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David Adams
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5 Free Website Uptime Monitoring Tools in 2026 (Compared)

What monitoring tools are you using? Drop a comment — I'm always curious what's working for people.

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I created my own using Google Sheets, Google Apps scripts, and a time trigger. I gather HTTP response codes and total time from request to response. Data is then used to create graphs for max, min, and mean by hour and another for each request response time.

Emails can be sent for runtime fails, timeouts, or any time interval. And yes SMS via email to @

I should create a post to share my tools with the world. Seemed like yesterday when developers just shared their tools and help instead on trying to monetize it.