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Spike

Last updated 2026-09-06 · benchmark measured 2026-09-06 — deterministic & reproducible

Spike monitors YouTube channels and alerts you when uploads hit a set view threshold.

Is Spike production-ready?

Legit.Show scores Spike 91 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on Spike (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Security; its weakest is Performance. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.

The 7 Frames

• Performance — 78/100
• Accessibility — 96/100
• Security — 100/100
• Privacy — 100/100
• Reliability — 80/100
• Standards — 97/100
• Discoverability — 85/100

What we measured

• Security headers present: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy.
• Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
• Real Lighthouse performance run — 619 ms to first byte.
• Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
• 1 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
• Has a reachable privacy policy.
• Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
• Discoverable: structured data, sitemap, OpenGraph image.

Who it's for

YouTube creators · Content agencies · Competitor monitors · Affiliate marketers · Faceless channel operators

Pricing

Starter $9/mo (5 channels), Pro $29/mo (20 channels), Scale $99/mo (100 channels). 7-day free trial with 3 channels.

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