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How Often Should You Check Website Uptime?

Checking a website every 30 seconds sounds better than checking it every 5 minutes.

But the fastest interval is not always the right one.

A checkout endpoint, a SaaS application, a marketing website, an SSL certificate, and a domain registration all have different failure patterns and levels of impact.

The right monitoring frequency depends on:

  • How quickly the failure affects users
  • How much downtime the service can tolerate
  • How retries and verification work
  • How quickly the team can respond

We explored practical monitoring intervals for websites, APIs, checkout flows, SSL, DNS, and domains in our latest guide:

👉 Blog: https://webpixie.io/blog/post/uptime-monitoring-frequency

👉 Free Uptime & Downtime Calculator:https://webpixie.io/free-tools/uptime-calculator

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