Free Monitoring Included with Every Service
HTTP/HTTPS, ping, and TCP port checks with content verification, SSL expiration alerts, and email/SMS notifications. Monitoring for services hosted on Togglebox is included free with every Cloud VPS and App Hosting account.
Monitors live in the client portal that comes with every Togglebox account. There’s no separate tool to install or pay for. New to Togglebox? Cloud VPS and App Hosting both include monitoring from day one.
Each monitor runs on the interval you choose, as often as every minute for the services that matter most.
Email and SMS when a check fails, again when it recovers, and repeat reminders on your schedule while it stays down.
Enable it on any monitor for $5/month each and a failed check opens a support ticket with our team, day or night.
Point monitors at services hosted anywhere. External targets are $0.50/month each, with the same checks and alerts.
Know Before Your Users Do
A site that loads, a certificate that hasn’t expired, a port that answers: these are the things customers notice first when they break. Togglebox monitoring watches them continuously for every service you host on Cloud VPS or App Hosting and alerts you by email and SMS the moment a check fails. Set it up once in the client portal, and it quietly does its job until you need it. If you’d rather Togglebox act on the alerts too, Managed Support extends monitoring into fully delegated operations coverage.
| Tier | What it covers | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Included Base monitoring | HTTP/HTTPS with content check, SSL expiration, ping, and TCP port checks on every service hosted with Togglebox. Email and SMS alerts included. | Free with every account |
| Proactive Monitoring | A failed check automatically opens a support ticket with our team. Enable it per monitor with a checkbox. | $5/month per monitor |
| External targets | The same checks and alerts, pointed at services hosted outside Togglebox. | $0.50/month per monitor |
Check Types Included Free
Four check types cover websites, APIs, and the service ports behind them. Every check runs on a schedule you set per monitor, down to one-minute intervals.
HTTP/HTTPS with content check
SSL expiration monitoring
Ping
TCP port monitoring
Email and SMS Notifications
When a check fails, you hear about it right away, on whichever channel reaches you.
- Email alerts: immediate notification to the addresses you choose when a monitor fails, and again when it recovers.
- SMS alerts: text-message notifications for the failures that can’t wait for someone to check an inbox.
- Per-monitor settings: each monitor has its own notification and renotification settings in the client portal, so every service alerts the right people and repeats the alert on your schedule until it recovers.
Proactive Monitoring: We Open the Ticket for You
For the services where an alert should become action, enable Proactive Monitoring on any monitor. It’s a checkbox, $5/month per monitor. When that check fails, a support ticket opens automatically with our team. There’s no need to notice the alert at 3 AM and file it yourself; the ticket is already in the queue. Want Togglebox to carry more of the operational load than that? Managed Support engagements build on the same monitoring with fully delegated operations coverage. Questions about which fits? Chat with an engineer.
Monitor Services Hosted Elsewhere
Monitoring isn’t limited to what you host with us. Point a monitor at any external target: a service at another provider, a client’s site, or a third-party API your stack depends on.
- Same check types: HTTP/HTTPS with content check, SSL expiration, ping, and TCP port.
- Same alerts: email and SMS notifications, configured per monitor in the client portal.
- $0.50/month per monitor: you pay only for the external targets. Monitoring for Togglebox-hosted services stays free.
Set Up in the Client Portal
Monitors live in the same portal as the rest of your account. Nothing new to install.
- Log in. Open the client portal at manage.togglebox.com.
- Add a monitor. Choose the check type, set the target and check interval, and pick your email and SMS notification settings.
- Go Proactive. Tick Proactive Monitoring on any monitor and a failed check opens a support ticket automatically.
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Common Questions
Is monitoring really free?
Yes. Monitoring for services hosted on Togglebox is included free with every Cloud VPS and App Hosting account. Add the checks your services need. Monitors pointed at services hosted elsewhere cost $0.50/month per monitor.
What check types are supported?
HTTP and HTTPS checks, including content checks that verify the response body and SSL certificate expiration monitoring, plus ping and TCP port checks. Together they cover websites, APIs, and the service ports behind them.
How often do checks run?
As often as every minute. Each monitor has its own check interval, so a production site can be checked every minute while a low-priority service is checked less often. You set the interval when you create the monitor and can change it any time in the client portal.
How do notifications work?
When a check fails, monitoring notifies you by email and SMS, and again when the service recovers. Notification and renotification settings are configured per monitor in the client portal, so each service can alert the right people and repeat the alert on your schedule while it stays down.
What does Proactive Monitoring do?
Proactive Monitoring is a $5/month-per-monitor option you can enable on any monitor with a checkbox. When that monitor fails, a support ticket opens automatically with our team, so you don't have to notice the alert and file it yourself. For fully delegated operations coverage, see Managed Support.
Can I monitor services not hosted at Togglebox?
Yes. Monitors pointed at services hosted outside Togglebox cost $0.50/month per monitor. They use the same check types and email/SMS notifications as monitors for Togglebox-hosted services.
Where do I create and manage monitors?
In the client portal at manage.togglebox.com. Add a monitor, choose the check type, target, and interval, set email/SMS notifications, and optionally enable Proactive Monitoring. There's no separate tool to install.
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