--- title: Checkly canonical: https://saasranked.com/software/checkly/ category: Uptime Monitoring Software points: 61 rank: 8 of 10 facts_checked: 2026-10-09 --- # Checkly Code-driven monitoring that checks websites and APIs, with browser and API checks on every plan. 61 points out of 100. #8 of 10 uptime monitoring services. Vendor: Checkly. Website: https://www.checklyhq.com/ - The Hobby plan is free and includes 10 uptime monitors with checks every 2 minutes [1]. - Starter costs $24 a month, billed annually: 50 uptime monitors, 1-minute checks, 6 locations and 3 users [1]. - Starter includes heartbeat, TCP, DNS, ping and SSL monitors, plus browser and API checks [1][3]. - Starter sends alerts by email, Slack, SMS and webhooks; phone calls and PagerDuty-style tools need the $64 Team plan [1]. - SAML single sign-on and a written 99.9% uptime SLA are listed only on the quote-based Enterprise plan [1]. Verdict: Checkly suits developers who want browser and API checks alongside plain uptime monitors, and a free plan with 10 monitors [1]. Starter costs $24 a month for 50 monitors with 1-minute checks [1]. The catch is that status pages are a separate product, 30-second checks cost more, and SSO and the SLA are Enterprise only [1]. Best for: Developer teams that want checks defined in code. ## Points | Criterion | Line | Value | Points | Note | |---|---|---|---|---| | Monitoring | Fastest check on the entry plan | 60 | 8/10 | Starter lists a maximum frequency of 1 minute; 30-second checks start on Team [1]. | | Monitoring | Check types | Ping, TCP port, DNS, Keyword or response check | 8/8 | Starter lists ICMP, TCP and DNS monitors [1]. API checks assert on response bodies; URL monitors check status codes only [2]. | | Monitoring | Check locations | 6 | 2/5 | Starter lists 6 public locations, with up to 3 per check [1]. | | Monitoring | SSL certificate expiry alerts | Yes | 5/5 | The plan table lists SSL certificate expiry alerts as included on Starter [1]. | | Monitoring | Cron job (heartbeat) monitoring | Yes | 8/8 | Heartbeat monitors are listed on every plan; docs describe a ping URL and a grace period, with no beta label [1][3]. | | Monitoring | Multi-step or browser checks | Yes | 5/5 | Starter includes 3,000 browser check runs and 25,000 API check runs a month [1]. | | Alerts and status page | Alert channels | SMS, Slack, Webhook | 6/12 | Starter lists email, Slack, SMS and webhooks. Phone calls and incident tools like PagerDuty start on Team [1]. | | Alerts and status page | Public status page | Not published | 0/6 | Status pages are the separate Communicate product with its own plans; the Starter monitoring plan does not include one [1]. | | Alerts and status page | Status page on your own domain | Not published | 0/3 | Status pages are a separate product, and the page does not show which plan adds a custom domain [1]. | | Alerts and status page | On-call schedules or escalation | Not published | 0/4 | Not published on the vendor's pricing page [1]. | | Team and trust | SAML single sign-on | No | 0/5 | SAML/SSO is marked for Enterprise only, which is sold by quote [1]. | | Team and trust | SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 | Yes | 4/4 | Checkly says it is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant [4]. | | Team and trust | Written uptime guarantee | Not published | 0/3 | Pricing page lists a 99.9% SLA on Enterprise only; terms promise reasonable efforts and name no credits [1][5]. | | Team and trust | Public API | Yes | 3/3 | API reference lists create and update calls for checks and monitors, with no plan named as excluded [6]. | | Team and trust | Three or more team members | Yes | 3/3 | Starter includes 3 users in its price [1]. | | Free plan and price | Monitors on the free plan | 10 | 4/6 | The free Hobby plan includes 10 uptime monitors [1]. | | Free plan and price | Entry plan price | $24/mo | 2/6 | Starter, the cheapest paid plan with at least 10 monitors: $24 a month, billed annually [1]. | | Free plan and price | Price with 50 monitors | $24/mo | 3/4 | Starter includes 50 uptime monitors with 1-minute checks, $24 a month billed annually [1]. | ## Plans | Plan | Price | Per month (USD) | |---|---|---| | Hobby | Free [1] | $0 | | Starter | $24/month, billed annually [1] | $24 | | Team | $64/month, billed annually [1] | $64 | Checkly prices its monitoring (Detect) apart from status pages (Communicate, $9 a month on Starter) and AI analysis (Resolve, $12) [1]. Only Detect counts toward the points, since a status page is not part of the Starter monitoring plan. Extra uptime monitors cost $8 per block of 25 [1]. ## Strengths - Free plan includes 10 uptime monitors, browser checks and API checks [1]. - Starter covers HTTPS, TCP, DNS, ICMP, SSL and heartbeat monitors in one plan [1]. - Names SOC 2 Type 2 compliance on its security page [4]. - Public API lists create and update calls for checks and heartbeat monitors [6]. ## Limits - Starter checks run every 1 minute; 30-second checks need the $64 Team plan [1]. - Starter has 6 locations; all 22 locations need Team [1]. - Phone-call alerts and incident-tool integrations start on Team [1]. - Status pages are a separate product, with a free tier and a paid Starter tier at $9 a month [1]. - SAML SSO and the 99.9% uptime SLA are Enterprise only [1]. ## Vendor claims (not scored) - Checkly says its Enterprise plan carries a 99.9% uptime SLA [1]. - Checkly says it is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant, covering security, availability, confidentiality, privacy and processing integrity [4]. ## Sources 1. [Checkly pricing](https://www.checklyhq.com/pricing/), Checkly, accessed 2026-10-09 2. [URL monitors](https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/constructs/url-monitor.md), Checkly, accessed 2026-10-09 3. [Heartbeat monitors](https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/constructs/heartbeat-monitor.md), Checkly, accessed 2026-10-09 4. [Checkly security](https://www.checklyhq.com/security/), Checkly, accessed 2026-10-09 5. [Checkly terms of service](https://www.checklyhq.com/terms/), Checkly, accessed 2026-10-09 6. [Checkly public API reference](https://www.checklyhq.com/docs/_llms/api-reference.md), Checkly, accessed 2026-10-09