---
title: "Monitor a competitor's pricing page for changes"
slug: "competitor-pricing-page-monitor"
type: "apify-task-example"
url: "https://automationbyexperts.com/apify/examples/competitor-pricing-page-monitor"
actor: "Website Change Monitor - Page & Price Change Alerts"
actor_url: "https://automationbyexperts.com/apify/website-change-monitor"
apify_url: "https://apify.com/fayoussef/website-change-monitor/examples/competitor-pricing-page-monitor?fpr=youssef&fp_sid=abe_ex_competitor-pricing-page-monitor"
price: "$0.002"
price_unit: "per result"
---

# Monitor a competitor's pricing page for changes

Saves a baseline of the visible text on a pricing page, then on every run reports exactly what changed, with any change mentioning price, discount or plan flagged as major. Schedule it hourly or daily and add a Slack or Telegram webhook to hear about a price move the same day.

**Run it:** [Monitor a competitor's pricing page for changes on Apify](https://apify.com/fayoussef/website-change-monitor/examples/competitor-pricing-page-monitor?fpr=youssef&fp_sid=abe_ex_competitor-pricing-page-monitor)  
**Actor:** [Website Change Monitor - Page & Price Change Alerts](https://automationbyexperts.com/apify/website-change-monitor)  
**Pricing:** $0.002 per result

## The input this task runs with

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://github.com/pricing"
  ],
  "watchKeywords": [
    "price",
    "discount",
    "plan",
    "free"
  ],
  "monitorMode": "text",
  "monitorName": "pricing"
}
```

## What every run returns

- `Page URL`
- `Change detected (yes/no)`
- `Added-content diff`
- `Removed-content diff`
- `Severity score`
- `Matched keywords`
- `Checked timestamp`
- `Alert status`

## How to run it

1. Open the task on Apify. New accounts get $5 of free credit.
2. Check the pre-filled input above and change anything you need.
3. Click Run. Pagination, proxies and anti-bot handling are automatic.
4. Export CSV, JSON or Excel, or save it as your own task and schedule it.

## Other Website Change Monitor - Page & Price Change Alerts tasks

- [Get alerts when a terms of service page changes](https://automationbyexperts.com/apify/examples/terms-of-service-change-alerts): Watches legal and policy pages that change silently and returns a line by line diff instead of making you reread the whole page, ignoring the last updated timestamp so only real wording changes count. Legal and compliance teams schedule it weekly across every vendor they depend on.

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