Checkly
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What is Checkly
Checkly is a cloud-based monitoring platform focused on API and website monitoring using scripted checks. It is used by engineering and SRE teams to validate uptime and performance through HTTP/API checks and browser-based synthetic monitoring. The product emphasizes “monitoring as code” workflows, enabling checks to be defined and versioned alongside application code and deployed via CI/CD. It also provides alerting integrations for incident response workflows.
Strong synthetic monitoring focus
Checkly provides both API checks and browser checks to validate user journeys and endpoint behavior from the outside in. It supports scripted checks, which helps teams model real interactions rather than relying only on simple ping/keyword tests. This makes it well-suited for catching regressions in critical flows such as login, checkout, and API contract changes.
Monitoring-as-code workflows
The platform supports defining checks in code and managing them through version control, which aligns with modern DevOps practices. Teams can review changes via pull requests and promote monitoring changes through environments using CI/CD. This approach can reduce configuration drift compared with UI-only monitoring setups.
Developer-oriented integrations and alerting
Checkly integrates with common notification and incident tools to route alerts to on-call responders. It supports programmatic management of monitoring assets, which helps teams automate setup for new services. For organizations prioritizing engineering ownership of monitoring, this can simplify standardization across services.
Limited full-stack observability breadth
Checkly primarily addresses synthetic monitoring and API/website availability rather than end-to-end observability across metrics, logs, and traces. Organizations seeking a single platform for infrastructure monitoring, APM, log analytics, and tracing may need additional tools. This can increase operational overhead for correlation and root-cause analysis.
Requires scripting and upkeep
Browser and API checks often require scripting and ongoing maintenance as applications change. Teams without strong engineering support may find it harder to build and keep synthetic suites reliable. Flaky tests and frequent UI changes can increase noise if checks are not carefully engineered.
Enterprise governance may vary
Some large organizations require advanced governance features such as granular role models, complex approval workflows, and extensive audit controls. Depending on internal requirements, teams may need to validate whether Checkly’s administrative controls meet enterprise standards. This is especially relevant for regulated environments and large multi-team deployments.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $0 per month (billed annually) | Uptime monitors: 10; Max frequency: 2 min; Public locations: 4; Browser/Playwright checks: 1,000 runs/mo; API checks: 10,000 runs/mo; Alerting: Email, Slack, Webhooks; Platform & Communicate limited features. |
| Starter | $24 per month (billed annually) | Uptime monitors: 50; Max frequency: 1 min; Public locations: 4; Browser checks: 3,000 runs/mo; API checks: 25,000 runs/mo; Alerting: Email, Slack, SMS, Webhooks; Additional monitors: $8 per 25; Additional browser runs: $4.00 per 1k; Additional API runs: $1.80 per 10k. |
| Team | $64 per month (billed annually) | Uptime monitors: 75; Max frequency: 30 sec; Public locations: 22; Browser checks: 12,000 runs/mo; API checks: 100,000 runs/mo; All alerting channels; Additional monitors: $8 per 25; Additional browser runs: $4.00 per 1k; Additional API runs: $1.80 per 10k. |
| Enterprise | Custom (contact sales) | Custom monitors & runs; Max frequency: 1 sec; All 22 locations; Private locations; Enterprise features: SAML/SSO, SOC 2 Type II, 99.9% SLA, dedicated support — contact sales for quote. |
Additional offering — Communicate (status pages):
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $0 per month (billed annually) | Status pages: 20 services; Subscribers: 250; Basic features. |
| Starter | $9 per month (billed annually) | Status pages: 25 services; Subscribers: 500; Custom domain/CSS/password protection available on higher tiers. |
| Team | $30 per month (billed annually) | Status pages: 50 services; Subscribers: 1000; White-labeling & custom domain available on Enterprise. |
| Enterprise | Custom (contact sales) | Higher limits, white-labeling, custom integrations, SLA & security controls. |
Notes: Pricing page shows an annual billing view by default and a Monthly/Annually toggle (monthly billing is available but prices above reflect the billed-annually rates shown on the official pricing page). Overages and add-on fees are published on the pricing page (additional monitors, additional browser/API runs and overage rates).
Seller details
Checkly, Inc.
Berlin, Germany
2018
Private
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