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Free API Monitoring ??PricePulse Tracks Any Price, Anytime

Tired of checking competitor prices manually? Too broke for expensive scraping tools? Meet PricePulse ??a dead-simple price monitoring API that works out of the box.


What Is PricePulse?

PricePulse is a REST API that monitors any public-facing price or numeric value you care about. You define a target (product page, commodity, crypto pair, whatever), and PricePulse polls it on a schedule, stores the history, and surfaces changes through a clean dashboard and webhook alerts.

No browser to maintain. No proxies to configure. No ML training. Just results.


Why I Built It

I got tired of:

  • Writing scrapers that break after every site redesign
  • Paying $200+/month for enterprise monitoring tools when all I needed was a price
  • Missing price drops on things I wanted to buy

So I built the thing I wished existed. It's been running in production since early 2026.


Features That Actually Matter

?? Smart Monitoring

  • 100 free requests/day ??enough for a side project or personal use
  • Desktop notifications via browser push
  • Configurable polling intervals
  • Automatic retries with exponential backoff

?? Clean Dashboard

  • Visual price history charts (time-series)
  • Price change alerts at a glance
  • Filter, sort, search your monitored items
  • Works on mobile too

?? Real-Time Alerts

  • Webhook notifications when prices cross your thresholds
  • Customizable alert conditions (above, below, percentage change)
  • Low latency ??alerts fire within seconds of detection

?? Pricing That Makes Sense

Plan Price Daily Requests Best For
Free $0 100 Personal projects, trying it out
Starter $10/mo 10,000 Freelancers, small shops
Pro $50/mo 100,000 Agencies, production apps

No hidden fees. No long-term contracts. Cancel anytime.


Quick Start

Ping a price:

curl -X POST https://pricepulseapi.site/api/monitor \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://example.com/product", "selector": ".price", "threshold": 29.99}'
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That's it. The API returns a monitor ID, starts polling immediately, and fires a webhook when your threshold is hit.


Who Is This For?

  • E-commerce sellers tracking competitor pricing
  • Deal hunters wanting instant price-drop alerts
  • Developers who need pricing data for their apps
  • Freelancers building price-aware solutions for clients
  • Anyone who wants to stop manually refreshing a browser tab

Try It Right Now

https://pricepulseapi.site

No credit card required. Free tier ships with 100 daily requests. If it doesn't work for you, you've lost nothing but a few minutes.

If it does work ??well, you just saved yourself a lot of pointless browser refreshing.


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