Custom Alert Rules for Competitor Changes
Staying informed about competitor activity shouldn't require constant manual checking. GoScreenAPI's Competitor Watch platform delivers instant notifications when competitors make changes that matter to your business. Configure custom alert rules with flexible conditions, and receive notifications through your preferred channels — email, Slack, or Telegram.
Our alert system is designed to minimize noise while ensuring you never miss critical competitive events. From pricing changes and feature launches to downtime incidents and technology migrations, every alert is actionable and delivered within minutes of detection.
Supported Notification Channels
Choose how you want to receive competitor alerts based on urgency and team workflow:
- Email notifications with detailed change summaries and visual previews
- Slack integration delivering alerts directly to your team channels
- Telegram bot notifications for instant mobile alerts
- Webhook callbacks for custom integrations and automation
- Weekly digest emails summarizing all competitor activity
- Configurable per-channel routing based on alert type and severity
Custom Alert Rules and Conditions
Pro users can create sophisticated alert rules with flexible conditions. Instead of receiving every minor change notification, configure rules that match your specific intelligence needs. For example, only alert when pricing increases by more than 10%, when a specific competitor adds a new feature category, or when any competitor experiences downtime lasting more than 5 minutes.
Alert Throttling and Digest Options
Prevent alert fatigue with configurable cooldown periods and batching options. Set minimum intervals between alerts for the same competitor, batch minor changes into daily or weekly digests, and keep instant delivery only for critical events like major pricing changes or extended outages.
Integration with Monitoring Features
Alerts work across all Competitor Watch monitoring capabilities. Receive notifications for pricing changes, downtime events, feature updates, technology changes, and website modifications — all through a unified alert configuration.
For teams using our Uptime Monitoring service, competitor alerts complement your own infrastructure monitoring. Know when competitors go down at the same time you're monitoring your own availability.
Alert History and Analytics
Every alert is logged with full context — what changed, when it was detected, and how it compares to previous states. Review alert history to identify patterns in competitor behavior, such as regular update schedules or seasonal pricing changes. Include alert summaries in your automated intelligence reports.
Basic weekly digest alerts are included in the free plan. Custom alert rules, real-time notifications, and multi-channel delivery are available on the Pro plan. For programmatic alert management, use our REST API.
Frequently Asked Questions
We support email, Slack, and Telegram notifications. You can configure different channels for different alert types, ensuring critical changes reach you through your preferred communication tool.
Yes. Pro users can create custom alert rules with flexible conditions — for example, only alert when pricing increases by more than 10%, or when a specific competitor adds a new feature category.
Alerts are delivered within minutes of change detection. For uptime monitoring, alerts trigger immediately when a competitor goes down. For daily checks like pricing, alerts arrive as soon as changes are confirmed.
Yes. You can configure cooldown periods to prevent alert fatigue. For example, limit downtime alerts to one per hour, or batch minor changes into a daily digest while keeping critical alerts instant.
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