Comparison
Midwatch vs FlowGuard
Note: this page compares flowguard.watch, the n8n silence monitor. A different product at flow-guard.io tracks n8n LLM costs - not covered here.
FlowGuard nails one thing: paste a URL and an API key, and within a minute you will get an email when a workflow goes quiet past its threshold. It is read-only, like Midwatch, and it is cheap. The comparison is really about everything that happens after the timestamp check.
| Capability | Midwatch | FlowGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Read-only API key, no install | Read-only API key, no install - genuinely 60 seconds |
| Silence detection | Learned cadence per workflow + manual thresholds | Fixed per-workflow thresholds (1 minute to 30 days on Pro; 1 hour minimum on Free) |
| "Ran green, did nothing" detection | Yes - sampled item counts | Not offered |
| Config drift detection | Yes - blessed baselines + diff | Not offered |
| Instance-down detection | Two-way dead-man switch | Not offered |
| Alert channels | Email, SMS, Slack, Telegram, webhook | Email only, on both tiers |
| Client reporting | Branded monthly ROI reports with share links | Not offered |
| Pricing | $197/mo design-partner access | Free (5 workflows), Pro EUR 19 + VAT |
If your whole need is "email me when my own workflow stops," FlowGuard at EUR 19 is a fair answer. If a client fleet is on the line - where the expensive failures run green, drift quietly, or take the instance down with them - a timestamp is not a monitoring strategy.
Comparison verified against public pages on 2026-07-05 - tell us if something is out of date: hello@midwatch.ai
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