Ask HN: What are the best tools to detect website changes?

#1

Post by iamandras » Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 9:55 PM UTC

I would like to get notified when certain websites change.

I used visualping so far, but many websites have way too many moving elements. Comparing screenshots to detect changes caused too many false alerts. What other tools I should try?

Re: Ask HN: What are the best tools to detect website changes?

#2

Post by gregsadetsky » Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 10:00 PM UTC

I use ChangeTower in addition to Visualping.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best tools to detect website changes?

#3

Post by iamandras » Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 10:04 PM UTC

gregsadetsky wrote: post #2

I use ChangeTower in addition to Visualping.

Interesting. ChangeTower seems more powerful. Thanks for the suggestion.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best tools to detect website changes?

#4

Post by hmahncke » Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 10:17 PM UTC

trackly.io

Re: Ask HN: What are the best tools to detect website changes?

#5

Post by iamandras » Mon, Aug 29, 2022, 10:21 PM UTC

hmahncke wrote: post #4

trackly.io

Thanks. I'll check it out.

Re: Ask HN: What are the best tools to detect website changes?

#6

Post by sergesalager » Tue, Aug 30, 2022, 3:10 PM UTC

Have you tried Visualping's action tools? There is one called "blocker" that prevents dynamic elements from loading. You can use this to prevent false alerts coming from them.

Here is a nice YouTube tutorial: https://youtu.be/cQEMypuoX0E

Also check the resource center for more details: https://help.visualping.io/en/articles/5948932-how-do-i-use-....

Hope this helps!