If you are looking for web monitoring tool for your company,
this comparative review will help you make your choice. It shows pros and cons of two well-known monitoring tools: HTTPCS Monitoring and Monitis.
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The HTTPCS solution delivers a high performance with a monitoring frequency every minutes (customizable)
Monitoring frequency: 60 seconds
Monitoring by HTTPCS performs its tests from 50 data centers in over 7 worldwide locations. The solution offers a complete and efficient monitoring of your website or web application.
Number of checkpoints: 40
The tests are performed from probes all around the world, and not only near the geographical localization of the company.
Worldwide testing
Monitoring warns its users at any time with a text, Email or by API integration.
SMS, email and phone alerts included in the plan
There is no restriction regarding the number of alerts sent by SMS, email or by API integration. Unlimited alerts are included in the plan
Limited number of alerts
Unlimited number of recipients. For the same price, your whole working team can be part of your website monitoring
Extra charge for each additional user
Monitoring alert limits can be set up in order to dissociate real performance loss from real functioning
Advanced settings available (limitations)
Thanks to our exclusive technology of "Virtual Browser", we offer you a very simple tool to record your scenarios without any technical skill being required. (no external program installation, no browser extension, no programming).
Programming of complex scenario steps
The fingerprint feature recognizes "proof", proving a website normal functioning. If there is no proof, the anomaly will immediatly be sent to our working teams
Fingerprint testing available
HTTPCS monitors all your web applications and web services
Web applications and web services management
You can check the respect of your service level agreement with your service provider by benefiting from an impartial and infallible third person's data
Service Level Agreement feature
HTTPCS offers a 0 false positive guarantee to its users, so it can send alerts about real and proven anomalies
False positive management
HTTPCS Monitoring perfectly checks your server availability
Perfect server management
HTTPCS Monitoring is part of the complete HTTPCS cybersecurity suite. The users can easily find the modules they subscribed to within a single console
No additional module related to cybersecurity
Thanks to its Machine Learning technology, the HTTPCS Monitoring robot learns from previous anomalies to anticipate them more efficiently in the future
No Machine Learning to foresee or improve the service
A 99.999% monitoring service continuity, which guarantees a false positive management
No service continuity guaranteed
Since the HTTPCS console is 100% SaaS, no installation is required. You just need to access a web interface by logging in with your login ID
SaaS interface with no installation
Unlimited number of users. The accounts can easily and quickly be set up with just a few clicks
Unlimited number of users
The reports can be exported at any time to create detailed statistics
Export feature available
Unlimited data storage
Unlimited data storage during the whole duration of the subscription
An API is made available, just so the users can incorporate the HTTPCS modules within their favorite applications
An API is made available to make the connection easier with the different tools
The HTTPCS interface is available in French and English
Interface in English, German, Portuguese and Spanish
The HTTPCS interface is easy to access, intuitive and ergonomic. No training is required to get familiar with the console
Online interface, easy to access and intuitive, no download required
The Monitoring by HTTPCS prices are fixed and include all the features without any additional cost
The price of the solution varies depending on the features chosen, the number of users and alerts set up
The Monitoring by HTTPCS montly prices are ranging between 17 € and 21 € if you choose a montly or annual plan
Customized prices, but higher than HTTPCS Monitoring
No installation fee required to benefit from the monitoring solution
No installation fee
HTTPCS provides a quality technical support in 7 languages, including French and English
Only available in English and German
Technical support can be reached over the phone during office hours and 24/7 by email
Available during office hours
Technical support can be reached over the phone, by email, SMS and online chat. A detailed FAQ is made available to answer your questions at any time
Email, helpline, chat and FAQ
European Cybersecurity leader, HTTPCS is a French company, also available in the United States. HTTPCS protects your data in accordance with the GDPR
Worldwide offices, the head quarters are located in Florida. The privacy policy is GDPR-compliant
Features
Monitoring tools have common features named « core functions ». The most frequent ones found on the market today include:
Monitis runs all of its tests across 40 different checkpoints and offers an unlimited number of supported users.
To check the availability of a website and its integrity, both monitoring tools rely on "proof by sentence". The monitoring system then asks the webmaster to integrate a sentence in the interface that will shows website’s normal operation.
Just like HTTPCS, Monitis handles web applications monitoring as well as servers, with an every minutes (customizable) check frequency.
