Notifications

Configure how and when PageDrifter notifies you about changes.

Notification Types

PageDrifter supports multiple notification methods to keep you informed about changes:

Email Notifications

Receive instant email alerts when changes are detected. Emails include a summary of what changed and a link to view the full diff.

Daily Digest

Instead of instant notifications, receive a daily summary email with all changes detected in the past 24 hours. Perfect for reducing notification fatigue.

Webhooks

Pro+

Send change data to your own applications or integrate with tools like Slack, Discord, or Zapier.

Learn about webhooks

Email Settings

Configure your email notification preferences from Settings → Notifications.

Available Options

Change detected alerts

Receive an email when any monitored page changes

No-change alerts

Get notified when a page hasn't changed for a specified period

Error alerts

Receive notifications when a check fails (page down, timeout, etc.)

Usage alerts

Get notified when you reach 80% of your monthly check limit

Daily Digest

The daily digest is a summary email sent once per day containing all changes detected across your monitors.

Enabling Daily Digest

  1. Go to Settings → Notifications
  2. Enable "Daily Digest"
  3. Choose your preferred delivery time
  4. Individual change alerts will be suppressed

Per-Monitor Notifications

You can override global notification settings for individual monitors:

Disable notifications

Turn off all notifications for a specific monitor while keeping it active. Useful for monitors you want to check manually.

Custom email recipients

Send notifications for a specific monitor to additional email addresses (available on Starter+ plans).

Webhook only

Configure a monitor to send changes only to a webhook, bypassing email notifications.

Managing Email Preferences

You can manage your email preferences in two ways:

From Your Account

Log in and go to Settings → Notifications to configure all email preferences.

Unsubscribe Links

Every email includes an unsubscribe link. Click it to access a preference page where you can adjust your notification settings without logging in.

What's in a Notification

Each change notification email includes:

  • Monitor name and URL
  • Timestamp of when the change was detected
  • Change percentage (how much of the content changed)
  • Summary of additions and deletions
  • Link to view the full diff in your dashboard
  • Link to view the current page

Troubleshooting

Not receiving emails?

  • Check your spam/junk folder
  • Add noreply@pagedrifter.com to your contacts
  • Verify your notification settings are enabled
  • Check that the monitor is active

Too many notifications?

  • Enable daily digest mode
  • Increase the change threshold on your monitors
  • Use CSS selectors to focus on specific content
  • Reduce check frequency for less critical monitors