# Checkly vs UptimeRobot

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Checkly

| Attribute | Checkly | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 70.8 (71% (medium)) | 60.2 (74% (medium)) |
| 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":"A platform that continuously checks whether your websites and services are operational by sending requests from distributed locations around the world. Users receive notifications when issues are detected, with details including response times, error codes, and regional outage information. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com","question":"What is UptimeRobot?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"UptimeRobot offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com","question":"Is UptimeRobot free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"UptimeRobot supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com","question":"What platforms does UptimeRobot support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for UptimeRobot, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com","question":"Can UptimeRobot be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 18 integrations for UptimeRobot, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Mattermost, Telegram, Discord, Google Chat, PagerDuty and Splunk On-Call, plus 10 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com/pricing/","question":"What does UptimeRobot integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for UptimeRobot. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as UptimeRobot not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com/free-tools/compliance-monitoring/","question":"What security certifications does UptimeRobot have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"UptimeRobot is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the Czechia.","source":"https://uptimerobot.com/pricing/","question":"Where is UptimeRobot available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":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 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. |
| 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":false,"monitoring_as_code":true,"multi_region_probes":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"json_schema_assertions":true,"heartbeat_deadmans_switch":true}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 16 |
| 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"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Splunk On-Call"},{"name":"Zenduty"},{"name":"ilert"},{"name":"PagerTree"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Pipedream"},{"name":"Pushbullet"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Email to SMS"},{"name":"Voice call"},{"name":"Mobile push notification"},{"name":"MS Teams","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Google Analytics","native":false}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":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":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","features":["5 min monitoring interval","Ping monitoring","HTTPS monitoring","Port monitoring","API monitoring","UDP monitoring","DNS monitoring","Keyword monitoring","3rd party service monitoring","Dependency monitoring","Domain expiration monitoring","Heartbeat monitoring","Basic status pages","5 integrations max"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"50","integrations":"5","status_pages":"3","monitoring_interval_minutes":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Solo","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"3","monitoring_interval_seconds":"60"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","description":"For high-volume, self-serve monitoring","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"100","status_pages_white_label":"True"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"Dedicated account management and private Slack support","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"None","monitoring_interval_seconds":"30"}}],"summary":"Free plan available. Paid plans from €/month with 60-second monitoring intervals; save ~15% with annual billing.","currency":"EUR","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://uptimerobot.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-06T11:31:42.889Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"}]` |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.checklyhq.com/security/ | https://uptimerobot.com/is-it-down/trustpilot/ |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Checkly | UptimeRobot |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-10-16T21:23:15.988Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*