Checkly vs UptimeRobot
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.
UptimeRobot
A website and infrastructure monitoring service that continuously checks the uptime and performance of websites, APIs, and servers, providing instant notifications through multiple channels when problems are detected.
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
UptimeRobot
Free plan available. Paid plans from €/month with 60-second monitoring intervals; save ~15% with annual billing.
- FreeFree
- 5 min monitoring interval
- Ping monitoring
- HTTPS monitoring
- Port monitoring
- API monitoring
- +9 more
- Solo-
- Team-
- 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
- Telegram
- Webhooks
Checkly
Leader- Incident.io
- Rootly
- OpsGenie
- GitHub
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI
- Jenkins
- Vercel
- Terraform
- Pulumi
- Webhook
- Airflow
- Kubernetes
- MCP
- Prometheus
UptimeRobot
- Microsoft Teams
- Mattermost
- Discord
- Google Chat
- Splunk On-Call
- Zenduty
- ilert
- PagerTree
- Zapier
- Pipedream
- Pushbullet
- Email to SMS
- Voice call
- Mobile push notification
- MS Teams
- Google Analytics
Checkly or UptimeRobot: 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.