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Friction Observatory
- by Friction Observatory
- Free plan available. Free trial available.
- by Friction Observatory
- Free plan available. Free trial available.
Monitor your checkout flow across 8 global markets. Spot geo-blocking and localization issues before customers hit them.
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About the Friction Observatory
Friction Observatory runs synthetic checkout tests across 8 markets (US, CA, GB, FR, DE, AE, ZA, AU) to catch geo-specific breaks before your customers do. Generate multi-market checkout tests from your product catalog in minutes, then monitor how checkout presents across different markets and devices—no real payments or orders created.
Track market health with baseline versus localization comparisons. Get evidence through scores, videos, screenshots, and PDFs. Alerts trigger only after confirmed repeats. The app uses read_products scope only.
Pro plan covers multi-market monitoring for one shop. Agency plan includes portfolio management, connection codes, and white-label client PDFs with fix checklists for theme partners.
Launched: September 2, 2026
Key features
- Multi-market checks with baseline vs localization visibility
- Generate checkout tests from your catalog in about two minutes
- Alerts only after a confirmed repeat on the same shop, market, device
- PDF, share links, and fix checklists for theme partners
- Agency portfolio with connection codes and white-label client PDFs
Integrations with:
- Email,
- Slack
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Pricing of Friction Observatory
Trial
Free
- 1 product URL, US only
- 5 tests + daily schedule
- Confirmed Slack or email
- Link shop to an agency
- Health score, video, PDF
Pro
$49 / month
- Up to 5 URLs and 5 markets
- 14-day trial: 30 tests total
- Unlimited after billing starts
- Schedules 1h–24h when charged
- 5 paths to checkout
- Confirmed Slack/email alerts
- Baseline, PDF, share, healing
Agency
$149 / month
- Everything in Pro per client
- 15-minute schedules
- Client stores dashboard
- Client connection code
- White-label client PDFs
- Peer benchmarks + agency Slack
