Quick start
From sign-up to your first live monitor in under five minutes. Here's the whole flow.
Step by step
- 1
Create your account
Head to the sign-up page and register with your name, email and a password (at least 8 characters). New accounts start your 7-day free trial — no credit card needed.
- 2
Verify your email
We email you a verification link. Click the button in that email to confirm your address. This also unlocks email alerts — we won’t send alerts to an unverified address.
- 3
Add your first monitor
In the dashboard, choose Add monitor. Pick a monitor type (start with Website / API if you’re watching a URL), give it a friendly name, enter the target and choose a check interval. Save, and Moonitor begins checking right away.
- 4
Confirm where alerts go
Every new account gets a pre-verified email alert contact (your sign-up address), and new monitors are wired up to it automatically — so you’re covered from the start. Add more contacts (webhook, Slack, Discord, Telegram) under Alert contacts whenever you like.
- 5
Watch it run
Open the monitor to see its current status, response-time history and any incidents. Use Check now to run an immediate check instead of waiting for the next scheduled one.
What you get out of the box
- A pre-verified email alert contact, so your first monitor can notify you immediately.
- Automatic incident tracking — outages are grouped, timed and resolved for you.
- Response-time history so you can spot slowdowns before they become outages.
- A public status page you can turn on whenever you want to share uptime.
Tip
Not sure which monitor type to pick? The Monitor types guide explains exactly what each one checks and when to use it.
Where to next
- Managing monitors — intervals, timeouts, pausing and bulk actions.
- Alerts & contacts — set up Slack, Discord, Telegram and webhooks.
- Status pages — publish a branded status page for your users.
- Team & members — invite teammates so everyone watches the same monitors (Team and Max plans).