changedetection.io vs Distill: pricing, capabilities and limits

What the evidence answers

A reading of reviewed official documentation for changedetection.io and Distill. It is not a hands-on test, a ranking or a recommendation of one product.

Price

changedetection.io From $8.99/mo · earlier capture, recheck before relying on it
- Easy Subscription: $8.99 monthly
Distill From $15/mo · earlier capture, recheck before relying on it
- Free: no subscription charge
- Starter: $15.00 monthly
- Starter: $144.00 annual ($12/mo equivalent)
- Professional: $35.00 monthly
- Professional: $336.00 annual ($28/mo equivalent)
- Flexi: $80.00 monthly

A complete like-for-like price comparison is not established; the next checks say what is missing.

Documented for both

Type of work: changedetection.io Page change monitoring; Distill Page change monitoring
Monitored pages: changedetection.io Filters include trigger text, CSS/xPath rules and ignore text.Easy Subscription: 5,000 URL watches; Distill Free: 25 monitorsStarter: 50 monitorsProfessional: 150 monitorsFlexi: 500+ monitors
Shortest check interval: changedetection.io Easy Subscription: From about every 5 minutes per browser runner; Distill Local monitors can be set to intervals from 5 seconds.Free: Every 6 hoursStarter: Every 10 minutesProfessional: Every 5 minutesFlexi: Every 2 minutes
Alerts and delivery: changedetection.io Discord, Slack, Telegram, Rocket.Chat, Email, Matrix, NTFY, Office 365, Unlimited alerts; Distill Email alerts sent by browser-extension monitors also count toward the email limit.Free: 30 email or webhook alerts a month (email only), 100 phone push notifications a month, No SMSStarter: 2,000 email or webhook alerts a month; Unlimited phone push notifications; 100 SMS a monthProfessional: Unlimited email and webhook alerts, Unlimited phone push notifications, 250 SMS a monthFlexi: Unlimited email and webhook alerts, Unlimited phone push notifications, 500+ SMS a month

Limits to check

changedetection.io One real Chrome browser for JavaScript pages is included; more browsers are bolt-ons.
Distill Cloud checks are capped per month and counted in 10-second units; browser-extension checks are unlimited.

Not verified yet

Every compared requirement has evidence for at least one.

Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: Distill: seats, monthly checks, history kept and integrations.

Not verified means our reviewed sources do not establish it. It does not mean a product lacks the capability or that it costs nothing.

Next steps

Recheck changedetection.io's prices on its official pricing page: the reviewed price evidence is older than its review window.
Recheck Distill's prices on its official pricing page: the reviewed price evidence is older than its review window.
Ask changedetection.io about seats, monthly checks and history kept; our sources do not establish them yet.

Documented scope and limits; unverified dimensions remain unknown.
Requirement	changedetection.io	Distill
Pricing	From $8.99/mo	From $15/mo Compare all 5 plans
Who it is for	Hosted web page change monitoring from the official provider of the open-source changedetection.io project. Checks run in the provider's cloud browsers; there is nothing to install. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · changedetection.io home page with the hosted subscription	Watches chosen web pages for changes from a browser extension, desktop app or Distill's cloud servers. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Distill pricing page, monthly view with FAQ
Coverage limits	One real Chrome browser for JavaScript pages is included; more browsers are bolt-ons. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · changedetection.io home page with the hosted subscription	Cloud checks are capped per month and counted in 10-second units; browser-extension checks are unlimited. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Distill pricing page, monthly view with FAQ
Type of work	Page change monitoring Verified Oct 11, 2026 · changedetection.io home page with the hosted subscription	Page change monitoring Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Distill pricing page, monthly view with FAQ
Seats	Not verified	Shared team watchlists and centralised billing are offered on the Enterprise plan. Starter is labelled ideal for individual usage and Professional ideal for advanced individual usage. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Distill pricing page, monthly view with FAQ Enterprise Multiple user accounts
Monitored pages	Filters include trigger text, CSS/xPath rules and ignore text. You can choose specific page elements to monitor. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · changedetection.io home page with the hosted subscription Easy Subscription 5,000 URL watches	Free 25 monitors Starter 50 monitors Professional 150 monitors Flexi 500+ monitors
Monthly checks	Not verified	Each reCAPTCHA v2 solved during a cloud check counts as 24 extra checks, and unused checks expire at the end of each billing period. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Distill pricing page, monthly view with FAQ Free 1,000 cloud checks per month Starter 30,000 cloud checks per month Professional 100,000 cloud checks per month Flexi 200,000+ cloud checks per month
Shortest check interval	Easy Subscription From about every 5 minutes per browser runner	Local monitors can be set to intervals from 5 seconds. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Distill pricing page, monthly view with FAQ Free Every 6 hours Starter Every 10 minutes Professional Every 5 minutes Flexi Every 2 minutes
Alerts and delivery	Discord, Slack, Telegram, Rocket.Chat, Email, Matrix, NTFY, Office 365, Unlimited alerts The subscription lists over 85 notification types. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · changedetection.io home page with the hosted subscription	Email alerts sent by browser-extension monitors also count toward the email limit. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Distill pricing page, monthly view with FAQ Free 30 email or webhook alerts a month (email only), 100 phone push notifications a month, No SMS Starter 2,000 email or webhook alerts a month; Unlimited phone push notifications; 100 SMS a month Professional Unlimited email and webhook alerts, Unlimited phone push notifications, 250 SMS a month Flexi Unlimited email and webhook alerts, Unlimited phone push notifications, 500+ SMS a month
History kept	Not verified	Free Not available Starter 10 changes per monitor Professional 20 changes per monitor Flexi 20 changes per monitor
Integrations	Not verified	Enterprise API access on request, Webhooks, Import and export of monitors as JSON or CSV
Coverage note		Month-to-month. Cancel at any time by closing the account or switching to the free plan. Minimum interval for cloud checks; the monthly cloud check allowance limits how many monitors can run at it. Version history counts tracked changes, not a time period.