# Checkly vs Pingdom

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Checkly

| Attribute | Checkly | Pingdom |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 70.8 (71% (medium)) | 51.9 (76% (high)) |
| 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":"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. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"What is Pingdom?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pingdom offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Synthetic Monitoring, Real User Monitoring and Enterprise. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"Is Pingdom free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Pingdom supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Pingdom support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Pingdom, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"Can Pingdom be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for Pingdom, including Slack, VictorOps, OpsGenie, PagerDuty, HipChat, Email and SMS. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"What does Pingdom integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Pingdom. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Pingdom not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/security/","question":"What security certifications does Pingdom have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Pingdom is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United Kingdom.","source":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","question":"Where is Pingdom 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. | 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. |
| 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 | 7 |
| 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":"Slack"},{"name":"VictorOps"},{"name":"OpsGenie"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"HipChat"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"SMS"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":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":false,"name":"Synthetic Monitoring","features":["Transaction monitoring","Page speed monitoring","Uptime monitoring","Email and SMS alerting","Maintenance windows","Public status pages and reports","Unlimited users"],"description":"Automated monitoring of application availability, performance, and transaction flows","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Real User Monitoring","features":["Unlimited number of sites","Unlimited users","Shareable reports","Performance filtering","13-month data retention"],"description":"Insight into actual user experience and application performance from end-user perspective","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"For high-volume deployments with 500K to 5M+ pageviews per month","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Pay-per-plan subscription model. 30-day free trial. Annual and monthly billing available.","currency":"GBP","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.pingdom.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-17T21:37:23.783Z","freeTrialDays":30,"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.checklyhq.com/security/ | - |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Checkly | Pingdom |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-10-17T05:43:09.832Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*