ChangePing vs Visualping

Visualping is a hosted monitor that loads pages in a real browser and sends alerts with a highlighted screenshot, a text diff and an AI summary. Its plans are priced by checks per month. ChangePing is free for 5 pages checked hourly, with no monthly check limit, and shows changes as struck-out and highlighted words.

Facts about Visualping are from its own website, checked 5 November 2026. Prices are in US dollars.

Free plan: ChangePing5 pages, each checked every hour. No monthly check cap.; Visualping5 pages and 150 checks a month, checked at most hourly. 150 checks is about one check a day for 5 pages.
Cheapest paid plan: ChangePingNone yet. Everything here is on the free plan.; VisualpingPersonal 1K: $14 a month ($10 billed yearly) for 1,000 checks and 10 pages
Fastest checks: ChangePingEvery hour; VisualpingEvery 2 minutes, on Personal 10K ($70 a month) and Business plans
How pages are read: ChangePingA real browser (Chrome), so JavaScript pages work. Compares the words you can see.; VisualpingA real browser. AI, text and code change modes.
Screenshots: ChangePingA picture of the watched part, now and before its last change. Alerts are based on the words.; VisualpingAlerts include a screenshot with the changes highlighted
Watching part of a page: ChangePingClick the part on a picture of the page, or type a CSS selector; VisualpingDrag to select an area of the page
Cutting noise: ChangePingIgnore numbers, ignore lines with a phrase, and a warning with a fix for pages that change on most checks; VisualpingAI marks changes as important or not; keyword alerts
Where alerts go: ChangePingEmail, Slack, Discord and signed webhooks, all on the free plan; VisualpingEmail, webhooks and Telegram on all plans; SMS from Personal 5K; Slack and Microsoft Teams on Business
Pages behind a login: ChangePingNo; VisualpingLogin, click and type actions, listed on all plans
API: ChangePingNo REST API. Signed webhooks for every change, and an MCP server for AI assistants; VisualpingREST API and an MCP server, listed on all plans. API calls use the plan’s checks.
Extension and apps: ChangePingNo extension. Claude and ChatGPT can create and read monitors through the MCP server; VisualpingChrome extension
AI summaries: ChangePingA 2-3 line summary of every change, with the exact words a click away; VisualpingAI change summaries on all plans
Teams: ChangePingNo; VisualpingBusiness plans include 5 to 11 users
History kept: ChangePingThe last 200 checks and 10 page versions per monitor; Visualping90 days; one year on Business

ChangePing and Visualping, feature by feature
Feature	ChangePing	Visualping
Free plan	5 pages, each checked every hour. No monthly check cap.	5 pages and 150 checks a month, checked at most hourly. 150 checks is about one check a day for 5 pages.
Cheapest paid plan	None yet. Everything here is on the free plan.	Personal 1K: $14 a month ($10 billed yearly) for 1,000 checks and 10 pages
Fastest checks	Every hour	Every 2 minutes, on Personal 10K ($70 a month) and Business plans
How pages are read	A real browser (Chrome), so JavaScript pages work. Compares the words you can see.	A real browser. AI, text and code change modes.
Screenshots	A picture of the watched part, now and before its last change. Alerts are based on the words.	Alerts include a screenshot with the changes highlighted
Watching part of a page	Click the part on a picture of the page, or type a CSS selector	Drag to select an area of the page
Cutting noise	Ignore numbers, ignore lines with a phrase, and a warning with a fix for pages that change on most checks	AI marks changes as important or not; keyword alerts
Where alerts go	Email, Slack, Discord and signed webhooks, all on the free plan	Email, webhooks and Telegram on all plans; SMS from Personal 5K; Slack and Microsoft Teams on Business
Pages behind a login	No	Login, click and type actions, listed on all plans
API	No REST API. Signed webhooks for every change, and an MCP server for AI assistants	REST API and an MCP server, listed on all plans. API calls use the plan’s checks.
Extension and apps	No extension. Claude and ChatGPT can create and read monitors through the MCP server	Chrome extension
AI summaries	A 2-3 line summary of every change, with the exact words a click away	AI change summaries on all plans
Teams	No	Business plans include 5 to 11 users
History kept	The last 200 checks and 10 page versions per monitor	90 days; one year on Business

Visualping is the better fit if

You need checks every few minutes.
You want a screenshot of the change in every alert.
You watch pages behind a login, or need clicks before a check.
You need an API, or several people on one account.

ChangePing is the better fit if

You want 5 pages checked every hour for free, without a monthly check budget.
You want Slack or Discord alerts without a business plan.
You want a one-line brief of each change and the exact words that changed, struck out and highlighted.

Sources

Plans change. If something here is out of date, the source pages above are the place to check, and we update this page when we hear about it.

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