# FlareCanary

> Know when APIs change before your code breaks

FlareCanary is an API schema drift monitoring service. It watches third-party API endpoints you depend on, detects when their response schemas change, and alerts you instantly — before those changes break your production code.

## What it does

- Monitors any HTTP/REST API endpoint on a configurable schedule
- Captures and infers JSON response schemas automatically
- Detects structural changes: added fields, removed fields, type changes, nesting changes
- Classifies drift severity: info, warning, breaking
- Sends email and webhook alerts when drift is detected
- Tracks response times, uptime, SSL certificates, and poll history
- Deduplicates monitoring across users sharing the same endpoint
- Multi-tenant organization model with role-based access (admin/editor/viewer)

## Key features

- Schema diff viewer with side-by-side baseline vs latest comparison
- Drift event lifecycle: new → acknowledged → resolved
- Metric alert rules: response time, status code, SSL expiry, response size, availability
- Response time charts with percentile stats (p50, p95, p99)
- 30-day uptime tracking bar
- SSL certificate expiry monitoring
- Endpoint tagging, folders, and filtering
- Per-endpoint and global alert routing (email + webhook)
- Team management with seat-based billing
- Public status pages per organization
- Endpoint library of popular public APIs
- Data export (CSV/JSON) for drift and alert history
- RESTful API with API key authentication
- Demo endpoint with rotating schema for instant onboarding

## Plans

### Individual
- Free: 5 endpoints, daily polling, 7-day history
- Starter ($19/mo): 25 endpoints, hourly polling, 30-day history, metric alerts
- Pro ($49/mo): 100 endpoints, 15-minute polling, 90-day history

### Team
- Startup ($199/mo): 250 endpoints, 5-minute polling, 180-day history, 5 seats
- Enterprise ($499/mo): 500 endpoints, 1-minute polling, 365-day history, 25 seats

## Links

- Website: https://flarecanary.com
- Sign up: https://flarecanary.com/auth/signup
- API docs: https://flarecanary.com/docs/api
- FAQ: https://flarecanary.com/faq
- Contact: https://flarecanary.com/contact
- Privacy: https://flarecanary.com/privacy
- Terms: https://flarecanary.com/terms