Checkly vs Pingdom
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.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api monitoring. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Checkly
LeaderPlatform 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.
Pingdom
Combines automated testing from 100+ global locations with real user monitoring to provide visibility into website availability, performance, and user experience across browsers and devices.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Checkly
LeaderFree 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
Pingdom
Pay-per-plan subscription model. 30-day free trial. Annual and monthly billing available.
- Synthetic Monitoring-
- Transaction monitoring
- Page speed monitoring
- Uptime monitoring
- Email and SMS alerting
- Maintenance windows
- +2 more
- Real User Monitoring-
- Unlimited number of sites
- Unlimited users
- Shareable reports
- Performance filtering
- 13-month data retention
- EnterpriseContact sales
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Slack
- PagerDuty
- OpsGenie
Checkly
Leader- Incident.io
- Rootly
- GitHub
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI
- Jenkins
- Vercel
- Terraform
- Pulumi
- Webhook
- Telegram
- Airflow
- Kubernetes
- MCP
- Prometheus
- Webhooks
Pingdom
- VictorOps
- HipChat
- SMS
Checkly or Pingdom: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.