Website Change Monitor
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Website Change Monitor
Monitor website pages for content changes by hashing page text and storing snapshots. Great for competitor pages, pricing pages, and landing pages.
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Monitor any website for content changes, price updates, new pages, and structural modifications. Get alerted when your competitors update their site.
๐ฏ Why This Matters
Your competitors are constantly updating their websites โ new pricing, new features, new content strategies. This Actor tracks those changes so you can react instantly.
Questions this answers:
- โ Did a competitor change their pricing page?
- โ When was the last update to a key page?
- โ What new pages did a competitor publish?
- โ Did a product page description change?
- โ How often does a site update its content?
โจ Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Content Fingerprinting | Creates a fingerprint of page content and detects changes on re-run |
| Multi-URL Monitoring | Track as many pages as you need in a single run |
| Smart Diff Detection | Detects meaningful content changes (not just dynamic elements) |
| Persistent Storage | Saves fingerprints in Apify Key-Value Store for historical comparison |
| Real-time Alerts | Webhook integration for instant notifications |
๐ Input
{"startUrls": [{ "url": "https://competitor.com/pricing" },{ "url": "https://competitor.com/features" }],"maxPagesPerCrawl": 10,"monitorMode": "detect_changes"}
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
startUrls | object[] | โ | โ | URLs to monitor ({url: "...", label: "..."}) |
maxPagesPerCrawl | int | โ | 10 | Max pages to check per run |
monitorMode | string | โ | detect_changes | detect_changes, full_crawl, or fingerprint_only |
๐ Output
{"url": "https://competitor.com/pricing","title": "Pricing โ Competitor Inc","fingerprint": "a1b2c3d4e5...","previousFingerprint": "f6g7h8i9j0...","changed": true,"changeType": "content_modified","detectedAt": "2026-07-07T10:00:00Z","httpStatus": 200}
๐ฐ Pricing Plan (Pay-Per-Event)
| Event | Price | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Per page check | $0.001 | Monitor a single page for changes |
| Batch crawl (10 pages) | $0.008 | Full site scan for new/updated pages |
| Weekly monitoring schedule | $0.005/run | Recurring competitive monitoring |
๐ Use Cases
- Competitive Intelligence: Track competitor pricing, feature pages, and content strategy
- SEO Monitoring: Detect when important backlink pages change
- Compliance: Monitor regulatory and legal pages for updates
- Content Theft: Check if your content is being copied on other sites
๐ Integrations
- API: Trigger via Apify API, n8n, Make, Zapier
- Webhooks: Get Slack/Email alerts on detected changes
- Scheduling: Set up daily/weekly monitoring via Apify Schedules
Know when your competitors blink.