Comments on: AlertFox Launches Powerful Web Application Monitoring Tool (Freebies Here)

By: Oliver Gassner

Oliver Gassner — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:47:35 +0000

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Mathias Roth, iOpus.

“Chrome: why creating products for a new paltform can superharge thir service”
Alertfox: website monitoring startup
Monitoring in real browsers (ie and firefox): AlterFox
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By: Paulo Pires

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:04:41 +0000

Just signed out.

By: DMacks

DMacks — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:33:32 +0000

We use AlertFox, and it’s a good concept. The transaction monitoring works great and the support is responsive.

By: Mathias

Mathias — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:25:58 +0000

Its already August, but here is some basic information for the benefit of other TC readers and potential AlertFox users who might have the same question:

We started with 0 users on April 24, 2009 and have reached a nice 4-digit user number meanwhile. We are privately held and profitable. If you need more details about our company, please email me at mr{AT}alertfox.com so can give you the most up-to-date information.

Mathias – http://www.link.../in/mathiasroth

By: Mathias

Mathias — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:24:07 +0000

Sorry to hear that you had problems with AlertFox. But I searched all our support emails and we never received any support request from you? And – of course – we do not send junk email. In fact, we do not send out any mass emails at all, not even a newsletter.

I did not see your post earlier as we do not monitor this blog post. If you still read my response, please email us to discuss.

By: Link Back to AlertFox « Wirepaper

Link Back to AlertFox « Wirepaper — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:15:18 +0000

[...] I heard about them in a techcrunch article. [...]

By: Nicola

Nicola — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:02:44 +0000

Does anyone know how big this company is – employees or customers, etc? really like the product, trying prepare a diligence sheet for a client and need something on the company.. . thanks in advance.

By: Ujjwal Gupta

Ujjwal Gupta — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:08:18 +0000

They are SPAMMERS and their system doesn’t work. I have tried to delete my account/remove alerts/email their support but no response. I still receive junk email from their website which annoys the shit out of me. Beware of buying anything from them.

By: DevelopMeant

DevelopMeant — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:01:38 +0000

Looks pretty cool. These services are only too necessary today. I have tried a few different services, but one website monitoring company that I have found success with is http://www.Techout.com. Their service is robust and I use them with a lot of my eCommerce clients. Will checkout AlertFox.

By: Blake

Blake — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:10:07 +0000

First look – a nice product for a SMALL site or application (especially for the $$).

Anything bigger (or with larger 24 hour support needs) should probably look elsewhere. 3 monitoring nodes isn’t enough for a high volume application. (And – Yes, I have seen issues where a user in Germany couldn’t access the site – but a New York user could! we use a minimum of 6 node presently)

As far as I can tell, the alerting doesn’t have SMS or Jabber options (a deal killer for me)

I like the concept of the AJAX and Flash support and will continue to test the service and report back…

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:44:16 +0000

Just signed up and got upgraded…very nice feature set, and I appreciate the global testing. Gives me a better idea of response times for international customers and viewers. Have yet to really dig into the macros features, but I’ve been looking for something like this for a while! The daily/weekly reports are nice too.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:48:53 +0000

Tested it for one day so far: You receive an alert email immediately when a sensor detects a problem, and another notification when the site is up again. So it seems to work well.

By: AlertFox – The Best Website Monitoring Service for Web 2.0 Sites | Open-Tube

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:28:37 +0000

[...] TechCrunch has arranged for the company to give away 100 free Pro2 accounts that is valid for two years. All you need to do is quickly sign up for a free account at alertfox.com and send an e-mail to techcrunch-at-alertfox-dot-com. The first 100 readers to do that will be upgraded without charge, and are expected to come back and share their experiences in the comments. [...]

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:34:16 +0000

i had applied for the alertfox membership for the 100 free pro2 offer but i didn’t get the offer can u rply???

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AlertFox、強力なウェブアプリケーションモニタツールを発表（無料アカウントあり） — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:29:30 +0000

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By: Andras

Andras — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:56:46 +0000

Interesting method. While they are going a completely different direction than what we are doing (end user setup and management vs. technician setup and management among other things), I think that it looks like it will be a good service.

One concern that jumps to mind are the issues that will come with versioning of different apps like Silverlight and Flash.

I wish them the best of luck.

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:01:37 +0000

Arcane; Thoughtworks created Selenium (they make other cool stuff too)

We use Selenium for testing — but we use subscription services for monitoring our 75+ web servers and load balanced web apps.

Yes, there are subscription services that just do “ping” monitors but a few of them (alertra.com and websitepulse.com) do a very nice job of custom scripts, advanced HTTP monitoring (including checksums and content, breakdowns in timing from dns queries, first byte, last byte, etc.)

But they aren’t cheap

AlertFox looks like a nice alternative – with the support for AJAX being especially important.

I’ll be trying it (even if I don’t get a free Pro2) and posting back.

By: Arcane Nerd

Arcane Nerd — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:16:51 +0000

Hmm, very interesting. However, I’m fairly happy with Selenium for web testing. If you guys haven’t heard about it, look it up in the firefox extensions. Also, I believe the guys who created selenium are also providing a similar service to alertfox in their own startup called SauceLabs. Check them, saucelabs.com

By: technotopia

technotopia — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:09:04 +0000

alertfox.com may be worth $1 billion dollars…look at all the growth and eyeballs…Market keeps surging http://iamned.com/blog/ no recession.

By: sumit gupta

sumit gupta — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:41:35 +0000

just signed up

By: Wirepaper » Link Back to AlertFox

Wirepaper » Link Back to AlertFox — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:29:49 +0000

[...] I heard about them in a techcrunch article. [...]

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:58:51 +0000

Gr8 been looking for a new tool to do some deeper monitoring. Look forward to testing it out. Free upgrade to pro would be nice if any left.

Thx.

By: Wojtek

Wojtek — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:41:26 +0000

Just signed up.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:20:56 +0000

Just signed-up too.

By: Yan Charbonneau

Yan Charbonneau — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:03:22 +0000

I just signup!