# Checkly vs Healthchecks.io

| Attribute | Checkly | Healthchecks.io |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 70.8 (71% (medium)) | 74.9 (45% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A synthetic monitoring platform that sends real requests to your APIs and websites from distributed locations, tracks uptime and performance metrics, and automatically alerts your team through incident management and chat integrations when issues occur. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://www.checklyhq.com/pricing/","question":"What is Checkly?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Checkly offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.checklyhq.com/pricing/","question":"Is Checkly free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Checkly supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.checklyhq.com/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Checkly support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Checkly, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.checklyhq.com/pricing/","question":"Can Checkly be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 17 integrations for Checkly, including Slack, PagerDuty, Incident.io, Rootly, OpsGenie, GitHub, GitLab CI and Jenkins, plus 9 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.checklyhq.com/pricing/","question":"What does Checkly integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Checkly. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Checkly not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.checklyhq.com/pricing/","question":"What security certifications does Checkly have?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"A monitoring platform that tracks cron jobs and scheduled tasks, notifying you when they don't execute on schedule using a heartbeat check-in mechanism. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"What is Healthchecks.io?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Healthchecks.io offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $5 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"Is Healthchecks.io free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Healthchecks.io. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Healthchecks.io support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Healthchecks.io can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"Can Healthchecks.io be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for Healthchecks.io, including Email, Webhooks, Slack, Discord, GitHub, Google Chat, Gotify and Matrix, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"What does Healthchecks.io integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Healthchecks.io. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Healthchecks.io not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/privacy/","question":"What security certifications does Healthchecks.io have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Healthchecks.io is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Latvia.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"Where is Healthchecks.io available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A monitoring service for tracking application and service availability, with an API for programmatic check management, status verification, and integration with notification systems. |
| features.capabilities | `{"self_hostable":true,"monitoring_as_code":true,"multi_region_probes":true,"multistep_api_flows":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"private_location_agent":true,"heartbeat_deadmans_switch":true}` | - |
| integrations.count | 9 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Incident.io"},{"name":"Rootly"},{"name":"OpsGenie"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"GitLab CI"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"Pulumi"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"Airflow"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"MCP"},{"name":"Prometheus","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Webhooks","native":true,"category":"integrations","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Gotify"},{"name":"Matrix"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"ntfy"},{"name":"Telegram"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"LV","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free tier","features":["Uptime monitoring","API checks","Browser checks","Status page","Email and Slack alerting","Limited checks and 3 locations max per check"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Additional uptime monitors","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":8,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Browser check execution overage","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"execution"},"kind":"metered","amount":4,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"API check execution overage","components":[{"per":{"qty":10000,"unit":"execution"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.8,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier. Usage-based pricing for check executions, plus add-ons for additional monitors.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.checklyhq.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-04T17:56:34.180Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobbyist","summary":"Free","features":["Monitor 20 cron jobs","100 log entries per job"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"20","log_entries":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Supporter","summary":"$5/month","features":["Monitor 20 cron jobs","100 log entries per job"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"20","log_entries":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$20/month or $192/year","features":["Monitor 100 cron jobs","1000 log entries per job","50 SMS & WhatsApp credits per month","20 phone call credits per month","Email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"100","log_entries":"1000","phone_call_credits":"20/month","sms_whatsapp_credits":"50/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business Plus","summary":"$80/month or $768/year","features":["Monitor 1000 cron jobs","1000 log entries per job","500 SMS & WhatsApp credits per month","100 phone call credits per month","Priority email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":80,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"1000","log_entries":"1000","phone_call_credits":"100/month","sms_whatsapp_credits":"500/month"}}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans from $5–$80/month, with 20% discount for annual billing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:20:52.496Z","startingPrice":{"amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.checklyhq.com/security/ | - |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Checkly | Healthchecks.io |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Multi region probes | ✓ | - |
| Private location agent | ✓ | - |
| Status page hosting | ✓ | - |
| Json schema assertions | - | - |
| Monitoring as code | ✓ | - |
| Multistep API flows | ✓ | - |
| Heartbeat deadmans switch | ✓ | - |
| Self hostable | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-17T01:59:50.611Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*