Monitoring36 of 41
Alerts and status page6 of 25
Team and trust10 of 18
Free plan and price9 of 16
uptime monitoring service · Checkly
Checkly
Code-driven monitoring that checks websites and APIs, with browser and API checks on every plan.
In short
- The Hobby plan is free and includes 10 uptime monitors with checks every 2 minutes1.
- Starter costs $24 a month, billed annually: 50 uptime monitors, 1-minute checks, 6 locations and 3 users1.
- Starter includes heartbeat, TCP, DNS, ping and SSL monitors, plus browser and API checks1,3.
- Starter sends alerts by email, Slack, SMS and webhooks; phone calls and PagerDuty-style tools need the $64 Team plan1.
- SAML single sign-on and a written 99.9% uptime SLA are listed only on the quote-based Enterprise plan1.
Checkly suits developers who want browser and API checks alongside plain uptime monitors, and a free plan with 10 monitors1. Starter costs $24 a month for 50 monitors with 1-minute checks1. The catch is that status pages are a separate product, 30-second checks cost more, and SSO and the SLA are Enterprise only1.
Best for: Developer teams that want checks defined in code.
Where the points come from
Monitoring 36 of 41 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Fastest check on the entry plan | 60Starter lists a maximum frequency of 1 minute; 30-second checks start on Team1. | 8 / 10 |
| Check types | Ping, TCP port, DNS, Keyword or response checkStarter lists ICMP, TCP and DNS monitors1. API checks assert on response bodies; URL monitors check status codes only2. | 8 / 8 |
| Check locations | 6Starter lists 6 public locations, with up to 3 per check1. | 2 / 5 |
| SSL certificate expiry alerts | YesThe plan table lists SSL certificate expiry alerts as included on Starter1. | 5 / 5 |
| Cron job (heartbeat) monitoring | YesHeartbeat monitors are listed on every plan; docs describe a ping URL and a grace period, with no beta label1,3. | 8 / 8 |
| Multi-step or browser checks | YesStarter includes 3,000 browser check runs and 25,000 API check runs a month1. | 5 / 5 |
Alerts and status page 6 of 25 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Alert channels | SMS, Slack, WebhookStarter lists email, Slack, SMS and webhooks. Phone calls and incident tools like PagerDuty start on Team1. | 6 / 12 |
| Public status page | Not publishedStatus pages are the separate Communicate product with its own plans; the Starter monitoring plan does not include one1. | 0 / 6 |
| Status page on your own domain | Not publishedStatus pages are a separate product, and the page does not show which plan adds a custom domain1. | 0 / 3 |
| On-call schedules or escalation | Not publishedNot published on the vendor's pricing page1. | 0 / 4 |
Team and trust 10 of 18 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| SAML single sign-on | NoSAML/SSO is marked for Enterprise only, which is sold by quote1. | 0 / 5 |
| SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 | YesCheckly says it is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant4. | 4 / 4 |
| Written uptime guarantee | Not publishedPricing page lists a 99.9% SLA on Enterprise only; terms promise reasonable efforts and name no credits1,5. | 0 / 3 |
| Public API | YesAPI reference lists create and update calls for checks and monitors, with no plan named as excluded6. | 3 / 3 |
| Three or more team members | YesStarter includes 3 users in its price1. | 3 / 3 |
Free plan and price 9 of 16 points
| Rule | What is published | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Monitors on the free plan | 10The free Hobby plan includes 10 uptime monitors1. | 4 / 6 |
| Entry plan price | $24/moStarter, the cheapest paid plan with at least 10 monitors: $24 a month, billed annually1. | 2 / 6 |
| Price with 50 monitors | $24/moStarter includes 50 uptime monitors with 1-minute checks, $24 a month billed annually1. | 3 / 4 |
The rule behind each line: how we score uptime monitoring services.
Plans and prices
As the vendor lists them, before tax. Prices are in US dollars unless the plan shows euros; the points use US dollars, with euros converted at the ECB rate.
| Plan | Price as listed | Per month | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby1 user | Free1 | $0 | 10 uptime monitors, 2-minute checks, 6 locations |
| Starter3 users | $24/month, billed annually1 | $24 | 50 uptime monitors, 1-minute checks, 100 SMS a month |
| Team10 users | $64/month, billed annually1 | $64 | 75 uptime monitors, 30-second checks, 22 locations |
Checkly prices its monitoring (Detect) apart from status pages (Communicate, $9 a month on Starter) and AI analysis (Resolve, $12)1. Only Detect counts toward the points, since a status page is not part of the Starter monitoring plan. Extra uptime monitors cost $8 per block of 251.
Strengths
Limits
- Starter checks run every 1 minute; 30-second checks need the $64 Team plan1.
- Starter has 6 locations; all 22 locations need Team1.
- Phone-call alerts and incident-tool integrations start on Team1.
- Status pages are a separate product, with a free tier and a paid Starter tier at $9 a month1.
- SAML SSO and the 99.9% uptime SLA are Enterprise only1.
Other uptime monitoring services
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HyperpingSmall teams that want checks, alerts and a status page in one plan89/100$24.17/moentry plan price - 2
Better Stack UptimeSmall engineering teams that want monitoring, on-call and incident alerts in one tool81/100$29/moentry plan price - 3
NodePingTeams that need many monitors and check types at a flat monthly price68/100$25/moentry plan price - 4
Oh DearAgencies and teams that watch many client sites68/100$45.83/moentry plan price
Sources
- Checkly pricing, Checkly. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
- URL monitors, Checkly. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
- Heartbeat monitors, Checkly. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
- Checkly security, Checkly. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
- Checkly terms of service, Checkly. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
- Checkly public API reference, Checkly. Accessed 9 Oct 2026.
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