How Often Does ChangeTower Check a Website for Changes?

ChangeTower checks each monitored page on a schedule you choose, subject to the fastest interval allowed by your plan. Its pricing page lists daily checks on Free and Lite, hourly checks on Essential, every 20 minutes on Business, and custom scheduling on Enterprise. The Help Center lists interval choices from every 30 days to every 5 minutes, but not every plan can use every interval. ChangeTower pricing · ChangeTower interval help

ChangeTower check frequency by plan

Plan	Published frequency	Monitored pages listed on pricing page
Free	Daily	3
Lite	Daily	25
Essential	Hourly; custom schedules available	100
Business	Every 20 minutes; custom schedules listed	200
Enterprise	Custom schedule and custom limits	Custom

These are the frequency tiers shown on ChangeTower’s pricing page. The exact options available for an individual monitor depend on its plan and settings. Check the current pricing page before choosing a plan, since plan details can change.

What intervals can I choose?

ChangeTower’s Help Center lists 15 interval choices: every 30 days, 14 days, 7 days, 5 days, 2 days, daily, every 12 hours, 6 hours, 3 hours, 2 hours, 60 minutes, 30 minutes, 20 minutes, 10 minutes, and 5 minutes. The scheduling feature page says the plan determines the fastest interval, so treat this as the documented menu rather than a promise that all 15 choices are available on every plan. Help Center interval list · Scheduling feature details

Intervals and custom schedules work differently

An interval repeats at a fixed spacing, such as every 6 hours. A custom schedule runs on selected days and times, such as weekday mornings. Custom schedules are available from Essential upwards according to the pricing information. Their selected times use your workspace timezone. You can also start a check manually with Run Now. ChangeTower custom schedule help

How to choose a checking frequency

1. Set urgency per page. Frequency is configured per monitor, so a pricing page can be checked more often than a stable policy page.
2. Choose the shortest useful interval. For stock, prices, or bid deadlines, a shorter interval may help you notice changes sooner. Stable legal or disclosure pages may need less frequent checks.
3. Account for plan limits. Compare the shortest interval, custom scheduling, monitored-page allowance, and snapshot history when evaluating plans.
4. Adjust after observing the page. ChangeTower’s help guidance suggests starting with a middle interval if unsure, then tuning it based on how often the page changes.

These cadence suggestions reflect ChangeTower’s own guidance; they are not independent performance measurements. A shorter interval can help reduce the time until a change is detected, but it cannot guarantee that every change will be observed between checks.

What happens when you change the schedule?

A frequency change takes effect from the next check. Increasing check frequency does not itself create more alerts: alerts depend on detected changes or the criteria you configured. If a page changes several times between checks, the comparison is against the prior snapshot, so intermediate edits may be grouped into the result rather than appearing as separate events. ChangeTower frequency and alert behavior

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ChangeTower is for recurring change monitoring. If you need a clean screenshot on demand for a report, visual review, or an automation, ScreenshotNeo is a separate website screenshot API and MCP server. It does not replace a recurring monitor. One GET request returns a PNG, JPEG, WebP, or PDF. See the ScreenshotNeo API documentation.

curl -G "https://api.screenshotneo.com/v1/shot" -d access_key=YOUR_API_KEY --data-urlencode url=https://changetower.com/pricing/ -o shot.webp

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.screenshotneo.com/v1/shot",
    params={"access_key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "url": "https://changetower.com/pricing/"},
    timeout=90,
)
r.raise_for_status()
open("shot.webp", "wb").write(r.content)

const q = new URLSearchParams({
  access_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  url: 'https://changetower.com/pricing/'
});
const res = await fetch(`https://api.screenshotneo.com/v1/shot?${q}`);
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Screenshot request failed: ${res.status}`);
await Bun.write('shot.webp', res);

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Troubleshooting frequency and schedule questions

Issue	Likely cause	What to check
You cannot select a 5- or 20-minute interval	Your plan may not permit that as its fastest interval.	Compare your plan with the current pricing tier and the documented interval menu.
A custom time runs at an unexpected hour	Custom schedule times follow the workspace timezone.	Confirm the workspace timezone and selected days and times.
A schedule change has not appeared to run yet	Frequency changes take effect from the next check.	Review the next scheduled check; use Run Now if you need a manual check.
You received one alert after several edits	Several changes may have occurred between snapshots and be grouped in the comparison.	Shorten the interval if you need changes noticed sooner, subject to plan limits.
You expected an alert just because checks are more frequent	Frequency controls checks; alerts depend on detected changes or matching criteria.	Review the monitor’s alert conditions and confirm the page changed in a way they match.

Performance, reliability, and cost considerations

More frequent checks can reduce the wait until the next scheduled observation, but they do not guarantee immediate detection. The documented schedule is a checking cadence, not a promise that a page will be checked at an exact second or that every brief intermediate state will be captured. For critical pages, consider whether you need a recurring monitor, a manual check, or an on-demand screenshot for a specific review.

Choose a plan based on both cadence and scope: monitored-page limits and snapshot history also differ by plan. The sources here do not provide enough information to calculate a universal per-check price or quantify monitoring load, so compare the current plan details for your own number of pages and retention needs.

Frequently asked questions

Can I make every page use a different frequency?

Frequency is a per-monitor setting, allowing different pages to use different cadences within the limits of your plan.

Does ChangeTower offer a five-minute schedule?

Five minutes appears in the documented interval menu, but the plan determines the fastest option you can use.

Can I run a check immediately?

Yes. ChangeTower documents a Run Now option for manually starting a check.

Does a more frequent schedule guarantee a separate alert for every edit?

No. Alerts depend on changes or configured criteria, and multiple edits between snapshots may be grouped relative to the previous snapshot.