Downdetector
7.2#15 in website monitoring softwareFrom $13.99 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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Visual Sentinel
8.0#4 in website monitoring softwareFrom $6 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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| Fact | Downdetector | Visual Sentinel |
|---|---|---|
| Intended users | Downdetector Explorer is aimed at NOC and customer care teams, with listed sectors including banking, gaming, communications, SaaS, streaming, cloud hosting, and travel. | The maker describes the product as serving small teams, agencies, and site owners. |
| Purpose | Downdetector collects and displays user reports about service issues so consumers can check service status and enterprises can see when customers report problems. | Visual Sentinel monitors websites and servers and detects visual page changes that ordinary uptime checks may miss. |
| Security | Ookla says it uses appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect personal information from unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, misuse, or unauthorized access. | The privacy policy states that data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.3 and sensitive integration credentials and API tokens are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM. |
Downdetector plans
- FreeFree
- Pro$13.99 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Visual Sentinel plans
- Solo$6 a month
- Starter$12 a month
- Business$39 a month
- FreeFree
- Agency$149 a month
- CustomPriced on request
Pick Downdetector if…
It suits consumers who want to follow service outages and enterprises that need visibility into customer-reported problems. Explorer is aimed at NOC and customer care teams, including those in banking, gaming, communications, SaaS, streaming, cloud hosting and travel.
Pick Visual Sentinel if…
Visual Sentinel suits site owners and small teams that need uptime checks alongside screenshot-based detection of page changes. Agencies may find its client reporting options useful, particularly the scheduled reports on Business and white-label reports on Agency.