FAQ - VerifyBot

Your site can display a perfect homepage while your checkout is broken, your booking form no longer submits, or your cookie banner has vanished after an update. Nobody warns you — except your customers, when it's already too late.

VerifyBot is a premium monitoring service that simulates real user interactions on your website 24/7: clicking buttons, filling forms, navigating the checkout, verifying that every step actually works. The moment something breaks, you're alerted within seconds. Not days.

Every monitoring script is custom-built by a Playwright specialist, specifically for your site and your critical workflows. You don't write a single line of code.

An uptime monitor like UptimeRobot or Pingdom checks if your server responds (HTTP 200). That's useful, but it tells you absolutely nothing about what happens after the page loads.

Real example: UptimeRobot sees your hotel website is online. VerifyBot opens the booking page, selects a date, fills the form, and detects that the "Book Now" button hasn't worked since last Thursday's update. Your server is up. Your business isn't.

VerifyBot simulates a real visitor in a real browser. It clicks, fills, navigates, and verifies that every critical step works — not just that the server is on.

The failures nobody notices are the most expensive. Here's what VerifyBot catches daily:

Broken checkout — a WooCommerce or Shopify plugin update that breaks the payment flow
Silent booking form — the "Submit" button does nothing after a CSS change
Third-party widget outage — your booking system (Eventbrite, Calendly, Doctolib) goes down while your server is fine
Missing cookie banner — vanished after an update, putting you in GDPR violation
Mobile-only checkout break — a button overlaps another element, but only on mobile
Silent payment gateway — Stripe or PayPal no longer loads on the payment page
Third-party API error — your search engine, chat, or stock system returns a silent 500 error

Absolutely. Here are two real client cases:

Case 1 — Cultural platform: On a Friday evening, a theatre's Eventbrite integration stopped working. 200 people were trying to book a sold-out show. Without VerifyBot, the issue wouldn't have been discovered until Saturday morning. With VerifyBot, the alert was sent within 15 minutes.

Case 2 — E-commerce: After a WooCommerce update, the "Add to Cart" button stopped working on mobile only. The client lost 3 days of mobile sales before a buyer mentioned it in a review. With VerifyBot, the failure would have been caught within an hour.

Yes. During the free 30-minute discovery call, we give you a live demo of the Cockpit: dashboard, test history, step-by-step results, screenshots, alert settings. You see exactly what you'll get.

You can also request temporary demo access to explore on your own. Book your call to discuss.

VerifyBot is designed for sites where a silent failure costs money or trust. Our typical clients:

E-commerce (WooCommerce, Shopify, PrestaShop) — checkout, cart, product pages, payment
Booking sites (hotels, restaurants, events, medical offices) — booking engines, calendars, forms
SaaS and platforms — login, signup, critical user journeys
Business websites — contact forms, downloads, third-party integrations
Web agencies — multi-client monitoring, peace of mind for your deliverables

Every script is 100% custom-built. If a human can do it in a browser, VerifyBot can test it.

After your order, you receive an email with your login credentials for your private Cockpit at cockpit.verifybot.app. The Cockpit displays all your monitoring tasks, the full execution history, step-by-step detailed results, and screenshots.

As soon as a test fails, you receive an alert email with the precise details of which step failed. You can choose between two modes:

Alert until resolved: you receive a single alert per incident. As long as the issue persists, no spam. As soon as the test passes again, you get a "resolved" notification. Perfect for avoiding email overload.

Alert on every error: an email on each failed execution, for cases when you want real-time tracking.

Business and Custom plans also support Slack and Webhook alerts.

Yes. Scripts capture screenshots at each critical step. They're stored on secure servers in Germany and accessible directly from the Cockpit via clickable links in the test results. You see exactly what the browser saw at the time of the test.

Yes. On the 1st of each month, you receive a comprehensive email report with the overall success rate, per-task details, last 30 days history, and a summary of alerts sent and resolved.

Yes. From the Cockpit, you can pause and resume each task individually — for example during a planned maintenance window on your site.

Retention is configurable: 30 days, 1 year, or forever. Storage is unlimited and included in all plans.

Absolutely. All VerifyBot infrastructure is hosted exclusively in Germany (Frankfurt region). No data ever leaves European territory. A Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is included on all plans, because your clients may require it and we believe it should be standard.

Yes, and it's one of VerifyBot's key strengths. Your site probably depends on dozens of external services: booking system (Eventbrite, Doctolib, Calendly), payment widget (Stripe, PayPal, Mollie), live chat, search engine, video player, etc.

