Ask HN: What are the best tools to detect website changes?

I would like to get notified when certain websites change.

I used visualping so far, but many websites have way too many moving elements. Comparing screenshots to detect changes caused too many false alerts. What other tools I should try?

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gregsadetsky 3y ago ↗

I use ChangeTower in addition to Visualping.

iamandras 3y ago ↗

Interesting. ChangeTower seems more powerful. Thanks for the suggestion.

hmahncke 3y ago ↗

trackly.io

iamandras 3y ago ↗

Thanks. I'll check it out.

sergesalager 3y ago ↗

Have you tried Visualping's action tools? There is one called "blocker" that prevents dynamic elements from loading. You can use this to prevent false alerts coming from them.

Here is a nice YouTube tutorial: https://youtu.be/cQEMypuoX0E

Also check the resource center for more details: https://help.visualping.io/en/articles/5948932-how-do-i-use-....

Hope this helps!