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Website Uptime Monitor: free n8n workflow that alerts you when your site is down
Find out your site is down before your customers do. This free workflow checks every URL in your list on a schedule and sends one email when a site goes down and one when it is back, so you are not spammed every 5 minutes.
How the workflow runs
- ScheduleRuns every 5 minutes (or any interval you choose).
- Check URLsRequests each page and records the status code and response time.
- CompareRemembers the last state, so it only alerts on a change.
- EmailSends a down alert, then a recovered alert with how long it was down.
What you get
- Down and recovered alerts by email
- Any number of URLs in one list
- No repeat alerts while a site stays down
- Response time in every alert
What you need
- n8n (Cloud or self-hosted)
- Gmail or any SMTP email
See the workflow
Set up in about 5 min
- Get the fileDownload the .json workflow and setup guide.
- ImportIn n8n, open a new workflow and choose Import from File.
- ConnectAdd your own accounts where the sticky notes point.
- ActivateRun once to test, then publish. It keeps running on its own.
Questions
Does it check from outside my network?
It checks from wherever your n8n runs. On n8n Cloud that is outside your network; self-hosted checks from your server.
Can it alert on WhatsApp?
Yes, add a WhatsApp node next to the email step.
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