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PageCrawl.io Zapier integrationAutomate PageCrawl.io with Zapier.

The PageCrawl.io Zapier integration gives you 1 trigger, 1 action and 0 searches: react the moment a tracked web page changes, and add new pages to track from your other tools. Two operations only, so this page tells you exactly what they do and what they cost.

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Overview

What the PageCrawl.io Zapier integration does for you

PageCrawl.io watches websites and notices when a page changes. The PageCrawl.io Zapier integration connects that watch to the rest of your apps. A Zap (the automation you build on Zapier: one starting event, then one or more steps after it) can act on every detected change, or hand PageCrawl.io new pages to keep an eye on.

An alert where your team already reads. New Change Detected passes each change to another app, so a pricing shift on a competitor's page or an update on a supplier's terms reaches the right people without anyone checking the site.

A watch list that grows by itself. Track New Page adds a URL to PageCrawl.io from another tool, so a page logged in a spreadsheet or a project board gets watched without a trip into PageCrawl.io.

A record of every change. Pointing New Change Detected at a spreadsheet or a notes app leaves a running log of what moved on the pages you care about, useful when someone asks later when a page changed.

What Zapier does not do for PageCrawl.io: there is no search step, no action to stop tracking or edit a page, and no way to read a page's history through the Zap. A Zap also never sees changes detected before it was switched on. Still comparing platforms? See Make vs Zapier.

Vocabulary

The Zapier vocabulary, in plain words

Seven words come back all along this page. Here they are once.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one starting event, then one or more steps that run every time that event happens.
Trigger
The event that starts a Zap. With PageCrawl.io there is one: a change spotted on a page you track.
Action
What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or moves something for you, like adding a page to track.
Task
The unit Zapier bills. One task is one action your Zap completed successfully, and your plan is a count of those.
Instant vs polling
An instant trigger is reported by the app the moment the event happens; a polling one is checked by Zapier on a timer. PageCrawl.io's is instant.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap carry on only when what arrived meets the condition you set, and stops it right there otherwise.
Connection
Your PageCrawl.io account linked to Zapier once, then reused by every PageCrawl.io step in every Zap you build afterwards.
Cost

What a PageCrawl.io Zap really costs

The trigger never costs a task: a change reported by PageCrawl.io is free. Only an action that goes through is billed, and a failed one is not counted.

  • Free plan100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps, one trigger plus one action
  • PageCrawl.io on ZapierWorks on the free plan
  • New Change DetectedInstant, the interval grid does not apply
  • Filter or second actionTurns the Zap into a paid multi-step Zap

Each successful action counts on its own: a Zap that sends a change to two different apps uses two tasks per change. The free plan gives 100 tasks a month and builds two-step Zaps only, one trigger and one action. Add a filter or a second action and the Zap becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan. PageCrawl.io is not reserved for paid plans, and since its trigger is instant, the interval grid below never slows it down.

Connect

Connect PageCrawl.io to Zapier in three steps

  1. 01

    Find PageCrawl.io from the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, open Apps and click + Add connection. Type PageCrawl.io in the dialog and pick it. You need a PageCrawl.io account first, with access to the workspace whose pages the Zap should handle.

  2. 02

    Sign in to PageCrawl.io

    Click Add connection. PageCrawl.io opens in a new tab: sign in with the account that owns the tracked pages. The Zap only reaches what that account reaches.

  3. 03

    Grant Zapier access

    Approve the access Zapier asks for on your PageCrawl.io account. That is all: every PageCrawl.io step of every Zap reuses this connection, so you sign in once and not once per Zap.

First Zap

Your first PageCrawl.io Zap: widen the watch when a page moves

GoalWhen a change shows up on a competitor's offers page, PageCrawl.io also starts watching a second page of that site you have picked in advance.

  1. 01

    Pick the trigger

    Start building: choose PageCrawl.io as the app that starts the Zap and New Change Detected as the event, then select your PageCrawl.io connection.

  2. 02

    Test it on a real change

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent items of your account, so you build the next steps on a real change instead of a blank sample.

  3. 03

    Add the filter

    Add a Filter step from the plus icon and fill its three boxes: the field to look at, the rule, the value. A text rule fits a page address, since it only works on text.

  4. 04

    Add Track New Page

    Choose PageCrawl.io again with Track New Page. Type the address of the second page and select the workspace that should hold it.

  5. 05

    Test, then publish

    Test the action once and check the page now appears in PageCrawl.io, then click Publish. Each later change on the watched page adds that page again, so keep this Zap for a one-off. The filter makes it multi-step: paid plan.

Triggers

The PageCrawl.io trigger

1 event starts a Zap when something happens in PageCrawl.io, and one of them is instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

New Change Detected

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a change is detected on the page.”

