Monitors
Monitors
How monitors work in Cheetah Ping and what you can track.
A monitor is the core unit of Cheetah Ping. Each monitor watches a single URL for changes and alerts you when something different is detected.
How it works
- You provide a URL and choose what to watch
- Cheetah Ping fetches the page on your chosen schedule
- Each fetch is compared against the previous snapshot
- If a change is detected, you get an alert with a visual diff
Monitor settings
Each monitor has these configurable properties:
- Label: a descriptive name (auto-suggested by AI, or set manually)
- URL: the webpage to monitor
- Watch mode: what to look for (see Watch Modes)
- Check frequency: how often to check (see Frequency)
- Notifications: where to send alerts (email, Slack, Discord)
AI-powered setup
When you paste a URL, Cheetah Ping's AI analyzes the page and suggests the optimal configuration: a label, watch mode, CSS selector (if applicable), and check frequency. You can accept the suggestion or customize it before saving.
Pausing and resuming
You can pause a monitor at any time without deleting it. Paused monitors stop checking and stop consuming your plan's monitor quota. Resume at any time to pick up where you left off.