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Alternatives to Checkly

24 other tools do at least one of the 2 tasks Checkly does. Tools with a tested score come first; the rest are ordered by how many tasks they share with Checkly.

Disclosure: agathox makes some of the tools listed here. They are labelled and scored by the same method as every other tool.

Better Stack
Not enough data
AI SRE and MCP server, incident management, on-call, logs, metrics, traces, and error tracking. 7,000+ happy customers. 60-day money back guarantee.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
Free tier
Free plan at $0/month for personal projects: 10 monitors and heartbeats (shared), 1 status page, Slack and email alerts. Check frequency for the free tier is not listed.
Signup
Not stated. The privacy policy says accounts are created from information given at registration.
Checkly vs Better Stack
Cronitor
Not enough data
Monitoring made for developers. Monitor AI agents, cron jobs, websites, APIs, and everything in between — with instant alerts when something breaks.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
Free tier
Free plan (Hacker), $0: 5 monitors, email and Slack alerts, one basic status page with 50 subscribers, 100,000 web analytics and error events, 1 user, fastest check every 5 minutes. No SMS alerts or browser checks.
Signup
Not stated.
Datadog
Not enough data
See metrics from all of your apps, tools & services in one place with Datadog’s cloud monitoring as a service solution. Try it for free.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
Free tier
Not stated.
Signup
Not stated.
Healthchecks.io
Not enough data
Get instant alerts when your cron jobs, background workers, scheduled tasks don't run on time. Monitor up to 20 cron jobs for free.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
Free tier
Hobbyist plan, $0 per month: 20 jobs to monitor, 100 log entries per job.
Signup
Not stated.
HetrixTools
Not enough data
Monitor uptime, server metrics, and blacklist status in one place with alerts on 20+ channels.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
Free tier
Free for life: 15 uptime monitors, 15 server monitors, 4 of 12 monitoring locations, 15-day activity log, 1,000 API calls per month. You must log in at least once every 90 days to keep it.
Signup
Account required (free plan is started by registering).
Checkly vs HetrixTools
Insomnia
Not enough data
Leading Open Source API Development Platform for HTTP, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, and WebSockets
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: API testing
Free tier
Essentials plan is $0 per user/month: Git Sync projects for up to 3 users, unlimited Cloud/Local projects, unlimited collection runs and environments, 1,000 mock server requests per month, Inso CLI. Scratch Pad is local-only and free.
Signup
Not stated for the free plan. The page says the Scratch Pad can be used without logging in.
Checkly vs Insomnia
Instatus
Not enough data
Create a free status page in seconds. Monitor your services, fix incidents with your team, and share your status with customers.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
Free tier
Starter plan is free: 15 monitors, 2-minute checks, email alerts, 5 team members, 2 on-call members, a public status page, no custom domain, 200 subscribers.
Signup
Not stated; page has Sign up free calls to action.
Checkly vs Instatus
NodePing
Not enough data
NodePing Uptime Monitoring for Websites and Servers. Unlimited SMS alerts.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
Free tier
NodePing offers a free 15-day trial. The page says: “Free 15-day trial - Start Now No credit card required.”
Signup
An account signup is required to use the service. The page says: “Log in . . Log in . Sign up . . . Uptime Monitoring for Websites and Services.”
Pingdom
Not enough data
Pingdom is listed for: uptime monitoring.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
Free tier
Pingdom offers a 30-day free trial that is fully functional. The page says: “START 30-DAY FREE TRIAL Fully Functional for 30 days.”
Signup
A free trial requires starting a trial, which implies a signup process. The page says: “START 30-DAY FREE TRIAL Fully Functional for 30 days.”
Postman
Not enough data
Go faster from development to production with higher accuracy and fewer tokens.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: API testing
Free tier
The Free plan supports core solo API development and testing for individual developers. The page says: “Free supports core solo API development and testing for individual developers.”
Signup
A signup is required to use Postman. The page says: “Sign In Sign Up for Free.”
StatusCake
Not enough data
Website Monitoring solution that drives revenue & keeps you online. Track your uptime, page speed, domain, server, & SSL certificates.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
Free tier
Free plan at $0 per month: 10 uptime monitors (5-minute interval), 1 page speed monitor, 1 domain monitor, 1 SSL monitor, alerts via integrations.
Signup
Not stated.
Thunder Client
Not enough data
Thunder Client is a fast, lightweight REST API client for VS Code and JetBrains. Test REST and GraphQL APIs and share collections with Git, right in your IDE.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: API testing
Free tier
Free plan, $0 per user per month, no credit card: 3 collections, 50 requests per collection, 5 collection imports per month, collection runner via CLI only. Includes VS Code and JetBrains extension, CLI/CI, WebSocket, SSE and gRPC.
Signup
Not stated.
Yaak
Not enough data
Your requests on your machine, versioned with Git. Interact with any API using the app or agent-friendly CLI.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: API testing
Free tier
Free for personal use with no license. Commercial use has a 30-day trial starting on first launch, with no credit card or signup required.
Signup
Personal use and trial need no account. Licenses are tied to a Yaak account.
Checkly vs Yaak
Apidog
Not enough data
Apidog is listed for: api testing.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: API testing
Bruno
Not enough data
Bruno is the Git-native API client for REST, GraphQL, gRPC and Websocket. A local and open-source solution to Postman. Fast, developer-first, and no cloud syncing.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: API testing
Hoppscotch
Not enough data
Helps you create requests faster, saving precious time on development.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: API testing
HTTPie
Not enough data
Making APIs simple and intuitive for those building the tools of our time.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: API testing
RapidAPI
Not enough data
RapidAPI is listed for: api testing.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: API testing
ReqBin
Not enough data
ReqBin is listed for: api testing.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: API testing
Site24x7
Not enough data
Site24x7 offers both free & paid monitoring services for your entire IT environment.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
Swagger
Not enough data
Simplify API development for users, teams, and enterprises with our open source and professional toolset. Findogut how Swagger can help you and get started today.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: API testing
Updown.io
Not enough data
ϟ Website monitoring — beautiful, simple and inexpensive.
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
Uptime Kuma
Not enough data
A self-hosted monitoring tool
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring
UptimeRobot
Not enough data
Start monitoring in 30 seconds. Use advanced SSL, keyword and cron monitoring. Get notified by email, SMS, Slack and more. Get 50 monitors for FREE!
Shares 1 of 2 tasks: Uptime monitoring