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Apogee Watcher vs Treo
Treo is strongest when CrUX URL scale, multi-year field history, and competitor benchmarks are the brief. Apogee Watcher focuses on scheduled PageSpeed Insights lab coverage across many client sites with organisation roles and automated discovery—not Treo-scale CrUX inventories.
At a glance
| Topic | Treo | Apogee Watcher |
|---|---|---|
| Time to setup (estimated) | ~30–60 min for CrUX URL sets and first competitor views; longer for large catalogs | ~15–30 min for first organisation, sites, discovery, and a weekly schedule |
| Primary strength | CrUX scale, history, competitor benchmarks | Multi-site scheduled PSI monitoring, discovery, agency RBAC |
| Lab monitoring | Lighthouse on paid tiers (page capacity + frequency trade-offs) | Google PageSpeed Insights API (lab + CrUX where available) |
| CrUX URL budgets | 50 free; 1K–20K+ Vital–Scale; 50K+ Enterprise | Per-URL CrUX via each PSI result; no competitor boards |
| Agency multi-site model | Site caps by tier (5–500); seat caps 5–50 | Organisations, sites, Admin / Manager / Viewer |
| Entry public pricing | From $75/mo Vital | $9 Personal → Growth $42 → $199 Agency |
Time to setup is an estimate for a first useful monitoring configuration (not a full portfolio migration or enterprise rollout). Your stack, tag access, and URL count will change it.
What Treo does better
- Large CrUX URL budgets (1K–20K+ on paid tiers; 50K+ Enterprise)
- Built-in competitor benchmarking on the same CrUX source
- Multi-year field history and unlimited retention (public FAQ)
- Connection and country breakdowns for stakeholder field narratives
- API export of CrUX series on Pro and above
What Watcher does better
- Multi-organisation, multi-site model with Admin / Manager / Viewer roles
- Automated sitemap and crawl discovery for lab schedules
- Agency-shaped site and test caps without buying CrUX explorer capacity you will not use
- Scheduled lab alerts and budgets as the core retainer loop
- Lower entry pricing when the job is portfolio PageSpeed coverage, not five-figure CrUX catalogs
Who each is best for
- Treo: Teams that need CrUX exploration, competitor charts, and large field URL lists.
- Apogee Watcher: Agencies that need scheduled lab monitoring, discovery, and roles across many client sites.
- Often use both: Use Treo for field exploration and competitor slides on strategic URL sets; use Watcher for scheduled lab coverage across the full retainer book.
Read more: Treo vs Apogee Watcher: CrUX Scale, Competitor Benchmarks, and Agency Portfolios
Pricing at portfolio scale
| Sites | Treo | Apogee Watcher |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Pro — $185 USD | Starter — $29 / €24 USD / EUR |
| 10 | Pro — $185 USD | Growth — $42 / €35 USD / EUR |
| 20 | Pro — $185 USD | Professional — $79 / €69 USD / EUR |
| 50 | Scale — $375 USD | Agency — $199 / €169 USD / EUR |
From treo.sh/pricing (23 Oct 2026), monthly. Vital $75 (1,000 CrUX pages, 40 Lighthouse pages, 5 team members, 50 sites) · Pro $185 (5,000 CrUX, 200 Lighthouse, 15 seats, 500 sites) · Scale $375 (20,000 CrUX, 500 Lighthouse, 50 seats, 500 sites). Yearly ≈ 25% off (3 months free). Free tier: 50 CrUX pages, no Lighthouse. Daily Lighthouse runs a page ~3×/day for a median; hourly uses 5× page capacity. Hub rows use ~10 Lighthouse pages per client site to match the shared 5 URLs × mobile + desktop scenario—not CrUX-only. Confirm live before you buy. Snapshot date: 23 Oct 2026. Vendor pricing: Treo pricing · Watcher pricing
Switch / setup from Treo
- 1. Decide which URL sets still need Treo-scale CrUX or competitor charts (keep Treo there).
- 2. Export priority lab URLs for the rest into Watcher sites.
- 3. Run discovery, then set schedules and performance budgets.
- 4. Keep Search Console CWV reports alongside both tools.
F.A.Q.
No. Watcher shows CrUX where PageSpeed Insights returns field data for each tested URL. It does not replicate Treo-scale CrUX URL budgets or competitor benchmarking boards. Keep Treo when those are the primary job.
Treo monthly list (23 Oct 2026): Vital $75 (1K CrUX pages, 40 Lighthouse pages, 5 seats), Pro $185 (5K CrUX, 200 Lighthouse, 15 seats), Scale $375 (20K CrUX, 500 Lighthouse, 50 seats). Yearly ≈ 25% off. Hub rows size Lighthouse pages to the shared scenario (~10 pages per site for 5 URLs × mobile + desktop), so Vital’s 40 pages only cover about four sites. Watcher Professional is $79 for up to 25 sites. Confirm both vendors before you buy.
No. Recreate sites and schedules from your URL export. CrUX history and competitor charts stay in Treo.
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Treo is a trademark of its owner. Apogee Watcher is not affiliated with Treo. Prices and features from public sites may have changed since the snapshot date.