Add & configure a monitor

What it does

Each website you monitor is a "site" (or monitor). Most sites need nothing more than a URL, but a handful of optional settings let you tune exactly what counts as healthy and how sensitive the alerts are.

How to add a site

1. Click "Add site" and enter the URL. Add a label and client name if it helps you organise.
2. Adjust the optional settings below if the defaults don't fit (most sites are fine with the defaults).
3. Save. The first check runs immediately; after that it follows your plan's interval.

Settings explained

Setting	What it means
Check interval	How often uptime checks run. Set by your plan — shown for reference, not editable per site.
Timeout	How long to wait for a response before treating the check as failed (default 10s, 1–30s).
Expected status	The HTTP code that counts as healthy (default 200). Change it if your site legitimately returns something else.
Follow redirects	Whether to follow redirects to the final page before judging the result.
Verify SSL	Whether to fail the check on an invalid HTTPS certificate.
SSL check + threshold	Enable certificate monitoring and choose how many days before expiry to warn you (default 30).
Homepage audit	Enable the daily homepage health check (blank page, backend error, noindex, SEO basics).
Alert sensitivity	Strict / Standard / Quiet — Quiet doubles the cooldown between repeat alerts so you hear less.
Alert email	Send this site's alerts to a specific address instead of your account default (handy per-client).
Webhook URL	POST alert events to your own endpoint (Slack, automation, etc.) in addition to email.

Good to know

• You can add sites up to your plan's limit; the "Add site" form tells you when you've reached it.
• URLs must be public — private/local addresses (localhost, 192.168.x.x) are rejected.
• Archive a site to pause monitoring without deleting its history.

Related guides

• Uptime monitoring & site status
• SSL & homepage monitoring
• Alerts, quiet hours & preferences