urlwatch Alternatives

urlwatch is described as 'Is intended to help you watch changes in webpages and get notified (via e-mail, in your terminal or through various third party services) of any changes. The change notification will include the URL that has changed and a unified diff of what has changed' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to urlwatch for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Android, SaaS and Mac apps. The best urlwatch alternative is Huginn, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like urlwatch are changedetection.io, Distill Web Monitor, WebSite-Watcher and HARPA AI.

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  1. Huginn icon
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    Huginn is a system for building agents that perform automated tasks for you online. They can read the web, watch for events, and take actions on your behalf. Huginn's Agents create and consume events, propagating them along a directed graph.

    76 Huginn alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Slack
     
    • Huginn is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to urlwatch.

    • Huginn is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to urlwatch.

    • Huginn is Free and Open Sourceurlwatch is also Free and Open Source
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    changedetection.io - The best and simplest self-hosted free open source website change detection monitoring and notification service. An alternative to Visualping, Watchtower etc. Designed for simplicity - the main goal is to simply monitor which websites had a text change for...

    29 changedetection.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
    • Cloudron
     
    • changedetection.io is the most popular Windows alternative to urlwatch.

    • changedetection.io is Freemium and Open Sourceurlwatch is Free and Open Source
    • changedetection.io is Privacy focusedurlwatch is not according to our users
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    Distill is a web monitoring tool. It can monitor RSS feeds, a webpage or a part of webpage. Alerts in the form of pop-up, audio or emails can be received.

    52 Distill Web Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
    • Distill Web Monitor is the most popular Web-based, Android & Mac alternative to urlwatch.

    • Distill Web Monitor is Freemium and Proprietaryurlwatch is Free and Open Source
  4. WebSite-Watcher icon
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    WebSite-Watcher detects website updates and highlights all changes in the text. WebSite-Watcher monitors web pages, password protected pages, discussion forums and much more.

    91 WebSite-Watcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • WebSite-Watcher is the most popular commercial alternative to urlwatch.

    • WebSite-Watcher is Paid and Proprietaryurlwatch is Free and Open Source
  5. HARPA AI icon
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    Automate monitoring product prices, in-stock, competitors, SERP. Extract data and leads to spreadsheets. Turn websites into APIs.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
     
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    Automated website change detection and monitoring. Perch Intel tracks public websites and summarizes detected changes for you, so you don't have to keep checking manually.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Perch Intel is the most popular SaaS alternative to urlwatch.

    • Perch Intel is Paid and Proprietaryurlwatch is Free and Open Source
    • Perch Intel is Lightweighturlwatch is not according to our users
  7. Scrapx icon
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    This service tracks the websites you select on a daily basis and notifies you of any changes, whether it's a new headline or a new product that's been released. Or, use a queryselector to track specific numbers on any page anywhere in the web.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
     
  8. Visualping icon
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    Visualping is the easiest to use website change monitoring, website change detector and website change alert software of the web. Contrary to other website change monitoring software like ChangeDetector, Versionista, Page Monitor, it tracks and detect visual webpage changes and...

    66 Visualping alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
    • Visualping is the most popular iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to urlwatch.

    • Visualping is Freemium and Proprietaryurlwatch is Free and Open Source
  9. Wachete icon
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    Track web page changes and get notified. Free Sign-up. Have all data in one place

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  10. Web Alert icon
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    Web Alert enables you to monitor any website for changes (even when a login, a form post or password prompt is necessary to access the site). You can get notified when a price changes, a new article is published, you receive exam results or an answer in a forum, a registration...

    46 Web Alert alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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    Create automatic monitors for detecting and scanning changes on web pages, evaluate content based on conditions you define and trigger actions such as notifications, sounds, emails etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Vivaldi Browser
    • Google Chrome
    • Waterfox
    • Brave
    • Firefox
     
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