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Website Performance Monitoring with PRTG

Maximize your website's speed and improve end-user experience

  • Monitor core web vitals and critical performance metrics
  • Optimize website speed and minimize page load times
  • Get real-time alerts for performance issues to prevent downtime
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PRTG website performance monitoring: What you will find on this page

Table of content
  • Optimize your website’s performance with PRTG
  • What website performance monitoring looks like in PRTG
  • 4 reasons why PRTG is the website performance monitoring tool of your choice
  • Preconfigured PRTG sensors for website performance monitoring
  • Monitoring website performance: FAQ

PRTG makes website performance monitoring as easy as it gets

Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent page speed and usability issues.

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Optimize your website’s performance with PRTG

Paessler PRTG is a great tool when you want to keep tabs on all aspects of your website performance. It gives you insights into all the important data you need to start optimizing your web presence.

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In-depth performance metrics

PRTG makes it easy for you to identify bottlenecks early on. You can immediately identify long response times and what your average page load is.

Get quick insights into your site’s performance to address slowdowns fast and make sure everything runs smoothly – and improve customer experience along the way.

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Better user experience

Core web vitals are one major key to understanding how visitors experience your website. With PRTG, you can visualize important details like load times, responsiveness, and page stability.

This info will help you make changes that keep navigation smooth, reduce bounce rates, boost SEO, and keep visitors engaged across all devices.

Application

Web application monitoring

Keep an overview of your web apps, web services, and web servers to spot issues before they affect users. While other website monitoring tools might help you look at the CSS or JavaScript of your webpages, PRTG monitors server responses and data flow to prevent problems.

This approach helps keep your site reliable, with fewer disruptions for users across different devices.

What website performance monitoring looks like in PRTG

Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking website uptime, load times, and response speeds. Show traffic patterns, resource usage, and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot slowdowns, prevent outages, and ensure optimal website and web server performance.

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Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup

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Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure

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Live traffic data graph in PRTG

Start monitoring the performance of your website with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.

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IT experts agree: Paessler PRTG is a great solution for IT infrastructure monitoring

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“All-around winning
 network monitor”

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“The real beauty of PRTG is the endless possibilities it offers”

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“PRTG Network Monitor 
is very hard to beat”

4 reasons why PRTG is the website performance monitoring tool of your choice

Alerts

Customizable alerts

Take control with PRTG’s alerts, tailored to the metrics you care about most – whether that’s response times, downtime, or page load metrics. Set up notifications via SMS, email, or push, so you’re always updated in real time.

Customize thresholds and conditions based on your business needs to reduce bounce rates, boost conversion rates, and improve overall experience.

Dashboards

Structured dashboards 

Want to see all your data in one place?  PRTG’s customizable dashboards let you display everything from SSL status to server health and web applications in one place.

It’s also easy to connect with other tools, which enhances observability and endpoint monitoring. By unifying data on a single dashboard, you streamline decisions, simplify operations, and optimize website performance.

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Access historical data

PRTG’s historical data tracking gives you the information you need to spot trends and avoid future issues.

You can look back to compare response times, uptime, and resource use to help you optimize site performance. Put this data to good use and make strategic adjustments that align with your goals.

Reports

Integrated reports

Generate reports with PRTG’s integrated report functionality. You can create custom reports that combine website performance indicators, server, and application metrics.

It has never been easier to generate factsheets for stakeholders to illustrate trends, demonstrate SLA compliance, and highlight areas for improvement. It’s an easy way to visualize data and keep everyone informed.

Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for website performance monitoring

PRTG comes with more than 250 native sensor types for monitoring your entire on-premises, cloud, and hybrid cloud environment out of the box. Check out some examples below!

