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Watch360
Watch360 is a competitive intelligence (CI) service provided by Watch360 Systems, an American technology company based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by entrepreneur Srikanth Chari.

Website Monitoring Service

The Watch360 Website Monitoring Service helps businesses monitor their competitors on the web. Organizations that use it are alerted via email to content changes on targeted websites about new products & services, new customers, upcoming joint ventures, management changes, pricing, hiring, and other updates.

Per Watch360, the service saves time spent on browsing the competitor sites for this information, and helps users respond quickly. The service is available at an annual subscription fee, and a free trial is available for prospects.

Features

- Detects changes - additions and deletions - on web pages.

- Shows a web page with changes highlighted.

- Sends one consolidated email a day.

- Provides a web control panel that allows users to add or delete companies at any time.

- Allows filtering out of changes that don't interest users.

- Supports RSS feeds.

Watch360 vs Google News Alerts

Google News monitors the media for articles that contain specified keywords. It does not look at company websites.

Watch360 monitors company websites for updates. By doing so, Watch360 alerts users to a competitors' positioning changes, publications, promotions, and other key information that would not appear in media

Price

According to the company’s web site, Watch360 provides marketing, CI, and other business professionals with alerts about updates posted on company websites for $495 a year.