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
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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