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Add each client site as a project
Uptime and website health checks start every 5 minutes by default on each one.
NorthDuty vs Shopwarden
Shopwarden is commonly evaluated by WooCommerce store owners and agencies for store-focused uptime, browser checks, and plugin health monitoring. If you are looking for an alternative, the usual questions are pricing shape (per store vs one plan for the roster), scope (WooCommerce-only vs any client site), and depth (what happens beyond uptime and a checkout browser check).
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NorthDuty vs Shopwarden
Compare WooCommerce-specific store monitoring with roster-wide website and journey monitoring.
| Criteria | NorthDuty | Shopwarden |
|---|---|---|
| Core focus | Journeys, uptime, page health, visual changes, and status pages for any website | WooCommerce store monitoring: uptime, browser checks, and plugin health |
| Pricing shape | Per plan, not per site — $79 Pro covers 20 journeys across 10 sites | Per store — free tier per site, Pro at $29 per site per month |
| Ten client sites | $79/month on Pro | $290/month on Pro at the reviewed per-site price |
| Site coverage | WooCommerce, WordPress, Shopify, custom, headless — anything with a URL | WooCommerce stores specifically |
| Journey depth | Multi-step checkout, signup, login, and form journeys in a real browser, AI-suggested or plain text, up to every 5 minutes | Real-browser checks simulating critical flows such as checkout; free tier covers hourly homepage checks |
| Plugin health | Catches the effect of a bad update — broken journeys, layout changes, JavaScript errors — on any stack | Tracks installed WooCommerce/WordPress plugins for outdated versions and known vulnerabilities |
| Beyond the store | Visual change detection, API monitors, public status pages, incident management, scheduled client reports | Focused on store health; status pages and visual diffing are not presented as core features on the reviewed site |
Where per-store, WooCommerce-only monitoring leaves gaps
A WooCommerce-specific monitor has real advantages for a single store: it understands the platform, watches plugin versions and vulnerabilities, and its free tier is an easy start.
The friction appears at agency scale. On the reviewed pricing page, Shopwarden's Pro plan is $29 per site per month — ten client stores is $290/month, and the free tier's browser check covers the homepage hourly rather than the full checkout continuously. And because it is WooCommerce-specific, the Shopify build, the custom storefront, and the plain WordPress brochure sites in the same client roster need a second tool.
Why roster-wide journey monitoring matters for agencies
The failure that costs an agency a retainer is rarely the server going down — it is the client discovering their own broken checkout. Catching that means running the actual purchase flow, on every client site, all day.
NorthDuty plans are sized for a roster, not a store: the $79 Pro plan runs 20 journeys every 5 minutes across 10 sites, and every project includes uptime and website health checks, SSL and DNS monitoring, screenshot-based visual change detection to catch what a plugin update did to the layout, a public status page, and client-ready scheduled reports.
How NorthDuty covers a client roster
One workspace for every client site — WooCommerce and everything else.
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Enable the suggested journeys
Checkout, login, and contact-form journeys are proposed automatically; enable the ones that match how each client makes money.
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Confirm visual baselines
Screenshot diffs catch what a plugin or theme update did to the layout — before the client does.
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Share proof
Public status pages and scheduled reports give clients evidence the retainer is working.
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Review the product pages and supporting content that explain the monitoring depth behind the comparison.
Feature
WooCommerce Monitoring
WooCommerce monitoring that runs your real checkout in a browser on a schedule: catch broken carts, failed payments steps, plugin-update fallout, and Store API errors before customers do.
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WordPress Monitoring
WordPress monitoring built for client rosters: uptime, real-browser journey checks, and visual diffs that catch what plugin and theme updates break — before the client notices.
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User Journey Monitoring
NorthDuty runs your checkout, signup, login, and form flows in a real browser on a schedule and reports the exact step that failed — with a screenshot. AI-suggested, no scripts.
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How to Monitor Checkout Flow in Ecommerce
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Pricing
NorthDuty plans are sized by how many checkout, signup, and login journeys you monitor: Free (1 daily journey), $29 Starter, $79 Pro, $199 Business, $499 Enterprise. 7-day full trial, no card.
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Answers to common buying questions for teams comparing monitoring options.
What is a good Shopwarden alternative for agencies?
NorthDuty fits agencies monitoring many client sites: plans cover a roster (10 sites on the $79 Pro plan) instead of charging per store, journeys run up to every 5 minutes, and non-WooCommerce client sites are covered by the same tool.
When is Shopwarden the better fit?
For a single WooCommerce store that wants platform-aware extras — plugin version and vulnerability tracking, order statistics, a free per-site tier — Shopwarden's WooCommerce focus is a genuine strength.
Does NorthDuty monitor WooCommerce checkout?
Yes. NorthDuty runs the full cart, checkout, and confirmation flow in a real browser on a schedule, and tells you which step broke. It can also monitor the WooCommerce Store API endpoints your pages depend on.
Does NorthDuty track plugin vulnerabilities?
No — NorthDuty monitors from the outside, so it catches what a bad update does (a broken journey, a layout change, JavaScript errors) rather than scanning the plugin list itself. If plugin CVE tracking is a hard requirement, pair NorthDuty with a security-focused tool.
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