Guides
Short, practical guides for the jobs our tools do: watching a website, telling customers about an outage, collecting answers, sending reports and keeping stock.
- Status Pages
How to make a status page for your product
Set up a public status page with components, incidents, maintenance and email subscribers, and let it update itself from your uptime monitors.
5 min read - Uptime Monitor
How to monitor an API endpoint and get its response time
Check an API with the right method, headers and expected status, see timings and SSL expiry, and keep 30 days of uptime and response-time history.
5 min read - Uptime Monitor
Is my website down? How to check and find out why
Check whether your site is really down, read the status code, see where the time goes and set up a monitor so you hear about it before your customers do.
4 min read - Status Pages
Statuspage alternative: what to look for in a status page tool
Looking for a Statuspage alternative? Compare pricing model, automatic updates, subscribers, custom domains and history before you choose.
5 min read - Forms
Typeform alternative: a form builder without response caps
Looking for a Typeform alternative? See what to compare: response limits, logic, quizzes, file uploads, webhooks, spam protection and your own domain.
5 min read - Auto Reports
How to turn a CSV or Google Sheet into a PDF report by email
Turn a CSV, JSON or Google Sheets link into a report with charts and a PDF, and send it daily, weekly or monthly to your team with alerts.
5 min read - Key Value Api
A free key value API: store JSON and counters with a fetch call
Create a key value API in one click, store flags, counters, text or JSON, and read it from a website or script with a plain fetch. No backend needed.
5 min read - Inventory
Inventory management for a small shop, step by step
Set up stock tracking with products, variants, SKUs and barcodes, scan with a phone, give your team the right access and show products on your site.
6 min read