VerifyBot tests these integrations exactly as a visitor would: it opens your page, waits for the widget to load, interacts with it, and verifies that it responds correctly. If your third-party provider goes down, you know before your customers do.

This is precisely the scenario that classic uptime monitors miss. Your server is online, but the Eventbrite widget, the Stripe form, or the Zendesk chat no longer loads.

VerifyBot detects this because it interacts with the page like a real user. If the "Pay" button no longer responds because Stripe is down, VerifyBot sees it and alerts you immediately. You can then display an unavailability message or redirect to another channel.

Yes. Our Playwright scripts can log into your site with test credentials, navigate the member area, verify protected pages, and test complete post-authentication workflows. Ideal for SaaS, intranets, or e-commerce client portals.

That's the whole point of VerifyBot. Every script is built 100% custom for your site, by a Playwright specialist. During the discovery call, we map your critical workflows together: which pages, which buttons, which forms, which APIs. The final script can include 30+ individual test points, on desktop and mobile.

Playwright is an open-source testing framework developed by Microsoft. It automates a real browser (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit) to simulate human interactions: clicking, typing, navigating, waiting for elements, taking screenshots. It's the core technology behind VerifyBot — the same used by the world's largest tech companies to test their products.

When your site evolves (new design, changed buttons, new pages), we update your script to keep monitoring accurate.

Updates included per plan:

Essential: 1 update per month included
Business: 2 updates per month included
Custom: unlimited updates per agreed terms

Technical issues and bug fixes are not counted against these quotas — they're handled on an unlimited basis depending on our team's availability.

No. Tests run from our servers, like a normal visitor. They generate negligible traffic (a few visits per hour). No script is installed on your site.

Yes. Each execution shows a structured step-by-step log: test name, action performed, result, timestamp. On failure, the log shows precisely which step failed and why, with a screenshot of the browser state at that moment.

The system works with one account per client, each with its own Cockpit and scripts. As an agency, you can manage all your clients' accounts from a dedicated administrator access.

We also offer an agency and reseller program with a dedicated discount code and recurring commission on every subscription you refer. Contact us to discuss.

Yes. Users with a "client" role only see their dashboard, test history, results and alerts. They have no access to technical configuration, script management, or admin settings. You keep full control.

Good question. Our infrastructure is monitored by an independent external healthcheck system that alerts us if the monitoring service stops responding. Additionally, the automatic monthly reports serve as a "heartbeat": if you stop receiving your report, something is wrong on our end and we're already on it.

ESSENTIAL — EUR 49/month
1 custom script (up to 30 test points), hourly checks, email alerts, Cockpit, archives, GDPR German hosting, 1 script update per month included.

BUSINESS — EUR 149/month
3 custom scripts, checks every 15 minutes, desktop + mobile testing, Slack/Webhook/Email alerts, script maintenance included (2 updates/month), video replays on failure.

CUSTOM — custom quote
Unlimited scripts, checks every minute, multi-device (mobile/tablet/desktop), 24/7 priority support, SLA available, enterprise contract or custom DPA. Unlimited updates.

Book a free 30-minute discovery call via Calendly.
A specialist analyses your site and maps your critical workflows.
Choose your plan (Essential, Business or Custom).
Place your order online — your account is created instantly.
Your script is developed and deployed within 5 business days.
Monitoring starts automatically.

Payment is handled by Stripe, a global leader in secure online payments. Subscriptions are monthly. For the Custom plan, billing can be monthly or annual depending on agreed terms.

Yes. You can upgrade at any time. Contact us for an upgrade — the change takes effect immediately.

No. All plans are commitment-free and cancellable at any time, including the Custom plan. No hidden fees, no sneaky auto-renewal clauses.

We don't offer a traditional free trial, because every script is custom-built — which represents a real time investment from our specialists. However, the 30-minute discovery call is completely free and includes a live Cockpit demo. You see exactly what you'll get before committing.

Yes, completely free with no commitment. It's a 30-minute call to understand your needs, map your critical workflows, and propose the right solution. No sales pitch, just an honest technical conversation.

The monitoring script is delivered within 5 business days after the discovery call. Deployment and activation are immediate once the script is ready. You can follow your first test live in the Cockpit.

Depending on your plan: every hour (Essential), every 15 minutes (Business), or every minute (Custom). Monitoring runs automatically, 24/7.

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