We have released a renewed version of our website monitoring service "Appmill"
Beyond Inc. released a revamped version of Appmill, a website monitoring service that can quickly detect issues such as slow website loads, website inaccessibility, and security warnings, on February 24, 2021. The service has been significantly updated, with 19 features revised to improve the service, and practical features including free monitoring for up to 100 URLs
Apmill Service Page: https://appmill.work/
Security challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic
With the encouragement of remote work and an increase in online work, it is important to be able to access your company's website at any time. However, it is difficult to manually monitor whether your company's website is operating properly 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and this can lead to a decline in service quality as you are unable to focus on your core business. On the other hand, not monitoring your website can lead to not noticing that content is not being displayed, or to forgetting to renew domains and SSL expiration dates for multiple sites due to the complexity, and neglecting performance checks can lead to missed opportunities
Furthermore, there is a risk that your website will become inaccessible due to cyber attacks*1 or unauthorized access, which have been increasing rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, and you will lose the opportunity to acquire important users. This could significantly damage your company and brand image, and even cause search engine crawling errors, which could result in a drop in search rankings
*1 Reference URL: Recent trends in cyber attacks - Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000722477.pdf
What is the website monitoring service "Apmil"?
Apmil is a service born from the desire of our server engineering team to make website management as easy as possible. It's not just a feature-rich service, but we're also committed to making it easy to use, even for companies that find it difficult to implement expensive security tools or don't have extensive IT knowledge. All you need to register as a member is an email address and password, and Apmil will notify you of any website issues by simply registering your URL
Demand for e-commerce sites*2 is increasing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we believe that by ensuring that operating companies receive proper error notifications so that users can access their sites 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, end-user satisfaction will increase and companies' sales will also increase
*2 Reference URL: "Digital Utilization in the Post-COVID Era" - Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_content/000715007.pdf
Three points of the renewed version
- It only takes one minute from registration to start monitoring. No detailed settings are required and up to 11 items can be monitored
- Registering 100 URLs costs 0 yen. Even the free plan is practical
- This service was developed by a group of server and network professionals, so you can be assured of safe and secure quality
New feature in the renewal: "Patrol monitoring when an alert occurs"
Patrol monitoring when an alert occurs is a function that patrols and monitors multiple URLs that have been set up in advance as a scenario
- Register one scenario for one URL
- Up to five URLs can be registered in a scenario
- Scenarios can be registered and changed at any time
- Both paid and free plans available
- Monitoring begins when an alert occurs
Service overview
Apmil is a cloud service (SaaS) that checks your website for you to ensure that it is running correctly, conveniently, and safely 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Even the free plan provides access to a wide range of practical features
Free plan (free)
overview
- Equipped with a function that makes the operation and management of all sites "easier"
- A registered license of 100URL is granted when the account is opened
[Supports the following functions]
- Communication check
- Response speed check
- Status code check
- Domain expiration date check
- SSL expiration date check
- Scenario monitoring when alert occurs (patrol monitoring)
Security plan (9,800 yen / 1URL)
overview
- Survive security items necessary for the operation of a safe site that does not impair customer trust
- Surveillance registration is required for each 1URL
- The URL that has joined the security plan will continue to monitor monitoring items in the free plan.
[Supports the following functions]
- HTML difference comparison
- Snapshot comparison
- Anti-malware
- Social engineering measures
- Broken link check
[※About alert notifications]
Email alert notifications are free regardless of whether you have a free plan or a security plan
For incoming calls and SMS alert notifications, you will need to purchase call credits (fees apply) regardless of whether you are using the free plan or security plan
