Do I need a card to start?+
No. The Free plan gives you 25 HTTP monitors, five-minute checks, one status page and email alerts with no card required. Paid plans open with a 14-day trial, which needs no card either.
What can PulseStack monitor?+
Nine monitor types: HTTP(S), Keyword, TCP Ping, Port, API, Heartbeat, SSL certificate, DNS record and domain expiry. The Free plan covers HTTP(S), Starter and up unlock every type plus SSL, DNS and domain insight modules, and Team and up add server diagnostics.
How does SEO monitoring work?+
PulseStack runs eight crawl checks that look at how search engines see your site, including robots.txt, sitemaps, canonical tags, redirect chains and how a bot renders a page compared with a browser.
What is the Security Shield?+
It runs ten light-touch security tests against a site and rolls them into a single A to F grade, re-checked on every cycle so you can track the trend. It is a separate subscription, with a free tier that audits security headers for one site.
How will I be alerted?+
Through any of eight native channels: Email, SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, PagerDuty, Telegram and Webhooks. Alerts fire on failure and on recovery, and a monitor is only marked down when at least two of the three check locations fail, to cut noise. SMS alerts are included on Team and Enterprise.
How often are checks run?+
The Free plan checks every five minutes. Starter checks every 60 seconds, and Pro, Team and Enterprise check as fast as every 30 seconds.
Can I share status publicly?+
Yes. Every plan can publish a public status page, and you can schedule maintenance windows and review 30 days of check history.
What does annual billing save?+
Paying annually saves 20 percent against the monthly price on any paid plan.