changedetection.io

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changedetection.io printed one subscription price on 23 Oct 2026, in more than one sentence. The homepage says $8.99 / Month Easy Subscription, says 5,000 URL watches are included, and later says Only $8.99/mo. The README says Try our $8.99/month subscription. Quote each sentence. Do not invent a second tier. The README's $89.99 to $67.00 and below $50 lines are sample alert text, not prices for the service. The GitHub API license field was Apache-2.0. The repository page also said Apache-2.0 license. Stars on the page were 35.2k. The API count was 35222. The release 0.60.9 was published 2026-10-12T07:52:49Z. The push at 2026-10-23T00:24:53Z is not the release date. Apache-2.0 is the license of the code. It is not a statement that the hosted $8.99 plan is optional in a way the homepage did not print.

The homepage subscription block says $8.99 / Month Easy Subscription and Cancel anytime, with 5,000 URL watches included. A later line on the same page says Only $8.99/mo. The cloud sentence says you receive a private login after signup and that nothing has to be installed. Another line says 85+ notification formats are supported. This review did not create a watch, so there is no before-and-after diff to quote.

• Cloud price is $8.99 a month. The homepage says $8.99 / Month, 5,000 URL watches included, and Only $8.99/mo. The README repeats $8.99/month.
• License field is Apache-2.0. The API returned SPDX Apache-2.0 and 35222 stars. The repository page said Apache-2.0 and 35.2k.
• Release 0.60.9 is 12 Oct. Published 2026-10-12T07:52:49Z. The repository push on 2026-10-23 is not that release.

1. 1

   Quote $8.99 from the homepage and the README. Do not turn the sample $89.99 alert into a plan.

2. 2

   Cite 35.2k from the page and 35222 from the API. Do not average the star counts.

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   Date release 0.60.9 to 12 Oct 2026. Date the later push separately.

• A sample alert amount is about to become a second plan. On 23 Oct 2026 the homepage said $8.99 / Month Easy Subscription, 5,000 URL watches included, and Only $8.99/mo. The README says Try our $8.99/month subscription. The README also shows a sample notification dropping from $89.99 to $67.00 and a sample rule below $50. Those samples are alert text. They are not prices for the service.
• The star count is about to be averaged. The GitHub page said 35.2k and Apache-2.0 license. The API returned stargazers_count 35222 and SPDX Apache-2.0. Quote the page and the field. Release 0.60.9 was published 2026-10-12T07:52:49Z. pushed_at was 2026-10-23T00:24:53Z. The push is not the release.
• The cloud sentence is about to be read as a self-hosted result. The homepage says nothing has to be installed because the vendor watches pages in its browsers. The repository contains a Dockerfile. This review did not start it and did not create a watch, so there is no diff to cite. Archives is the nearest category. The tool watches URLs you select. It is not the Wayback Machine.

Hard cases

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Questions

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