Starts the Zap each time PageCrawl.io spots a change on one of the pages it tracks, and passes that change to the next steps. It is the reason most people connect PageCrawl.io to Zapier: turning a quiet change on a website into a message, a row or a ticket somewhere useful.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
a buyer wants to know when a supplier rewrites its terms page, without checking it by hand.
Watch out
it only covers pages already tracked in PageCrawl.io; a page you never added cannot fire it.
Actions

The PageCrawl.io action

PageCrawl.io gives you 1 action. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Track New Page

Action

In Zapier“Adds a new Page to track”

Adds a web page to the list PageCrawl.io watches, from the address you give it and the workspace you pick. From then on, that page can fire New Change Detected like any other.

When to use it
a marketer logs competitor pages in a spreadsheet and wants each new line watched without a second manual step.
Watch out
both the URL and the workspace are required, so an empty address mapped from the trigger app stops the step.
When it breaks

When a PageCrawl.io Zap breaks

Zapier links no help article to PageCrawl.io, so the failures to plan for are the ones every Zap shares. With only two operations, they are easy to see coming.

Read these four cases before switching anything on. If a Zap already misbehaves, go to Zapier troubleshooting.

  • Past changes are never picked up

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after it is published. Changes PageCrawl.io detected before that stay in PageCrawl.io, and moving that history is a separate job.

  • A Zap that feeds its own trigger

    Track New Page adds pages that can then fire New Change Detected. A Zap that adds pages on every change can snowball and burn through your tasks fast.

  • A burst of changes gets held back

    When a trigger suddenly sends a huge batch, after a bulk import of pages for example, Zapier's flood protection can hold those items back.

  • An instant trigger still has to be tested

    Instant does not mean checked: run the test, pick one of the three recent items Zapier brings back, and map from it before you publish.
Need help

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FAQ

PageCrawl.io Zapier integration: frequent questions

01Is the PageCrawl.io Zapier integration free?
Yes, it works on the free Zapier plan, because PageCrawl.io is not one of the apps Zapier reserves for paid plans. The free plan gives 100 tasks a month and an unlimited number of Zaps. The limit is their shape: each free Zap has one trigger and one action, nothing more. If you want a filter, for example to react only to changes on one page, or a second action after New Change Detected, the Zap becomes multi-step and needs a paid plan.
02How many tasks does a PageCrawl.io Zap use?
One task per action that succeeds, and nothing else. The trigger is free: a change reported by PageCrawl.io costs nothing on its own. A Zap that sends each change to one other app uses one task per change. A Zap that sends it to two apps uses two. An action that fails is not counted. The thing to watch is volume: a page that changes often, like a busy listing, starts the Zap often, and each run with a successful action costs a task.
03Is PageCrawl.io on Zapier real time?
On the Zapier side, yes. New Change Detected is an instant trigger: PageCrawl.io tells Zapier the moment it detects a change, and the Zap starts right away. The interval grid of the plans (15 minutes on Free, 2 on Professional, 1 on Team and Enterprise) does not apply to it, so the free plan reacts as fast as the paid ones. The editor shows a lightning bolt on a Zap built on an instant trigger, which is a quick way to confirm it.
04What does it take to connect PageCrawl.io to Zapier?
A PageCrawl.io account, with access to the workspace whose pages the Zap should handle. In Zapier, open Apps, click + Add connection, search for PageCrawl.io, click Add connection, sign in to PageCrawl.io in the tab that opens and grant Zapier access to the account. If you plan to use Track New Page, know which workspace should receive the new pages, since the action asks for one along with the page address and does not guess it.
05Why does Track New Page fail?
Most often because one of its two required values is missing. Track New Page needs a page URL and a workspace. If the URL comes from another app and that app sends an empty value, the step has nothing to track. If you have several workspaces and leave the choice open, the page cannot be placed. Test the action once with a real item from the trigger before you publish, and look at what came back.
06What if the PageCrawl.io operation you need is missing?
Check the list first: the editor only shows 1 trigger and 1 action, and nothing else shows up there. If you need to stop tracking a page, change its settings or search past changes, those operations do not exist for PageCrawl.io on Zapier today. The usual workaround is to send each change to a tool that can sort and keep it, a spreadsheet for example, and do the rest there.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for PageCrawl.io?
Decide on criteria, not on a ranking. On Zapier, PageCrawl.io offers 1 instant trigger and 1 action, works on the free plan and reacts right away whatever the plan. Ask three questions: do these two operations cover your scenario, how many tasks a month will your number of changes imply, and will you need filters or several actions, which require a paid plan. Then check whether PageCrawl.io is offered on the other platform and compare it against those same points.
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