Browser-based monitoring

Screenshot of a browser monitor dashboard

Uses an actual browser to access your page. Instant insight into how your page is loading.

Screenshot of a browser monitor dashboard
  • Visual breakdown of the loading process.
  • Waterfall report detailing all loaded resources.
  • Timing details for each step of a request (establishing connection, waiting for data, etc).
  • Captures and reports Core Web Vitals (SEO-affecting metrics).
  • Multiple geographical locations available as the origin of the tests.
  • Historical view of the data, which allows inspection of prior tests.
  • 5 minutes minimum interval between runs.

Because it loads the page using an actual browser, with javascript and everything else enabled, it can provide essential timing information that define the user experience. More precisely, it tracks the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) timing, which is a SEO-affecting metric and is considered to represent the time when the main content of the page has finished loading; Total Blocking Time (TBT), which provides an indication on how responsive a page feels; and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS), which measures how much a page's layout is shifting while it's loading. More on Core Web Vitals.

On top of this, the Browser monitor is able to alert you when external components (like carts, payment processing scripts, fonts, etc), fail to load.

Performed tests

  • Error-free loading of the main page and all of its resources.
  • Inherent SSL validity check.
  • SSL expiry with configurable warning interval.
  • Total load time check with configurable threshold.
  • onLoad time check with configurable threshold.
  • DOM ready time check with configurable threshold.
  • TTFB check with configurable threshold.
  • Largest Contentful Paint check with configurable threshold.
  • Cumulative Layout Shift check with configurable threshold.

Use cases

  • Full webpage monitoring.
  • Web Vitals monitoring.
  • Load-time monitoring.
  • Uptime monitoring.
  • SSL monitoring.

Full webpage monitoring

By monitoring every aspect of your webpage's loading process, you can identify specific bottlenecks and optimize page speed with precision, ultimately enhancing the user experience.

This comprehensive monitoring solution can be combined with our HTTP Monitor to provide a cost-effective and efficient way to cover entire applications. By targeting high-priority pages with Browser monitors and less critical pages with HTTP monitors, you can ensure thorough coverage without overwhelming your server.

Web Vitals monitoring

As part of its normal operation, our browser monitor tracks key performance metrics that directly impact the user experience. Some of these metrics are SEO-affecting, and by monitoring them you can ensure your website is optimized for search engines, and you can avoid potential penalties, improving your online visibility and search engine rankings.

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