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Product Updates

Our filmstrip and other metrics offer more transparency into web speed performance

See exactly what’s slowing you down. Uptrends’ filmstrip, Core Web Vitals, and waterfall charts show performance issues so you can boost website speed.

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Product Updates

New Full Page Check upgrades support end user demand for richer features

Get deeper visibility into website performance with Uptrends’ upgraded Full Page Check — now with Core Web Vitals, filmstrips, and HTTP/3 support.

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Technology

Optimize your end user experience with a strong synthetic monitoring strategy

Enhance your end-user experience with synthetic monitoring. Detect issues early, optimize performance, and support business-critical transactions.

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Technology

OP5's network monitoring as an alternative to SolarWinds' Orion

Explore how OP5 offers a secure, scalable, and cost-effective alternative to SolarWinds Orion for enterprise-grade network monitoring and visibility.

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Technology

Is your CDN provider delivering the best value?

Ensure your CDN provider delivers optimal value. Learn how to assess performance, coverage, support, and cost using Uptrends.

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BUSINESS IMAPCT

Surprising ways page loading time affects your bottom line

If a web page takes more than four seconds to load, bounce rates go up, conversions drop, and revenue follows. Here’s how to quantify that impact.

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API MONITORING

Important API metrics you should monitor

Learn which API metrics you should track and report on, plus how Uptrends API monitoring can help you.

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Product Updates

User-defined functions in Multi-Step API Monitoring

User-defined functions give you the ability to transform response values for later calls in your multi-step API transaction.

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TECHNOLOGY

Uptrends’ free IPv6 ping test makes it easy to check IPv6 connectivity

Learn about IPv4 and IPv6, see if your site supports IPv6, and try out our free tests to easily check your IP connectivity.

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Technology

Integrate your favorite tools with Uptrends' alerting

Having compatible tools is important; see how Uptrends integrates with some of your favorite communication, automation, and incident management tools.

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WEB PERFORMANCE

The WebPagetest alternative you’ve been looking for

Looking for a WebPagetest alternative for your periodic synthetic user experience testing? Uptrends has the free tools you need to check your websites.

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UPTRENDS RESEARCH

We analyzed billions of website errors; check out the 10 most frequent

Learn about the top 10 most frequent website errors. Discover possible causes and how to set up your monitors to capture errors more effectively.

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