Docs/Introduction

Getting Started

Set up SignalDocks in under 5 minutes and start monitoring your first endpoint.

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Quick setup

Follow these four steps to go from zero to monitoring:

  1. Create an account at signaldocks.com and confirm your email.
  2. Add a monitor — click New Monitor, enter the URL you want to watch, and pick a check interval.
  3. Configure alerts — go to Dashboard → Alerts and add an email, Slack, or Telegram channel.
  4. That's it. SignalDocks starts checking your endpoint immediately.

Tip: You get an email alert channel created automatically when you sign up — no extra setup needed to receive your first alert.

Plans

Plan Monitors Check interval Alert channels Status pages Price
Free 3 5 min 1 1 $0
Starter 10 1 min 3 3 $9/mo
Pro 30 1 min 10 10 $19/mo
Enterprise 100 1 min 20 Unlimited $39/mo

Enterprise users can add Monitor Packs — each pack adds 100 monitors for $39/mo (up to 300 monitors total).

Upgrade anytime from Dashboard → Billing.

What happens when a monitor goes down

  1. SignalDocks detects 2 consecutive failures.
  2. An incident is automatically created.
  3. Your alert channels are notified immediately.
  4. Once the endpoint recovers, a recovery alert is sent and the incident is closed.

Key concepts

Monitor — a recurring check against a URL, port, or heartbeat endpoint.

Incident — automatically opened after 2 consecutive failures, closed on recovery.

Alert channel — where notifications are sent: email, Slack, Telegram, or webhook.

Status page — a public page showing the health of your services to your users.