Comparison

Checkly vs UptimeRobot

No clear leader: Checkly (63.8) and UptimeRobot (61.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Checkly64
UptimeRobot62
Score
Vioscale score
Checkly64 / 100high · 76%
UptimeRobot62 / 100high · 76%
Pricing
Free tier
Checkly
UptimeRobot
Model
Checklyfreemium
UptimeRobotfreemium
Price level
Checklylow
UptimeRobotlow
Transparent
Checkly
UptimeRobot
Integrations
Count
Checkly17
UptimeRobot18
Security
Gdpr
Checkly
UptimeRobot
Soc2
Checkly
UptimeRobot
Reliability
Status page
Checkly
UptimeRobot
Market

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Checkly

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

UptimeRobot

A service that continuously monitors websites, APIs, and servers at regular intervals and sends alerts when downtime or performance issues are detected. Includes branded status pages to inform users of incidents and maintenance.

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

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 verify ↗

UptimeRobot

SubscriptionFree tier

Free plan with 5 monitors; paid plans from €/month with annual savings

  • FreeFree
    • Keyword monitoring
    • Ping monitoring
    • Basic status pages
    • API monitoring
    • UDP monitoring
    • +3 more
  • Solo-
    • 60-second monitoring interval
    • API monitoring with custom headers
    • Multi-location checks
    • UDP monitoring
    • DNS monitoring
    • +5 more
  • Team-
    • Team member access
    • Granular permissions
    • Status page customization
    • Custom domain support
    • Password-protected status pages
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Dedicated CSM
    • Private Slack channel
    • Shortest monitoring intervals
    • Highest monitor counts
    • All monitoring types
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Checkly
UptimeRobot
iOS
Checkly
UptimeRobot
Android
Checkly
UptimeRobot
CLI
Checkly
UptimeRobot
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Checkly
UptimeRobot
Self-hosted
Checkly
UptimeRobot
Hybrid
Checkly
UptimeRobot

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
  • Telegram

Checkly

17 total - 14 not shared
  • Incident.io
  • Rootly
  • OpsGenie
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Actions
  • GitLab CI
  • Jenkins
  • Vercel
  • Terraform
  • Pulumi
  • Webhook
  • Airflow
  • Kubernetes
  • MCP
Independently observed

UptimeRobot

18 total - 15 not shared
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Mattermost
  • Discord
  • Google Chat
  • Splunk On-Call
  • Zenduty
  • ilert
  • PagerTree
  • Zapier
  • Pipedream
  • Pushbullet
  • Webhooks
  • Email to SMS
  • Voice call
  • Mobile push notification
Independently observed

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