# How Much Does Website Monitoring Cost? > Compare TLDTrack plans and work out your monitoring budget by checking website limits, credits, team access, reporting and optional extras. Website monitoring with TLDTrack starts at £0 per month for one website, with Starter priced at £9 per month for up to five websites. To work out your budget, start with the websites you need to cover, then check monitoring credits, the people who need access and the reports you want to send. For a UK agency or multi-site web team, use those requirements to choose a plan rather than judging by the monthly subscription alone. ## What do TLDTrack monitoring plans cost? - Free: £0 per month for one website plus four extra monitors, with uptime checks every five minutes, response time tracking, domain and SSL expiry alerts, and email alerts. - Starter: £9 per month for up to five websites and 250 monitoring credits per month. - Pro: £25 per month for up to 25 websites, 1,250 monitoring credits per month, up to five team members and a client report builder. - Agency: £75 per month for up to 100 websites, 5,000 monitoring credits per month, up to 20 team members, Agency CRM and white-label reports. TLDTrack lists these prices inclusive of VAT. Confirm the plan details before subscribing, particularly if you are budgeting for a growing portfolio. ## How many websites do you need to monitor? Make a list of the websites you want to monitor now and those you expect to add soon. Include client sites you maintain as well as your own business websites. Keep prospective work separate from confirmed additions so that your budget does not depend on an optimistic sales forecast. Compare that list with the website allowance, but do not treat unused capacity as a reason to buy a larger plan. Instead, ask whether you need the extra team access, reporting or credits. If your requirements sit close to a limit, check the next plan before committing. ## How should you budget for monitoring credits? Compare the website allowance and monthly credit allowance separately. Write down the checks you want to run, how often you want them and which sites need them. Ask for confirmation of the credit use for that particular setup rather than assuming every website will need the same allocation. - List your routine checks and proposed schedule for each group of websites. - Identify any additional tests you want to run after a redesign, migration or significant update. - During a trial, review your usage and ask whether it represents a normal month before choosing your budget. TLDTrack's Tech Advisor uses at least one monitoring credit per answer, with the amount depending on the work involved; failed answers are not billed. Actions require additional credits, with the cost displayed for approval beforehand. If you intend to use Tech Advisor, include that in your usage discussion. Read the [Tech Advisor details](https://www.tldtrack.com/features/tech-advisor) before building it into your workflow: access is in limited release and enabled account by account. ## Do you need team access and client reporting? Count the people who need to work in the account, not just the person buying the subscription. Include anyone expected to review alerts or prepare client reports. Compare that number with the team allowance before choosing a plan. For reporting, decide what you actually want to give clients. Do you need a report builder, or are white-label reports a requirement? Review a sample against your own checklist: the checks performed, findings that need attention and the information your client expects. Avoid paying for a reporting workflow you do not intend to use. ## Which extras should you include in the budget? TLDTrack's Agency CRM is included in Agency and costs an additional £10 per month on Starter or Pro. If you need the CRM, include that add-on when comparing the lower plans with Agency. SMS alerts are an optional extra on TLDTrack paid plans for UK mobile numbers, purchased through prepaid SMS credit packs. If SMS is part of your response process, budget for it separately rather than treating the subscription as your complete spend. ## How do you choose a sensible starting budget? Prepare a short requirements sheet with your website count, intended checks, team size, reporting needs and optional extras. Keep the software budget separate from the time you allocate to investigating alerts and fixing problems. For an agency comparing monitoring with client management, review the [Agency CRM page](https://www.tldtrack.com/agency-crm) next and use your requirements sheet to assess the fit. TLDTrack offers a seven-day platform trial, so set aside time to test your intended workflow before the trial ends. --- Published: 2026-10-23 Web version: https://www.tldtrack.com/blog/website-monitoring-cost