Website Monitoring
Know the moment your site goes down, not when a customer tells you.
Website monitoring checks that your site or API is actually up and responding correctly, on a schedule you set. Kawze polls your URL from our monitoring infrastructure, checks the response against rules you define, and alerts your team the moment something fails - so downtime gets fixed in minutes, not discovered hours later.
How it works
- Add a URL and pick a check interval, from every 5 minutes down to every 10 seconds depending on your plan.
- Choose the HTTP method, headers, and body if you need to check an API endpoint rather than a page.
- Set the status codes and response rules that count as "up" - a 200, a redirect chain, or a custom range.
- Kawze checks the endpoint on schedule and logs response time, status code, and any failure reason.
- A run of consecutive failures triggers an alert by email or SMS, and a matching recovery alert when it clears.
Why it matters
- Catches outages, misconfigured deploys, and expired certificates before customers report them.
- Full incident timeline shows exactly when something went down and when it recovered.
- Works for plain pages, REST APIs, and authenticated endpoints - not just a basic ping.
- Uptime percentage reporting for status pages and SLA conversations.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as "down" for website monitoring?
You define it: an unexpected status code, a timeout, a connection failure, or a missing keyword in the response body. Kawze only alerts after a configurable number of consecutive failures, so a single blip does not trigger a false alarm.
How often can Kawze check my site?
Down to every 10 seconds on higher tiers, every 5 minutes on the Free tier. See the pricing page for interval limits by plan.
How many websites can I monitor on one account?
Monitor limits scale with plan, from 5 on the Free tier up to 300 on the High tier - all under a single account with unlimited team members, so you are not paying per seat to add teammates.
Does website monitoring work for APIs as well as web pages?
Yes. You can set any HTTP method, custom headers, and a request body, so the same monitor type covers a marketing page, a login form, or a JSON API endpoint.
This capability lives on Kawze's http monitor - see that page for the full feature list and pricing for that uptime monitor type.