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Website Change Monitor

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.

๐ŸŽฏ 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:

  • โœ… Did a competitor change their pricing page?
  • โœ… When was the last update to a key page?
  • โœ… What new pages did a competitor publish?
  • โœ… Did a product page description change?
  • โœ… How often does a site update its content?

โœจ Features

FeatureDescription
Content FingerprintingCreates a fingerprint of page content and detects changes on re-run
Multi-URL MonitoringTrack as many pages as you need in a single run
Smart Diff DetectionDetects meaningful content changes (not just dynamic elements)
Persistent StorageSaves fingerprints in Apify Key-Value Store for historical comparison
Real-time AlertsWebhook integration for instant notifications

๐Ÿ“‹ Input

{
"startUrls": [
{ "url": "https://competitor.com/pricing" },
{ "url": "https://competitor.com/features" }
],
"maxPagesPerCrawl": 10,
"monitorMode": "detect_changes"
}
FieldTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
startUrlsobject[]โœ…โ€”URLs to monitor ({url: "...", label: "..."})
maxPagesPerCrawlintโŒ10Max pages to check per run
monitorModestringโŒdetect_changesdetect_changes, full_crawl, or fingerprint_only

๐Ÿ“Š 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
}

๐Ÿ’ฐ Pricing Plan (Pay-Per-Event)

EventPriceDescription
Per page check$0.001Monitor a single page for changes
Batch crawl (10 pages)$0.008Full site scan for new/updated pages
Weekly monitoring schedule$0.005/runRecurring competitive monitoring

๐Ÿš€ 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

๐Ÿ”— 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.