HTTP Full Web Page

The HTTP Full Web Page sensor monitors the full download time of a web page including assets such as images. In the background, it opens the web page in a browser instance to perform the measurement. It can show the following:

  • Downtime
  • Loading time of the full web page
HTTP Full Web Page
HTTP Full Web Page

HTTP Push Data

The HTTP Push Data sensor displays numeric values from received messages that are pushed via an HTTP request to PRTG. It can show the following:

  • Downtime
  • Received value and an optional message in one channel
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HTTP Push Data<

SSL Certificate

The SSL Certificate sensor monitors the certificate of a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) secured connection. It can show the following:

  • If the common name or subject-alternative names match the host address or SNI
  • Days to expiration
  • Public key length
  • If the certificate has been revoked and if it is trusted as root authority
  • If a self-signed certificate is used
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SSL Certificate

DNS v2

The DNS v2 sensor monitors a Domain Name System (DNS) server, resolves domain name records, and compares them to a filter. It can show the following:

  • Number of matched records (if you use a filter)
  • Number of records
  • If records were resolved
  • Response time
DNS v2
DNS v2

See the PRTG Manual for a list of all available sensor types.

PRTG is compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems

compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems

PRTG makes website performance monitoring as easy as it gets

Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent page speed and usability issues.

Free download
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“PRTG helps us to keep control of our IT by making issues visible immediately – and everywhere. We always have an eye on the performance and availability of our IT and can react in time if any failures occur. On a long-term perspective, the monitoring data helps us with capacity planning so that we can deliver the required resources for our own systems as well as for our customers, without wasting money on unwarranted redundancies.”

Stein Erik Høybakk, Senior Network Engineer
TAFJORD

“All our production and business processes depend on SAP. But, of course, IT and production systems also play a crucial role in securing these processes. By incorporating SAP, production, and IT into one centralized monitoring system, we can quickly detect critical drops in performance and identify the causes of these issues. In fact, thanks to PRTG and itesys, this couldn’t be any easier.”

Andreas Schmidt, Senior Systems Engineer
Truma

“Any downtime could be detrimental to our customers. We also strive to provide the best possible service to our customers. PRTG allows us to see the health and performance of the network. Using these measurements we can make decisions on how to repair a piece of equipment before it fails and causes a service interruption.”

James Ott Jr., Communications System Technician and IT Administrator
Federal Radio

Your website performance monitor at a glance – even on the go

PRTG is set up in a matter of minutes and can be used on a wide variety of mobile devices.

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Find the root cause of the problem with our PRTG website performance monitoring solution

Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.

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Monitoring website performance: FAQ

 

What is website performance monitoring?

Website performance monitoring involves tracking key metrics such as response times, load times, and overall site performance. This process typically includes uptime monitoring, assessing server health, page rendering speed, and resource loading efficiency, enabling website administrators to identify and address performance issues promptly. By analyzing this data, you can make informed adjustments that enhance user experience, reduce downtime, and optimize search engine performance.

How can website performance monitoring affect SEO?

Website uptime and performance have a direct impact on its search engine optimization (SEO) ranking. Factors such as page load speed, user interaction, and server response time directly influence user experience, which in turn affects bounce rates and engagement metrics – both of which are critical to SEO success. By maintaining a well-performing website, businesses can improve their visibility in search results, foster user trust and satisfaction, and ultimately increase conversion rates.

How does PRTG help with website optimization?

PRTG monitors synthetic performance data points across various elements, providing the information you need to optimize your site's speed and reliability. Additionally, it allows you to analyze the impact of third-party services and API calls on overall performance, enabling comprehensive optimization strategies.

Does PRTG offer server monitoring too?

Yes, PRTG offers comprehensive server monitoring to guarantee the stability and high performance of your web infrastructure. This encompasses SSL, DNS, and web apps, providing valuable insights into server health and resource utilization, which are essential for maintaining optimal performance across your entire web ecosystem.

What is a sensor in PRTG?

In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive. On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.

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Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. The result of the survey: over 95% of the participants would recommend PRTG – or already have.

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Start monitoring the performance of your website with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.

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