# Checkly vs Datadog Synthetic Monitoring

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Checkly

| Attribute | Checkly | Datadog Synthetic Monitoring |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.8 (76% (high)) | 11 (19% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A cloud-based testing platform that lets engineering teams create code-free tests simulating user interactions and API calls across endpoints, enabling rapid issue detection and performance optimization. |
| integrations.count | 17 | 14 |
| 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":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"CircleCI"},{"name":"Azure DevOps"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Google Vertex AI"},{"name":"Google Cloud SQL"},{"name":"Google Cloud Run"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Real User Monitoring"},{"name":"Error Tracking"},{"name":"Session Replay"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","summary":"Free","features":["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","Round Robin scheduling","Email and Slack alerting"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free tier for personal projects and learning","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"locations":"6","api_checks":"10000/mo","max_frequency":"2 min","browser_checks":"1000/mo","uptime_monitors":"10"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$24/month billed annually","features":["50 uptime monitors","1-minute check frequency","3,000 browser checks per month","25,000 API checks per month","Automatic retry before alerting","Email, Slack, SMS (100/mo) alerting","Webhook support","Incident management integrations (PagerDuty, Incident.io, Rootly, OpsGenie)"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":24,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"browser checks"},"kind":"metered","amount":4,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":10000,"unit":"API checks"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.8,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":25,"unit":"additional monitors"},"kind":"metered","amount":8,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For startups and growing projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"locations":"6","api_checks":"25000/mo","sms_credits":"100/mo","max_frequency":"1 min","browser_checks":"3000/mo","uptime_monitors":"50"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$64/month billed annually","features":["75 uptime monitors","30-second check frequency","12,000 browser checks per month","100,000 API checks per month","22 global locations","Round Robin and Parallel scheduling","Multiple automatic retries","All alerting channels (Email, Slack, SMS 200/mo, Webhooks)","Private locations for internal monitoring","SSL/TLS certificate monitoring","Visual regression detection","All incident management integrations"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":64,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"browser checks"},"kind":"metered","amount":6.25,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":10000,"unit":"API checks"},"kind":"metered","amount":2.5,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Ideal for growing teams and businesses","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"locations":"22","api_checks":"100000/mo","sms_credits":"200/mo","max_frequency":"30 sec","browser_checks":"12000/mo","uptime_monitors":"75","private_locations":"True"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Custom monitor and check volumes","1-second check frequency","22 global locations with parallel and round-robin scheduling","Private locations","All alerting channels","Custom pricing for overages"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Custom solutions for large organizations","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Communicate Starter"},{"name":"Communicate Team"}],"summary":"From $24/month billed annually. Free tier includes 10 monitors and 1k browser/10k API checks.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.checklyhq.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-17T21:36:29.405Z","startingPrice":{"amount":1.8,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"summary":"14-day free trial available (pricing details not disclosed in provided materials)","sourceUrl":"https://www.datadoghq.com/product/synthetic-monitoring/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-17T21:31:18.719Z","freeTrialDays":14}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Checkly | Datadog Synthetic Monitoring |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:50:24.188Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*