# Checkly vs Healthchecks.io

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Healthchecks.io

| Attribute | Checkly | Healthchecks.io |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.8 (76% (high)) | 83.3 (51% (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 monitoring platform that tracks cron jobs and scheduled tasks, notifying you when they don't execute on schedule using a heartbeat check-in mechanism. |
| integrations.count | 17 | 12 |
| 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":"Email"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Gotify"},{"name":"Matrix"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"ntfy"},{"name":"Telegram"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"LV","primaryMarkets":[],"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":true,"name":"Hobbyist","summary":"Free","features":["Monitor 20 cron jobs","100 log entries per job"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"20","log_entries":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Supporter","summary":"$5/month","features":["Monitor 20 cron jobs","100 log entries per job"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"20","log_entries":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$20/month or $192/year","features":["Monitor 100 cron jobs","1000 log entries per job","50 SMS & WhatsApp credits per month","20 phone call credits per month","Email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"100","log_entries":"1000","phone_call_credits":"20/month","sms_whatsapp_credits":"50/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business Plus","summary":"$80/month or $768/year","features":["Monitor 1000 cron jobs","1000 log entries per job","500 SMS & WhatsApp credits per month","100 phone call credits per month","Priority email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":80,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"1000","log_entries":"1000","phone_call_credits":"100/month","sms_whatsapp_credits":"500/month"}}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans from $5–$80/month, with 20% discount for annual billing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:20:52.496Z","startingPrice":{"amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"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.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Checkly | Healthchecks.io |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-09-01T15:12:28.499Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*