conditions can filter alerts using individual or combined rules such as text matches, numeric ranges, or regular expressions. | Rules can restrict alerts to specified conditions, keywords, numeric values or number conversions. |
| Integrations | Slack, Discord, and Microsoft Teams actions use incoming webhooks and are available to paid customers. | TechRadar found no third-party integrations, while native alerts use email, Pushover and callbacks. |
| Intended users | The maker describes Free as suited to testing and non-essential use, Starter for individuals, Professional for advanced individual use, and Flexi for scale and fast updates. | The terms say the service is intended for all good people and law-abiding organizations. |
| Licence | The terms state that the platform, software, APIs, and related intellectual property are licensed rather than sold and remain owned by Neemb LLC. | The hosted product pages do not identify an open-source licence or self-hosting package. |
| Notifications | Alert channels include email, SMS, browser or phone push notifications, Discord, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and webhooks. | Alerts are available through email, Pushover mobile notifications and URL callbacks or webhooks. |
| Purpose | Distill monitors websites on a schedule, compares page content, and alerts users when it changes. | OnWebChange monitors webpages and sends notifications when it detects changes. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.6 out of 5 from 4 reviews | 0.0 out of 5 from 0 reviews |
Distill suits people who want scheduled change alerts for selected site content or other listed monitor types. The maker positions Free for testing and non-essential use, and paid tiers for individual use through larger-scale monitoring.
OnWebChange suits people who want to keep watch on specific page details, dynamic sites, or online documents and receive change alerts. Its free plan may fit light monitoring, while higher tracker limits are available on paid plans.