ApproveThis manages your Freshping Integration approvals.

When Uptime Meets Approval Time

Let's get real - when your website goes down, two things happen simultaneously: Your monitoring tool blows up your Slack channel, and three different departments start arguing about whose job it is to fix it. Freshping catches the problem. ApproveThis stops the meeting parade. Together? They turn "Oh shit" moments into controlled processes.

Why This Combo Doesn't Just Work - It Changes How You Operate

Freshping's the watchdog that never sleeps, checking your sites every 60 seconds. ApproveThis is the decision engine that cuts through bureaucratic sludge. Connect them through Zapier, and you've built an automatic response system that actually respects your team's time.

The Nerd Stuff Made Simple

Freshping detects downtime → Zapier shoves that alert into ApproveThis → Your predefined approval chain kicks in. No chasing people down. No CC'ing the entire company. Just structured decisions happening at the speed your business actually needs.

Real Scenarios Where This Matters

1. The "Who Authorizes the Fix?" Problem

E-commerce company gets a midnight alert. Their checkout page is down. With this integration:

• Freshping detects outage
• ApproveThis pings both DevOps lead AND CFO (since server changes might cost money)
• Approval threshold set - if both approve within 15 mins, auto-OK to restart servers

What used to take 47 Slack messages now takes two email replies.

2. The Compliance Paper Trail

Healthcare SaaS company gets weekly uptime alerts. Their auditors demand proof that every incident was properly reviewed. The integration auto-generates an approval request post-resolution that forces:

• Root cause analysis attachment
• Legal team sign-off on any customer notifications
• Archiving in ApproveThis' audit-ready dashboard

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Three steps even your non-technical PM can handle:

1. In Zapier, make Freshping watch for New Alert triggers
2. Connect to ApproveThis' Create Request action
3. Map alert details to approval fields (status URL, downtime duration, affected regions)

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to auto-flag alerts lasting longer than 5 minutes for executive review.

Why Your Teams Will Actually Use This

IT Ops Stops Playing Secretary

No more manually routing downtime reports. Approval chains auto-route based on incident severity. Vacation delegation means alerts don't pile up when John from infra takes PTO.

Compliance Gets Their Pound of Flesh

Every resolved incident auto-generates a post-mortem approval request. Legal signs off on communications. Engineering documents fixes. All stored with timestamps and decision trails.

Finance Controls Costs Without Micromanaging

Set approval thresholds - any server restart costing over $500 needs CFO approval. Under that? DevOps self-approves via email. Budget stays intact without slowing down every minor fix.

The Hidden Perks You Didn't Expect

Approval groups let you do things like:

Parallel approvals: Notify network team AND customer support simultaneously when EU servers go down. First team to respond gets moving while others stay informed.

External clients: Add client stakeholders as approvers without giving them Freshping access. They get email approvals for critical fixes affecting their microsite.

When Not to Use This Integration

If your website never goes down (liar), or if your approval process is just your CEO hitting reply-all with "FIX IT NOW", this might be overkill. For everyone else living in reality...

Making It Work For Your Size

50-200 Employee Companies

Set up basic approval chains: Tech lead + department head. Use calculated fields to auto-approve minor outages under 2 minutes.

500-5000 Employee Enterprises

Layer in regional approval groups. EU downtime alerts go to local infra team first. Escalate globally if unresolved in 15 mins. Compliance gets read-only access to all requests.

FAQ From Actual Humans

"Does this require everyone to learn Freshping?"
Nope. Approvers interact 100% through ApproveThis emails or dashboard. They don't even need to know you use Freshping.

"What if our approval rules change weekly?"
Adjust workflows in ApproveThis without touching Zapier. Swap approvers, change thresholds, add new steps as needed.

Ready to Stop Herding Cats During Crises?

This isn't about adding another tool. It's about cutting the crap that happens when shit hits the fan. Get alerts → make decisions → move on. No meetings. No chaos.

Set up your free ApproveThis account, connect to Freshping in 20 minutes, and actually enjoy your next outage. (Okay, maybe not enjoy. But stress way less.)

Final Reality Check

If you process more than three downtime approvals a month manually, you're wasting at least 15 person-hours monthly on pure process overhead. That's $1,800+ at average tech salaries. The math's simple.