Alertbase docs

Use Alertbase to monitor important web pages, understand what changed, and get alerts when a change needs your attention.

Create an account and open the monitor setup flow.
Add the URL for the page you want Alertbase to watch.
Choose the full page or the specific area that matters.
Describe the change you care about in plain language.
Pick the target workspace, choose a schedule, keep email enabled by default, select any configured chat channels, then save the monitor.
On mobile, the setup and edit flows let you review the workspace, adjust schedule and group settings, select available channels, choose proxy mode when enabled, and turn SEO tracking on or off before saving.

Best first monitor

Start with a page you already check by hand. If a change on that page would affect a decision, it is a strong candidate for monitoring.

Create a monitor

A monitor tells Alertbase which page to load, which part to evaluate, how often to check it, and where to send alerts.

Use a stable page URL that opens without manual navigation when possible.
Name monitors after the decision they support, not just the page source.
Use notes to capture why the monitor exists, especially for team accounts.
Keep the first version simple. You can tune target areas, wording, and schedule later.

Setup field	What to enter
URL	The public or accessible page Alertbase should check.
Target	The full page, a visible section, or a specific element.
Intent	A short sentence describing the meaningful change.
Workspace	The personal or team workspace where the monitor should be saved.
Schedule	How often the page should be checked.
Alerts	Email is enabled by default. Configured chat channels can be selected during setup. Active webhook subscriptions receive matching events automatically.

Reliable baselines

Setup may need attention until Alertbase can establish a reliable baseline. Retry setup after adjusting the page target or intent.

Choose what to watch

Targeting the right part of a page keeps alerts focused. Alertbase can watch an entire page, but selected areas usually produce clearer evidence and calmer notifications.

Full page

Use this when the page is short, stable, and almost every change matters.

Selected section

Use this for pricing tables, status blocks, product details, policy text, search results, or any repeated area on a larger page.

Specific element

Use this when one label, number, button, date, or paragraph is the signal you care about.

When pages are noisy

Avoid headers, footers, cookie banners, ads, and recommendation widgets unless those areas are the thing you intentionally want to monitor.

Mobile target picking

In the mobile app, tap the preview screenshot to choose an element, move between the tapped element and its parents, or clear the target to monitor the full page.

Write a good monitoring intent

The intent is the plain-language rule that separates meaningful changes from noise. Write it like a request to a careful teammate.

Better intent	Why it works
Tell me when this product becomes available.	Names the exact state that matters.
Alert me if the application deadline changes.	Focuses on one field instead of the whole page.
Only notify me when the policy text changes meaningfully.	Filters layout and wording noise.
Tell me when the canonical URL, title, or meta description changes.	Defines the SEO fields to compare.

Prefer one clear condition per monitor.
Name the thing, status, number, or phrase that matters.
Say when not to alert if small cosmetic edits are expected.
Setup suggestions appear as soon as Alertbase can read the page text. They are optional; you can write your own intent and continue once the page preview and required fields are ready.
Create separate monitors for separate decisions.

Understand change evidence

Alerts should explain what happened, not just that a page changed. Alertbase keeps clear evidence in alerts and compare links so you can decide what to do next.

Summary

A short explanation of the detected change and why it matched the monitor intent.

Before and after

Compare links can show Before and After screenshots side by side, plus highlighted page areas when available. SEO-only metadata changes show text details instead of page screenshots; when page content and SEO metadata change together, the evidence stays bundled in one alert with the available before-and-after view.

Change history

History shows notified changes for each monitor, with visual details when snapshots are available.

Accuracy first

If a page changes often but the meaning stays the same, tune the target or intent before increasing the check frequency.

Send alerts where work happens

Email is the fastest way to start. Connected chat channels and webhooks help teams send Alertbase notifications into shared workflows when they need more routing control.

Use email for personal alerts and low-volume team monitors.
Allow mobile push notifications in the Android app to receive alerts on signed-in devices.
Email alerts can include Before and After screenshots, with highlighted evidence when available. If images are blocked or evidence is partial, use the comparison link in the email as the reliable fallback.
Use connected Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, or Telegram channels when alerts belong in a shared team space.
Use webhooks or webhook subscriptions when another tool should receive change events automatically.
Plain-language monitors suppress unchanged consecutive matches, then alert again when matching content reappears or a new distinct match shows up.
Keep alert destinations current when teammates change roles.
Pause noisy monitors instead of ignoring them. Then tune the target or intent.

Example change webhook shape
event: change_detected or change.detected
timestamp: time the event was sent
job: id, url, nickname, and watch type
change: text changes, screenshot URL, and summary fields when available

Schedules and credits

Most monitor runs use credits, and some monitor types can use more than one credit per check. Choose a schedule that matches how quickly the page can affect your work.

Page type	Typical schedule
Status or availability page	More frequent checks when timing matters.
Policy, documentation, or legal page	Daily or weekly checks are often enough.
SEO metadata	Daily checks catch most unexpected edits without creating noise.
Pricing or product details	Match the schedule to how quickly your team can respond.

Mobile account settings

The mobile Account tab shows timezone, default viewport, proxy defaults when enabled, plan details, usage limits, and a button to manage billing in the web dashboard.

Trial accounts

New users can start with a 14-day free trial. Trial capacity and intervals are shown in the app before you save monitors, and no credit card is required.

Protect your account

Alertbase supports extra sign-in checks for accounts that want stronger protection.

Use Profile > Security to name and add an authenticator app for multi-factor authentication.
Use Profile > Security to add a passkey for passwordless sign-in.
Use Sign in with passkey on the login page when your account has a passkey.
After you add an authenticator app, future sign-ins ask for one extra step before the dashboard opens.
The mobile app completes sign-in in a hosted browser and returns through a short-lived one-time handoff code.
You can keep up to two authenticator apps on your account.
Password reset and email/password sign-in may ask for a browser verification check before the request is sent.

