Where Wachete is stronger
- Price. Wachete's paid plans cost far less per page than ChangeGist's. If you need to watch hundreds of pages on a small budget, that matters.
- A free plan that never runs out, for up to 5 pages checked daily.
- Apps for phones and desktops, browser extensions, and a long history of charts and downloads for each page.
- It can watch pages behind a login, and it doesn't cap how many checks you run each month.
Where ChangeGist is different
- Alerts you can read in the subject line. Each change becomes a short “What happened” note, like “Pro plan went from $49 to $59 a month”, followed by the exact old and new wording.
- Noise filtering without any setup. Dates, view counters and rotating banners are ignored, so a page that changes on every visit doesn't flood your inbox.
- Rules in your own words. Write “only tell me when the price drops below £20” and we only email you when a change matches, and say why.
- Never miss a date. Deadlines and start dates found in a change go into your calendar, with reminders 3 days and 1 day before.
- Know when you're undercut. Enter your own price and the competitor pages that sell the same thing, and we tell you the moment someone is cheaper.
Who each one suits
Wachete suits people who want to watch a lot of pages cheaply and are happy to read the raw change and set up their own filters. ChangeGist suits people who watch fewer pages but want each alert to explain itself, skip the noise and catch the dates that matter. If price per page is your main concern, Wachete is hard to beat; if your time is, ChangeGist is built for you.
Moving pages across
- List the pages you watch in Wachete and how often each one is checked.
- Start a free ChangeGist trial and paste in the addresses, up to 5 during the trial.
- If you only watched part of a page, pick the same part under More options.
- Add a rule in plain words where you only care about some changes.
- Run both for a few days and compare which alerts you actually read.
Try it side by side
The fairest test is to watch the same few pages in both for a few days. ChangeGist is free for 3 days, no card needed.