Watchful Premium turbocharges website maintenance
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Compare Features — Free vs. Premium
website Security & Performance | Free Plan | Premium Plan |
| Early Warning Intrusion Scan |  1 /day | 8 /day |
| Website Activity Logging | | |
| Security Scanner, On-demand | | |
| Security Scanner, Automated |  | |
| Security Drop Notification, Automated | | |
| Vulnerable Plugin/Extension Scan | | |
| Lighthouse Performance Scan | | |
| Performance Drop Notification | | |
| Uptime Monitoring | | |
| SSL Expiry Monitoring | | |
| Activity Log Retention | 1 month | 24 months |
| Security Scan History | 7 days | 90 days |
“We use Watchful to provide managed maintenance plans to clients. Excellent product, excellent support, simple to use. We save hours every month.“
— Nicky Veitch, WebSolutionZ (Australia)
| Website Backups | Free Plan | Premium Plan |
| Automatic Backup Scheduling | | |
| Local & Cloud Backups | | |
| Stale Backup Detection | | |
| Schedule Multiple Backup Profiles | | |
“”As an agency that has over 500 sites under hosting and management, Watchful keeps our sites in our view, constantly. It’s one of the most competitive website management tools I know.“
— Andrew Palmer, Somebody’s Hero (United kingdom)
| Website Updates | Free Plan | Premium Plan |
| Individual Site Updater | | |
| Bulk Sites Updater | | |
| Ignore Updates Manager | | |
| Premium Plugin Updater | | |
| Automatic Updater | | |
| Automatic Update Scheduler | | |
| All-software Automatic Updater | | |
“Watchful keeps us on track with backups, updates and maintenance tasks so our client sites are always monitored and up-to-date.”
— Martijn Boomsma, Perfect Web Team (The Netherlands)
| Client Reporting | Free Plan | Premium Plan |
| Report Builder with PDF Download | | |
| White-label Reports with Custom Logo | | |
| Google Analytics 4 support | | |
| E-mail Reports | | |
| E-mail Report Scheduler | | |
| Email Reports from Custom Domain | | |
“Watchful is not only an invaluable tool for reducing client maintenance-related costs. More importantly, sends out vital reports that remind our client’s of our value every single month, eliminating client turnover.”
— Matt Schwartz, Inspry (USA)
| PRODUCTIVITY FEATURES | Free Plan | Premium Plan |
| Customizable Website Dashboard | | |
| Plugin Installer | | |
| Plugin Enable/Disable | | |
| Single Sign-on | | |
| Agency Dashboard | | |
| API Access | | |
“I couldn’t do life without Watchful. Managing my client websites has changed from a laborious task to an easy task.“
— Stephen Crewson, FT Web Solutions (USA)