Forta alternative for smart contract alerts
Forta started as a decentralized network of detection bots. Today it presents itself as an onchain risk management platform: Forta Risk maps dependencies and dollar exposure, and Forta Firewall screens transactions at the sequencer for chains such as Ink, Celo and Plume. Getting started means requesting a demo. Custom detection still means writing a bot in TypeScript, JavaScript or Python and deploying it.
If you need alerts from your own contracts on Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base or Arbitrum, without code or a sales call, SmartAlert does that part. Paste the address, pick suggested rules, get alerts in Telegram for free.
SmartAlert vs Forta
| SmartAlertus | Forta | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Contract monitoring and alerts | Risk platform, chain firewall, detection-bot network |
| Who it is for | Teams that ship contracts | Chains, issuers and larger protocols |
| Start | Paste a contract address | Request a demo, or write and deploy a bot |
| Custom logic | Rules in a form: event counts, values, balances, view functions | Code: bots in TypeScript, JavaScript or Python, Node and Docker |
| Price | Free in Telegram; Pro $30/mo, Business $99/mo, public | Not published, demo-led |
| Networks | Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base, Arbitrum | Firewall on Ink, Celo, Plume and others |
| Limit per rule | Fixed threshold, or a baseline for every hour of the day | Defined in bot code |
| Check a rule on history before turning it on | Yes, last 30 days on a chart | — |
| Channels | Telegram, Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, email, webhook | Email, webhook, API |
| Blocks transactions | No | Yes, Firewall screens before execution |
- SmartAlertus
- Contract monitoring and alerts
- Forta
- Risk platform, chain firewall, detection-bot network
- SmartAlertus
- Teams that ship contracts
- Forta
- Chains, issuers and larger protocols
- SmartAlertus
- Paste a contract address
- Forta
- Request a demo, or write and deploy a bot
- SmartAlertus
- Rules in a form: event counts, values, balances, view functions
- Forta
- Code: bots in TypeScript, JavaScript or Python, Node and Docker
- SmartAlertus
- Free in Telegram; Pro $30/mo, Business $99/mo, public
- Forta
- Not published, demo-led
- SmartAlertus
- Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base, Arbitrum
- Forta
- Firewall on Ink, Celo, Plume and others
- SmartAlertus
- Fixed threshold, or a baseline for every hour of the day
- Forta
- Defined in bot code
- SmartAlertus
- Yes, last 30 days on a chart
- Forta
- —
- SmartAlertus
- Telegram, Slack, Discord, PagerDuty, email, webhook
- Forta
- Email, webhook, API
- SmartAlertus
- No
- Forta
- Yes, Firewall screens before execution
“—” means the sources don’t say.
When to choose Forta
You run a chain or a rollup
and want transactions screened before they execute. SmartAlert only alerts; it does not block.
You need risk mapping across dependencies
with dollar exposure, not alerts on your own contracts.
You want detection logic in code
and have engineers to write and maintain bots.
When SmartAlert fits
- You want alerts on your contracts today, without code, a token or a demo call.
- You want alerts in Telegram, Slack or Discord, where the team already is.
- Your contract's activity changes through the day. SmartAlert compares each hour with the same hour on previous days.
- You want to see how often a rule would have fired before you turn it on.
FAQ
Is Forta still running?
Yes. Its focus shifted to Forta Risk and Forta Firewall; the detection-bot docs are still online.
Can SmartAlert block an exploit?
No. It watches events, balances and view functions and tells you fast. Blocking needs a firewall or a pause in your contract.
Try it on your own contract
An address is enough. The first 14 days get Pro limits, and rules are checked on history before they go live.