# Checkly vs Gatus

| Attribute | Checkly | Gatus |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.8 (76% (high)) | 63.1 (52% (medium)) |
| 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 platform for tracking service health across websites, APIs, and infrastructure. It detects outages automatically, publishes real-time status pages, and alerts teams via multiple channels. |
| integrations.count | 17 | 24 |
| 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":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Gotify"},{"name":"Matrix"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"n8n"},{"name":"Ntfy"},{"name":"Opsgenie"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Gitea"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Messagebird"},{"name":"Pushover"},{"name":"AWS SES"},{"name":"ilert"},{"name":"Incident.io"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Twilio"},{"name":"SIGNL4"},{"name":"Custom"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":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"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$10/month","features":["HTTP, ICMP, DNS, TCP, UDP, TLS, SCTP, SSH, gRPC, WebSocket monitoring","Status code, response body/JSONPath, certificate expiration, domain expiration conditions","Response time and connection monitoring","Slack, Teams, Telegram, Discord, Google Chat, Gotify, Matrix, Mattermost, n8n, Ntfy, Opsgenie, Email, Gitea, GitHub, GitLab integrations","Static egress IP for firewall whitelisting","Custom domain support","Uptime, response time, health badges","Private status pages"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For those looking to monitor most of their services","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"None","team_members":"None","suites_per_page":"0","check_interval_min":"2m","endpoints_per_page":"30","alerts_per_endpoint":"2","events_per_endpoint":"50","results_per_endpoint":"100","conditions_per_endpoint":"5","audit_log_retention_days":"14"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"$20/month","features":["All Standard features","Push-based monitoring","Incident announcements","Additional integrations: Messagebird, Pushover, AWS SES, ilert, Incident.io, PagerDuty, Twilio, SIGNL4"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For those looking to monitor all of their services","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"2","team_members":"5","suites_per_page":"5","check_interval_min":"1m","endpoints_per_page":"50","alerts_per_endpoint":"3","events_per_endpoint":"50","results_per_endpoint":"100","conditions_per_endpoint":"10","audit_log_retention_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$50/month","features":["All Premium features","Metrics dashboard","Single Sign-On (SSO)","Custom CSS","Custom integrations"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For those looking to monitor multiple business-critical services across several products","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"status_pages":"3","team_members":"25","suites_per_page":"25","check_interval_min":"30s","endpoints_per_page":"100","alerts_per_endpoint":"10","events_per_endpoint":"50","results_per_endpoint":"500","conditions_per_endpoint":"20","audit_log_retention_days":"90"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$500/month","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $10/month. Free 7-day trial.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://gatus.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:21:07.998Z","freeTrialDays":7,"startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Checkly | Gatus |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T17:06:32.531Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*