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DriftWatch is a DNS change monitoring SaaS built for teams. It does not modify DNS; it only reads public DNS records, stores snapshots, and sends alerts with before/after diffs when records are added, changed, or deleted. Its goal is clear: help teams detect changes before issues such as email outages, DNS hijacking, migration drift, or dangling CNAMEs impact the business.
Functionally, DriftWatch can automatically discover standard records such as A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, TXT, NS, SOA, SRV, and CAA, and compares historical snapshots using SHA-256 checksums. Scan intervals vary by plan, from hourly to 5 minutes and 1 minute, and can also be configured per domain. Alert channels include Email, Slack, Webhook, and Pushover. Webhook supports JSON POST, HMAC-SHA256 signatures, configurable headers, and retries. Team features include owner/admin/member/viewer roles, shared change history, and team-level billing, while Enterprise also supports SSO/SAML. On the API side, it offers a REST API and Sanctum tokens for managing domains, querying changes, configuring alerts, and triggering scans, though no SDK information was found.
The free plan includes 3 domains, 50 records, hourly scanning, and 7 days of history, making it suitable for personal projects or trials. Pro costs $29/month and includes 25 domains, 5-minute scanning, 90 days of history, Slack/Webhook/Pushover, 1k API calls per day, and up to 10 members. Enterprise starts at $99/month and includes 100 domains, 1-minute scanning, 1 year of history, 50k API calls per day, unlimited members, SSO/SAML, and priority support. Additional domains cost $25/month per 25 domains. Payments are processed via Stripe, and annual billing is 20% cheaper.
Its strengths are focused positioning, simple setup, and clear diff presentation, making it a good fit for MSPs, hosting providers, DevOps/platform teams, and security teams. The downsides are that there is no open-source or self-hosted option, the Free and Pro plans have clear limits on domain count, history, and scan frequency, and advanced team and identity features are concentrated in Enterprise. The support information only explicitly mentions email support and enterprise priority support, with limited detail.
The available materials do not provide information on network accessibility from mainland China, payment availability, or localization, so its China access status is unknown. If access or payment is restricted, alternatives include general-purpose monitoring platforms, built-in alerting from DNS providers, or a lightweight self-built setup using scheduled jobs with DNS queries and Webhook notifications.
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