changedetection.io review
Hands-on test in progress
An open source change detection project you can host yourself, with a paid hosted version run by the project's official provider.
Hands-on test in progress. We are paying for one month of changedetection.io and testing it on our standard set of pages. This page has no score, pros, cons or verdict yet. Those will be added with real screenshots when the test is done. Until then, everything below comes from changedetection.io's official site.
Key facts
- Lowest paid price
- $8.99/mo (hosted)
- Free plan
- Self-hosted open source version is free (Apache 2.0)
- Fastest check listed
- From about 5 minutes per browser runner (hosted)
- AI filtering
- Yes, with your own AI key: AI summaries and AI rules for notifications
- Bot detection handling
- Real Chrome browser for JavaScript sites; European, USA and Tor proxies (hosted)
- Integrations
- Email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Office 365, +more (85+ formats)
- Platforms
- Hosted web app, or self-hosted open source (source on GitHub).
- Website
- https://changedetection.io/
AI filtering, bot detection and integrations checked on Nov 3, 2026. Sources: https://changedetection.io/
Pricing
- Hosted subscription: $8.99/mo, up to 5,000 URLs, one Chrome browser included, more browsers can be added.
- Self-hosted: the open source project is free to run on your own server under the Apache 2.0 license (per the project's GitHub repository).
Free plan or trial
No free hosted plan is listed. The open source version is free to self-host.
Key features
- Target specific page elements with CSS or XPath rules, trigger text and ignore text filters.
- Browser Steps to search, log in, add to cart and interact with fields before a check.
- Restock alerts and price tracking.
- More than 85 notification formats, including Slack, Discord, Telegram, email, Matrix and NTFY.
- Bring your own AI key (Anthropic, Gemini, OpenAI, Ollama, OpenRouter) for AI summaries.
- European, USA and Tor proxy locations on the hosted plan.
Hands-on results
Coming after the test month. We will report alert speed, accuracy and noise, how changes are shown (visual or text), and value for money, with screenshots. See how we test.
Facts checked on Nov 3, 2026. Source: https://changedetection.io/. Vendors change prices often, so check their site before you buy.