Website Down Checker

Run a check from a server outside your own network to rule out a local connection or DNS cache issue. The tool above sends a live HTTP request from WebPixie monitoring locations, independent of your browser, ISP, or DNS resolver, and reports whether each location reached the site and what status code it received. A down result from an outside location is a strong signal the outage is real and not limited to your device. If only your own connection is affected, the site typically loads fine from the checker while it still fails locally, often caused by a stale DNS cache, a VPN, or a regional network issue. For ongoing visibility instead of a one-time check, WebPixie uptime monitoring watches your site on a schedule and alerts you as soon as a check detects it is down.

The tool above sends a real HTTP request to the URL you enter from WebPixie monitoring locations and reports each response, including the status code and response time. Enter a domain such as example.com or a full URL with a path, and a bare domain is normalized to https:// automatically. An up result means a location received a valid response; a down result includes the specific reason, such as a connection failure, an SSL error, a timeout, or an unexpected status code. Each check runs once on demand rather than on a schedule, and the result stays available at its share link for a limited time afterward. To track a site continuously and get alerted automatically when it goes down, see WebPixie uptime monitoring.

A website can be reachable from some networks and unreachable from others for several reasons. Common causes:

• DNS propagation delays after a recent record change, so some resolvers still point to an old IP address
• CDN or regional routing issues, where one edge location has a problem while others stay healthy
• Firewall or ISP-level blocking that only affects specific networks
• Rate limiting or bot protection on the origin server that blocks certain IP ranges

Running a check from independent monitoring locations, as the tool above does, helps confirm whether an outage is global or limited to a specific network. For a domain-level view of DNS records, use the DNS Lookup tool.

These labels describe why the checker could not reach the site rather than reading a valid HTTP response. Connection failed means a monitoring location could not establish a network connection to the server at all, often because the server is offline, a firewall is blocking the request, or DNS did not resolve. Request timed out means a connection was attempted but no response arrived in time, which can point to an overloaded server or a slow application. Other reasons include an SSL/TLS handshake failure or an unexpected status code such as a 500 error. Each reason maps to a specific failure point in the request, which narrows down where to look first. For deeper SSL diagnostics, see WebPixie SSL/TLS monitoring.

Yes. The Website Down Checker is free and needs no account, and it runs a real HTTP check from WebPixie monitoring locations on demand. Enter a domain or URL, and the tool reports whether each location can reach it along with the status code and response time. Because each check is a one-time snapshot, it will not catch an outage that happens later. For continuous, scheduled checks with automatic alerts when your site goes down, WebPixie uptime monitoring checks your site around the clock, with a free plan you can review on the pricing page.