Speya can watch two different things for you: the suppliers you already have, and the market for suppliers you don't have yet. Both run on a schedule, compare each new result against the last, and tell you only when something genuinely changed.
In this article
Two kinds of monitoring
Monitor your supplier base for change
Monitor the market for new suppliers
Manage your monitors
FAQ
Two kinds of monitoring
Column monitoring re-researches a question you've already set up across your existing or newly qualified suppliers, and flags what's changed since the last run: a certificate lapsing, adverse press appearing, a risk rating shifting.
Discovery monitoring re-runs a saved search on a schedule and tells you when a new supplier appears that matches criteria you've set.
One watches suppliers you already have. The other watches the market for a supplier that doesn't exist in it yet.
Monitor your supplier base for change
Set up a monitor from a column
Open the column menu. Click the ⋮ on the column header.
Turn on Monitor. Switch the Monitor toggle on.
Set the cadence. Choose Weekly or Monthly.
Choose whether to be notified. Switch Notify on or off for email updates.
The column now shows a green monitor icon and runs on a schedule.
Set up a monitor from the Monitors modal
Open Monitors. Click Monitors, top right above your list. The Monitors window opens and shows any monitors you already have.
Start a new monitor. Click + New Monitor.
Choose the type. Pick Re-vet existing suppliers to refresh enrichment data and re-run evaluations on the suppliers already in your list.
Add what to check. Under Tasks, add Enrichments and Requirements from the Add from list options. These are the columns and requirements already on your list.
Set the schedule. Choose Weekly or Monthly and confirm the timezone.
Save the monitor. Click Create Monitor.
Your colmonitor is now active and runs on the schedule you set.
See what a monitor found
Green monitor icon (sidebar). In your list panel, a green monitor icon means at least one live scheduled monitor is running on that supplier list or column.
Black icon in a cell. When a monitor finds an update for a supplier, that supplier's cell shows a small black monitor badge next to the value.
Click the cell to read the update. Open the cell to see the new Result, the Reasoning behind it (marked AI-Generated), and the Instructions the monitor ran. The reasoning compares the previous finding to the fresh evidence, so you can see exactly what changed. Use the history icon at the top right of the cell to see prior values and when they changed.
Email updates. If notifications are on, you get an email headed "Updates from your monitors" with a View this week's changes button that opens the platform for the detail.
Monitor the market for new suppliers
Catch a fit the moment one appears
You searched and didn't find a good match. Keep your requirements and discovery plan standing, and Speya tells you the moment a supplier that fits appears, whether that's a new entrant or a known supplier diversifying into your space.
It also catches what Speya couldn't see before. As Speya's data network grows, a monitor you already have running benefits from it automatically. You don't need to go looking again.
How to set up a monitor for new suppliers
Open Monitors. Click Monitors, top right above your list.
Start a new monitor. Click + New Monitor.
Choose the type. Pick Search for new suppliers.
Describe what you're looking for. Use the same requirements and discovery plan you'd use for a one-off search. This is what the monitor keeps checking against.
Decide on auto-vetting. Leave Auto-vet new suppliers on if you want Speya to evaluate each new supplier it finds against your criteria automatically; turn it off if you'd rather review candidates yourself before they're evaluated.
Set the schedule. Choose Weekly or Monthly and confirm the timezone.
Save the monitor. Click Create Monitor.
When a match appears, it's added to your list, evaluated already if auto-vet is on, or waiting for your review if it's off.
Manage your monitors
You can adjust a monitor at any time:
Pause a monitor from the supplier list, from the column, or inside the monitor view.
Turn email notifications on or off from the column’s Notify toggle, or per enrichment when you edit the monitor (the bell icon on each task).
Edit or delete a monitor from the ⋮ menu on the monitor in the Monitors window, which gives you Edit, Pause, and Delete.
FAQ
Does monitoring work on uploaded suppliers as well as discovered ones?
Yes. Once a supplier is in a list, monitoring can track its columns regardless of how the supplier got there.
Can I monitor thousands of suppliers?
Yes. Large supplier bases are supported. Scale and cadence affect pricing, so talk to your commercial contact to plan the right setup for your base.
How does monitoring decide what counts as a meaningful change?
Each run does a fresh research pass, compares the result against the previous one, and reasons about whether a finding is genuinely new, including checking that a hit is really this company and not a same-named one. Only meaningful changes are flagged, so a reworded page on a supplier's website won't trigger an alert but a change in certification status will.
How is a discovery monitor different from just running Discovery again later?
The standing criteria are the point. You describe your requirements once, and Speya keeps checking the market against exactly that on a schedule, including catching sources that get added to Speya's data network after you set it up. Re-running Discovery by hand means remembering to do it and re-describing what you want each time.
Why might monitoring surface different sources or new information each run?
That is expected, and it is a sign the research is working rather than a fault. Speya researches across the open web against the monitor's instructions, and what surfaces can vary because search engines and their results change over time. Sometimes a source appears, sometimes it doesn't, and when Speya finds a newly published or previously unseen source it includes that too. Speya always shows the evidence behind what it finds, so you can review the sources and verify the result yourself. You can also re-run a check or search more broadly to surface more, and Speya maintains its own database and brings in live data to help fill gaps that open-web research might miss.
How should I read a low, medium, or high risk rating?
Treat it as an AI-generated assessment, not a hard fact. The AI is making a judgment based on the information available to it. If you would rather make the call yourself, you can use Speya purely to collect and surface the information, without asking it to rate the risk, and then review and assess it your way.
Can I export my enriched supplier list?
Yes. You can export a list to Excel at any time, useful for documentation, audits, or sharing with people outside the platform. The export reflects the column order on screen, so arrange your columns before exporting.