Pulsewise

Performance Monitoring

Know when your site gets slow.

A slow website costs you conversions, search rankings, and customer trust. Pulsewise tracks your response times on every check and alerts you the moment your performance degrades — so you can fix it before anyone notices.

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The Problem

Every second of delay costs you money

Research consistently shows that page speed directly impacts conversions. A one-second delay in load time can reduce conversions by 7%. At three seconds, over half your visitors will leave before the page even finishes loading.

But speed doesn't just affect user experience. Google uses page speed as a ranking factor. Slower sites get pushed down in search results, meaning less organic traffic, fewer leads, and lower revenue — a compounding problem that gets worse the longer it goes unnoticed.

Impact of slow load times

1 second
7% reduction in conversions
2 seconds
25% of visitors consider leaving
3 seconds
53% of mobile users abandon the page
5+ seconds
Bounce rate increases by 90%
The Solution

See exactly where time is being spent

Total response time is useful, but knowing where time is spent is actionable. Pulsewise records every phase of the request lifecycle — DNS lookup, TCP connection, SSL handshake, server processing, and content transfer. When your response time spikes, you can pinpoint the bottleneck immediately.

A configurable percentage threshold means you control the sensitivity. Pulsewise compares your recent response times against your baseline and only alerts on meaningful shifts — not noise. Alerts on both degradation and improvement, with a cooldown to prevent fatigue.

Request breakdown

DNS lookup 12ms
TCP connection 28ms
SSL handshake 45ms
Server processing 142ms
Content transfer 18ms
Total response time 245ms

Performance monitoring built into every check

  • Response time recorded on every uptime check automatically
  • Full request breakdown: DNS, TCP, SSL, TTFB, content transfer
  • Configurable percentage threshold per site
  • Alerts on both degradation and improvement
  • Historical trends over 7, 14, and 30 day periods
  • Cooldown period prevents alert fatigue
  • Correlate performance changes with deploys and traffic spikes
  • No extra configuration — works out of the box with sensible defaults
  • Alerts via Email, Slack, Discord, and Telegram

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