# Checkly vs Uptime Kuma

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Checkly

| Attribute | Checkly | Uptime Kuma |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 70.8 (71% (medium)) | 49.9 (52% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 54 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 2 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 92,397 |
| 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":"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. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"What is Uptime Kuma?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Uptime Kuma is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"Is Uptime Kuma free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Uptime Kuma can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"Can Uptime Kuma be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Uptime Kuma is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma","question":"Is Uptime Kuma open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":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 self-hosted monitoring solution that tracks the availability of websites and services across multiple protocols and endpoints, with flexible alerting through numerous notification channels. |
| 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}` | `{"self_hostable":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"json_schema_assertions":true}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 6 |
| 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","native":true},{"name":"Telegram","native":true},{"name":"Discord","native":true},{"name":"Gotify","native":true},{"name":"Pushover","native":true},{"name":"Email","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | - | JavaScript |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":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":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:21:28.490Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 8 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.6","date":"2026-10-09T15:46:26Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.5","date":"2026-09-16T13:31:07Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.4","date":"2026-09-11T10:09:10Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.3","date":"2026-08-22T09:20:48Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.2","date":"2026-08-22T08:44:26Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.1","date":"2026-08-22T06:50:57Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.0","date":"2026-08-01T16:35:53Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.4.0","date":"2026-05-31T00:55:12Z","type":"stable","version":"2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.2","date":"2026-05-03T16:15:29Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.1","date":"2026-05-03T13:40:11Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.0","date":"2026-05-01T04:01:17Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.2.1","date":"2026-03-10T02:25:33Z","type":"stable","version":"2.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.2.0","date":"2026-03-05T02:08:14Z","type":"stable","version":"2.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.3","date":"2026-02-19T05:37:30Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.2","date":"2026-02-19T05:09:11Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.1","date":"2026-02-13T16:07:33Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0","date":"2026-02-07T02:31:49Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.3","date":"2026-01-22T13:01:00Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.2","date":"2026-01-14T02:45:36Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.1","date":"2026-01-05T02:02:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.1"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.checklyhq.com/security/ | - |
| security.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,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:54:39.713Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*