vioscaleAI
Comparison

Checkly vs Datadog Synthetic Monitoring

On the evidence we track, Checkly leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Checkly71
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring41
Score
vioscaleAI score
Checkly71 / 100medium · 71%
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring41 / 100low · 10%
Pricing
Free tier
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring–
Model
Checklyfreemium
Datadog Synthetic Monitoringcommercial
Price level
Checklylow
Datadog Synthetic Monitoringunknown
Transparent
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring✗
Integrations
Count
Checkly9
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring14
Security
Certifications
ChecklySOC 2 Type II
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring–
Gdpr
Checkly–
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring✓
Soc2
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring–
Trust center
Checklyhttps://www.checklyhq.com/security/
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring–
Reliability
Sla pct
Checkly99.9
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring–
Status page
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Checkly6 items
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api monitoring. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Multi region probes
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring-
Private location agent
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring-
Status page hosting
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring-
Json schema assertions
Checkly-
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring-
Monitoring as code
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring-
Multistep API flows
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring-
Heartbeat deadmans switch
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring-
Self hostable
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Checkly

Leader

Platform for monitoring web applications and APIs using synthetic testing from multiple geographic regions and private network locations. Includes public status page hosting and automated incident alerting.

Independently observed

Datadog Synthetic Monitoring

An AI-enhanced service that continuously tests critical application functionality to identify issues early and ensure reliable performance.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Checkly

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier. Usage-based pricing for check executions, plus add-ons for additional monitors.

  • FreeFree
    • Uptime monitoring
    • API checks
    • Browser checks
    • Status page
    • Email and Slack alerting
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Datadog Synthetic Monitoring

14-day trial

14-day free trial available (pricing details not disclosed in provided materials)

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring✓
CLI
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring✓
Self-hosted
Checkly✓
Datadog Synthetic Monitoring✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (3)
  • Slack
  • GitHub
  • Jenkins

Checkly

Leader
19 total - 16 not shared
  • PagerDuty
  • Incident.io
  • Rootly
  • OpsGenie
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
  • Vercel
  • Terraform
  • Pulumi
  • Webhook
  • Telegram
  • Airflow
  • Kubernetes
  • MCP
  • Prometheus
  • Webhooks
Independently observed

Datadog Synthetic Monitoring

14 total - 11 not shared
  • GitLab
  • CircleCI
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jira
  • Google Vertex AI
  • Google Cloud SQL
  • Google Cloud Run
  • Google Cloud
  • Real User Monitoring
  • Error Tracking
  • Session Replay
Independently observed
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