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Review my startup: http://nimbu.net/ - smart website monitoring

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Re: Review my startup: http://nimbu.net/ - smart website monitoring

#11

Post by moomerman »

elbac wrote: post #10

why is this better then http://pingdom.com ?

This is a competitive product I guess. I have used pingdom for years and most of the development of this product has been to satisfy me as a developer and what I want out of a monitoring product. I always found the interface of pingdom to be cluttered and clunky and the information I really wanted was always lots of clicks away. I admit though that the good things about pingdom I have tried to incorporate into this product.

The unique aspect of this product is the individual analysis of data and suggestions/alerts before your site goes down. It will warn you if things suddenly change on your site, something that I don't think any other sites do.

Re: Review my startup: http://nimbu.net/ - smart website monitoring

#12

Post by dazzawazza »

"Use of Customer’s Name and Company Name

Nimbu reserves the right to use your name and/or company name as a reference for marketing or promotional purposes on the Nimbu.com website and other communication with existing or potential Nimbu customers. To decline Nimbu this right you need to email help@nimbu.net stating that you do not wish to be used as a reference."

This is completely unreasonable. You want me to email you to decline the right! You should have to _ask_ ME for the right!

Re: Review my startup: http://nimbu.net/ - smart website monitoring

#13

Post by moomerman »

dazzawazza wrote: post #12

"Use of Customer’s Name and Company Name Nimbu reserves the right to use your name and/or company name as a reference for marketing or promotional purposes on the Nimbu.com website and other communication with existing or potential Nimbu customers. To decline Nimbu this right you need to email help@nimbu.net stating that you do not wish to be used as a reference." This is completely unreasonable. You want me to email…

You're absolutely correct. I 'borrowed' the t&c's from somewhere else and I would never enforce this. In fact the testimonials I have on the homepage I have written to the individuals in question to ask for their permission. Am removing!

Re: Review my startup: http://nimbu.net/ - smart website monitoring

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Post by marcamillion »

It seems to me that the only thing you monitor is the domain name, like pingdom. If this is the case, maybe you should make it clearer.

If not, you should make that clearer too. When I think of site monitor, what I want is to be able to monitor my hdd, cpu usage, ram spikes, main domains, etc. E.g. similar to serverdensity.com's offering.

Add some more info about exactly what you offer, and the cost. I know it says free on the sign-up page, but you should make it clear on the main page that this is a beta period.

Good job on actually launching though. Many people don't even make it that far!

Re: Review my startup: http://nimbu.net/ - smart website monitoring

#16

Post by moomerman »

bbuffone wrote: post #14

Something simple - Add margin to the left side. It is very hard to read with the text up against the edge of the browser. It would be good to understand the location of the server(s) doing the monitoring.

Thanks, will do. The servers are currently in Florida, California and London. I will be adding more soon hopefully. I will create a Help/Info section detailing where the servers are and more details about how often they poll/what their user agent is etc.. You can see all the servers on a map in the website detail page if you have a website setup.

Re: Review my startup: http://nimbu.net/ - smart website monitoring

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Post by moomerman »

marcamillion wrote: post #15

It seems to me that the only thing you monitor is the domain name, like pingdom. If this is the case, maybe you should make it clearer. If not, you should make that clearer too. When I think of site monitor, what I want is to be able to monitor my hdd, cpu usage, ram spikes, main domains, etc. E.g. similar to serverdensity.com's offering. Add some more info about exactly what you offer, and the cost. I know it says f…

Cool - I will make it clearer. I actually have the server-side monitoring in development, but I'm trying to focus on this one product for now.

Re: Review my startup: http://nimbu.net/ - smart website monitoring

#18

Post by ooorrr »

catone wrote: post #8
odvious wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having a features page which explains that in a little more detail might be beneficial. Same with have a feature 'grid' that compares your service to others. I have signed up and am testing it out, so far it looks very easy to use. I do like the visualization with Google Maps to get various response times. Very impressive.

I would second this. Some of the features look really intriguing -- like the uptime graphs and the global visualization -- but I want more info -- like how often my site is pinged and from how many different locations.

+1 - I'm always looking for a better simple solution for multiple domains, but I won't sign up until I know what I'm getting.
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