Comparison

Checkly vs Uptime Kuma

On the evidence we track, Checkly leads this comparison with a composite score of 64/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Checkly64

Uptime Kuma57

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ChecklyLeader	Uptime Kuma
Vioscale score	64 / 100high · 76%	57 / 100low · 40%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	17	-
Security
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Flouislam%2Fuptime-kuma&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	2
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	90,643
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	64
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	8
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	JavaScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-

Score

Vioscale score

Checkly64 / 100high · 76%

Uptime Kuma57 / 100low · 40%

Pricing

Free tier

Checkly✓

Uptime Kuma✓

Model

Checklyfreemium

Uptime Kumaopen_source

Price level

Checklylow

Uptime Kumafree

Transparent

Checkly✓

Uptime Kuma–

Integrations

Count

Checkly17

Uptime Kuma–

Security

Soc2

Checkly✓

Uptime Kuma–

Vulnerabilities

Checkly–

Uptime KumaCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Flouislam%2Fuptime-kuma&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Checkly✓

Uptime Kuma–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Checkly–

Uptime Kuma2

Github stars

Checkly–

Uptime Kuma90,643

Activity

Commits last 30d

Checkly–

Uptime Kuma64

Release

Cadence days

Checkly–

Uptime Kuma8

History

Checkly–

Uptime Kuma20 items

License

Spdx

Checkly–

Uptime KumaMIT

Language

Primary

Checkly–

Uptime KumaJavaScript

Market

Availability

ChecklyAvailable worldwide

Uptime Kuma–

Capabilities

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

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

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

A code-first monitoring platform that runs continuous uptime checks, API tests, and browser-based workflows from multiple global locations to detect outages and performance issues. Sends alerts through various channels and supports custom monitoring logic via TypeScript.

Independently observed

Uptime Kuma

An open-source application for monitoring website uptime and checking service health. Designed to be deployed on your own infrastructure via Docker or traditional server setups.

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

from $1.80/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $24/month billed annually. Free tier includes 10 monitors and 1k browser/10k API checks.

HobbyFree
- Uptime monitoring (HTTPS, TCP, DNS, ICMP, Heartbeat)
- 10 uptime monitors
- 1,000 browser/Playwright checks per month
- 10,000 API checks per month
- 6 global monitoring locations
- +2 more
Starter$24/month billed annually
- 50 uptime monitors
- 1-minute check frequency
- 3,000 browser checks per month
- 25,000 API checks per month
- Automatic retry before alerting
- +3 more
Team$64/month billed annually
- 75 uptime monitors
- 30-second check frequency
- 12,000 browser checks per month
- 100,000 API checks per month
- 22 global locations
- +7 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Custom monitor and check volumes
- 1-second check frequency
- 22 global locations with parallel and round-robin scheduling
- Private locations
- All alerting channels
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-17verify ↗

Uptime Kuma

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-18verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Checkly	Uptime Kuma
WebPlatforms	✓	-
CLIPlatforms	✓	-
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Checkly✓

Uptime Kuma–

CLI

Checkly✓

Uptime Kuma–

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Checkly✓

Uptime Kuma✗

Self-hosted

Checkly✓

Uptime Kuma✓

Hybrid

Checkly✓

Uptime Kuma✗

Integrations

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

Checkly

Leader

17 total

Slack
PagerDuty
Incident.io
Rootly
OpsGenie
GitHub
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Jenkins
Vercel
Terraform
Pulumi
Webhook
Telegram
Airflow
Kubernetes
MCP

Independently observed

Uptime Kuma

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.