Keyword — check page content

A keyword monitor fetches a URL and checks whether a specific word or phrase appears on the page. This is useful for catching "silent failures" — situations where your server returns a successful HTTP status code (200 OK) but the page content is wrong, such as an error message, a maintenance page, or stale data.

Example use cases

• Check that your homepage contains your company name — so you know if it is accidentally serving a blank or error page
• Verify that a health endpoint returns the word healthy or ok
• Detect if a maintenance mode message like "We'll be back soon" has appeared on your site
• Confirm that a product page still contains the product title after a deployment

How to configure it

1. Set the Monitor type to Keyword.
2. Enter the URL of the page to check.
3. Enter the Keyword — the exact word or phrase to search for.
4. Set the Condition:
   • Should exist — the monitor goes DOWN if the keyword is not found on the page
   • Should not exist — the monitor goes DOWN if the keyword is found on the page

Plan availability

Keyword monitoring is available on Starter, Pro, and Team plans. It is not available during the free trial.