Comparison

Checkly vs Uptime Kuma

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
Uptime Kuma50
Score
vioscaleAI score
Checkly71 / 100medium · 71%
Uptime Kuma50 / 100medium · 52%
Pricing
Free tier
Checkly✓
Uptime Kuma✓
Model
Checklyfreemium
Uptime Kumaopen_source
Price level
Checklylow
Uptime Kumafree
Transparent
Checkly✓
Uptime Kuma–
Integrations
Count
Checkly9
Uptime Kuma6
Reliability
Sla pct
Checkly99.9
Uptime Kuma–
Status page
Checkly✓
Uptime Kuma–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Checkly–
Uptime Kuma2
Github stars
Checkly–
Uptime Kuma92,397
Activity
Commits last 30d
Checkly–
Uptime Kuma54
Release
Cadence days
Checkly–
Uptime Kuma8
History
Checkly–
Uptime Kuma20 items
License
Spdx
Checkly–
Uptime KumaMIT
Language
Primary
Checkly–
Uptime KumaJavaScript
Market
Availability
Uptime Kuma–
Content
Faq
Checkly6 items
Uptime Kuma4 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

Uptime Kuma

A self-hosted monitoring solution that tracks the availability of websites and services across multiple protocols and endpoints, with flexible alerting through numerous notification channels.

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 ↗

Uptime Kuma

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Checkly✓
Uptime Kuma✓
Windows
Checkly✗
Uptime Kuma✓
Linux
Checkly✗
Uptime Kuma✓
CLI
Checkly✓
Uptime Kuma✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Checkly✓
Uptime Kuma✗
Self-hosted
Checkly✓
Uptime Kuma✓
On-premise
Checkly✗
Uptime Kuma✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Slack
  • Telegram

Checkly

Leader
19 total - 17 not shared
  • PagerDuty
  • Incident.io
  • Rootly
  • OpsGenie
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
  • Jenkins
  • Vercel
  • Terraform
  • Pulumi
  • Webhook
  • Airflow
  • Kubernetes
  • MCP
  • Prometheus
  • Webhooks
Independently observed

Uptime Kuma

6 total - 4 not shared
  • Discord
  • Gotify
  • Pushover
  • Email
Independently observed
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Checkly or Uptime Kuma: which one depends on you

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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.