Keep a backup method

Keep an authenticator app available so you can still complete extra verification if one device is unavailable.

Sign in with your company identity provider

Premium teams can connect SAML single sign-on so members sign in with your company identity provider, like Okta, Microsoft Entra, or Google Workspace.

Open your team from Dashboard > Teams and find the Single Sign-On section, available to the team owner on the Premium plan.
Add the email domain your team signs in with, such as company.com. Public email domains are not eligible.
Copy the Entity ID and ACS URL we show you into your identity provider, and set the NameID format to email address.
Send us your provider metadata so we can finish turning the connection on. The status changes to Active once it is ready.
Members sign in by choosing Sign in with SSO on the login page and entering their work email.
When a member signs in for the first time, we match them to their existing account by verified email and add them to your team automatically.

Who can use it

SSO covers members whose email is on a connected domain. You can keep email, passkey, and social sign-in available for everyone else.

Monitor SEO-critical page changes

Alertbase can help teams notice search-sensitive edits that are easy to miss during site updates.

Watch title tags and meta descriptions for unexpected rewrites.
Track canonical URLs, robots directives, Open Graph, Twitter card metadata, structured data, link counts, images missing alt text, and other changed head metadata.
Monitor key landing-page copy after releases or campaigns.
Keep an eye on competitor or partner pages without making that the whole product story.

Good SEO alert

Alert me when the title, meta description, canonical URL, robots instructions, social metadata, structured data, link counts, or missing image alt text change on this page.

Teams, sharing, and API access

Use teams when multiple people need visibility into the same monitors. Use API keys for authenticated job, cron, and uptime automation. Use webhooks or webhook subscriptions for event delivery.

Share monitor context through names, notes, and consistent notification destinations.
Use the mobile workspace switcher to move between personal and team monitors while keeping groups and setup defaults scoped to that workspace.
In the mobile monitor list, collapse groups to scan faster, or use Edit mode to move monitors between groups.
In the mobile team view, manage members and invitations, adjust member roles and alert thresholds, and review shared team monitors by type.
Review active monitors before adding many new ones to avoid duplicate alerts.
Find API keys, webhooks, and integrations from Dashboard > Connect.
Dashboard users can send feedback from the avatar menu with Give feedback.
Use webhook payloads for downstream routing, ticket creation, or audit trails.
Keep secrets out of monitor names, notes, webhook URLs, and plain-language intents.

Affiliate program

Alertbase partners can share a personal referral link and earn commission when referred customers start a paid subscription.

Join from Profile > Affiliate, accept the current affiliate terms, and add payout details before sharing your link.
Your referral link uses your unique code, such as alertbase.ai?ref=CODE.
New customers who subscribe through a valid referral link get 30% off their first paid month.
Eligible referrals earn 20% of paid subscription invoice revenue for the first year.
Commission stays pending for 45 days before it can be included in a payout review.
The minimum payout threshold is $50 USD.
Refunded, disputed, unpaid, duplicate, self-referral, inactive-partner, and post-window invoices are not eligible for commission.

Tracking window

A valid referral code can be remembered for up to 60 days when someone signs up from your link. Existing valid attribution is not replaced during that window.

Payout status

Your affiliate dashboard shows referred customers with masked identity details, commission status, next payout timing, and totals. Payouts are reviewed and marked manually after payment.

Privacy and cookie choices

Alertbase keeps required cookies separate from optional product and marketing choices, so you can choose what works for you while we keep measurement privacy-conscious.

Category	What it does
Necessary	Keeps sign-in, security, saved settings, consent preferences, and core site features working.
Product	Helps us understand which Alertbase pages and product flows are useful, where setup gets tricky, and what to improve next.
Marketing	Helps measure campaign performance and keep ads relevant when you allow marketing measurement.

Privacy-safe first-party analytics

First-party analytics helps Alertbase measure page visits, signup and setup flow health, campaign attribution, and consent choices on Alertbase surfaces. It does not collect raw IP addresses, monitor input values, DOM snapshots, keystrokes, session replay, heatmaps, or email open pixels.

Browser privacy signals

If your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track, Alertbase keeps marketing measurement off even if you choose to allow all cookies.

You can choose necessary only, product only, or accept all optional categories from the cookie banner.
Consent choices are recorded with high-level context such as the policy version, choice source, and broad region so the setting can be honored and audited.
Older cookie choices continue to work and are updated to the current category format automatically.
If account sync is temporarily unavailable, your choice stays saved in this browser and can be retried later.

Troubleshooting

Most monitor issues come from an unstable page target, a vague intent, or a page that blocks automated checks.

Symptom	What to try
Too many alerts	Narrow the target area and make the intent more specific.
No alert for a real change	Confirm the changed text is inside the selected target and update the intent.
Checks fail	Open the page in a private browser window and confirm it loads without extra steps.
Evidence looks unrelated	Select a smaller area near the signal you care about.

FAQ

Short answers for common launch questions.

Can Alertbase monitor any website?

Alertbase is designed for broad website change detection. Some sites may block automated checks or require setup adjustments.

Do I need code?

No. Most monitors can be created with a URL, a selected target, and a plain-language intent.

Will every page edit trigger an alert?

Not if the monitor is tuned well. The goal is to alert on meaningful changes, not cosmetic page movement.

What should I monitor first?

Start with pages you already refresh manually: availability, deadlines, pricing, policies, SEO metadata, public notices, and status pages.

Can I change my plan from my profile?

Yes. Open Profile, then Subscription to choose a plan, upgrade with prorated billing, or schedule a downgrade for your next billing cycle while keeping your current benefits until then.