Shared agentsLogs
All indexed, no sampling.
- Observability & Monitoring
//Synthetic Monitoring
Catch failures beforecustomers do.
API and browser checks, global or private, unified with the rest of your observability.
Proactive
Know first, not last
Scheduled checks on APIs, certificates, and user journeys surface breakage before real traffic hits it.
Playwright
Monitoring as code
Browser checks run real Playwright scripts. No recorder, no proprietary DSL.
Unified
No new silo
Check results land in a native stream, so your SQL, dashboards, and alerts work on day one.
//Overview
What is synthetic monitoring?
Synthetic monitoring runs scripted checks against your APIs, websites and user journeys on a schedule from chosen locations, so failures and slowdowns are found before customers report them.
DataObserve Sense runs HTTP, TCP, SSH and TLS certificate checks and full Playwright browser journeys from multiple regions or a private network agent, each in an isolated microVM, with results beside the rest of your observability data.
//Know about outages first
Protocol checks, browser checks, global coverage
API and endpoint monitoring
HTTP, TCP, and SSH on any schedule, asserting on status, timing, and body.
TLS certificate monitoring
A calm alert weeks before a certificate expires.
Full user journeys
Log in, add to cart, check out. Failed runs capture screenshots and traces.
Alerting you already own
Thresholds, anomaly and gap detection, to Slack, PagerDuty, Teams, email, and webhooks.
Multi-region execution
See what a customer in Frankfurt sees.
Private network agent
Internal APIs and staging covered by a lightweight self-hosted agent.
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//FAQs
Synthetic Monitoring: questions teams ask
Which checks are supported?
HTTP/HTTPS, TCP, SSH, TLS certificate expiry, and full browser checks with @playwright/test.
How quickly can I start?
Create an HTTP check or a Playwright script, pick regions and a schedule, and results arrive within a minute.
Are checks isolated?
Yes. Each check runs in its own isolated microVM.
What is the difference between synthetic monitoring and RUM?
Synthetic monitoring tests your service with scripted checks, even when no one is using it. Real user monitoring measures what real visitors experience. Most teams use both.
Can I monitor internal services?
Yes. A private network agent runs checks inside your network against services that aren't public.
What is monitoring as code?
Checks are written as code, such as Playwright scripts, so they can be reviewed, versioned and deployed like any other code.