HTTPCS, thanks to its exclusive “Virtual Browser” technology, provides a very simple tool to record monitoring scenarios (transaction monitoring tool) with no technical skill required. The scenarios are automatically replayed every 15 minutes by a real browser, and are manually re-playable at any time.
Therefore, HTTPCS has a real technological advantage over Monitis that also provides a monitoring scenario feature but which requires a tedious and difficult programming of each step.
Monitoring by HTTPCS has a high performance with 50 checkpoints around the world. Users are unlimited and the test frequency is performed every minutes (customizable), just like the best monitoring tools on the market. In order to realize exports and comparisons, HTTPCS monitoring system stores the data for the entire duration of the subscription.
Monitoring by HTTPCS and Monitis systems are able to prevent occurrence of false positives. This is a false alarm that could lead to waste of time for the expert teams.
Features
Features
Alerts
The scope of a monitoring tool begins with the detection and identification of security anomalies or incidents that disrupt the server or application's correct operation.
Notifying users is the next step of the process. An alert management system is important because it shows the reliability of the monitoring tool by informing teams of an irregularity at the right time.
Monitis offers several ways to notify users: text messages, phone, email, by API integration... However, texts and phone alerts are respectively charged 0,20 € and 0,40 € per unit.
Monitoring by HTTPCS alert system is also available by text, phone, email and also offers integration notifications via an API. Last but not least, the number of alerts and authorized recipients is unlimited for every contact channel.
Alerts
Alerts
Specificities
Specificities are the assets, features or differentiation points that makes a monitoring solution better than other brands.
Monitis has a unique pricing system that is entirely flexible. Although it is hard to get a handle on, the chosen plan can be adjusted to the company's needs. Monitis takes into account several aspects such as the company's sector or its life cycle to adjust its offer.
Monitoring by HTTPCS stands out on the monitoring tools market with its ground-breaking concept of Machine Learning. After each audit, the robot sets up a new strategy and reports new vulnerabilities. This anticipatory approach enables machines to be independent and constantly evolving.
The HTTPCS Monitoring tool is thus able to anticipate and neutralize security incidents even before the user is notified.
Specific aspects
Specific aspects
Support
Even though monitoring tool is built on an innovative intelligent analysis system, it is still crucial to provide an available and proactive customer service. Monitoring by HTTPCS is there to help its users solve any issue they may have. Assistance is available by e-mail and over the phone during office hours. An online chat and FAQ are dedicated to answer any question.
Because of its foreign nationality, Monitis support is only available in English and German.
Unlike Monitis, HTTPCS has the convenience to provide support in 7 languages in order to meet all requests.
Support
Support
Interface
Thanks to our exclusive technology of "Virtual Browser", we offer you a very simple tool to record your scenarios without any technical skill being required. (no external program installation, no browser extension, no programming).
You will be able to monitor the important steps of your users (login, form, shopping cart, sso, ...) by adding a text presence proof and be alerted in real time when one of them is inaccessible or unavailable.
The scenarios are replayed automatically every 15 minutes by a real browser, and can be replayed manually at any time.
Pages performance are recorded and viewable: network measurements (DNS, server connection, TLS ...), time and number of redirects, DOM interactivity time, full loading time of pages and their resources with response sizes and compression ratio.
Scenario monitoring (transaction monitoring tool) is an essential tool to guarantee the functioning of your sites (e-commerce sites, CMS, business web applications, SaaS applications) to your customers and users.
Monitor right away the availability of your website or web application in real time!
Pricing
Note: in order to provide a relevant benchmark, prices are based on common features of both monitoring tools.
Monthly subscription to Monitis monitoring is $ 24 / month (22 €), texts alerts excluded.
Monitoring by HTTPCS offers two monthly subscriptions:
Offer includes:
Pricing
Pricing
No study would be complete without a final benchmark of its functionalities! The features of each solution have been graded out of 5 with an overall maximum score of 25. Visualize at a glance the potential of HTTPCS and Monitis.
Features
Features
Alerts
Alerts
Specific aspects
Specific aspects
Support
Support
Pricing
Pricing
Overall comparative rating
This comparative study showed the strengths and weaknesses of two well-known monitoring tools on the market. The grade of Monitoring by HTTPCS is higher, with a 25/25-perfect score compared to 18/25 for its competitor. The relevance of the HTTPCS solution comes from its innovative Machine Learning system and quality of its customer service.
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