Feedback about a Visualping alternative using AI to monitor websites
A developer is launching Page Deltas, an alternative to Visualping that uses AI (LLMs) to monitor websites. Users can ask AI to specify which part of a webpage to track and receive summarized change reports, such as for monitoring competitor pricing, products, or terms of service. The creator is seeking feedback on the tool's usefulness.
Background
- Visualping is a well-known web monitoring service that watches websites for changes and sends you alerts (e.g., when a competitor updates their pricing page). The OP is building a direct alternative, Page Deltas.
- The key difference: instead of you manually selecting a region of a page to monitor (as Visualping does), Page Deltas uses large language models (LLMs, i.e., AI like GPT) to understand your request in natural language and automatically detect and summarize what changed.
- This is a "Show HN" (Show Hacker News) post — a tradition on Hacker News where founders share early-stage projects for feedback from the tech community. The OP is asking if the idea is useful and for advice, not just promoting a finished product.