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Checkly vs Insomnia
Both do 1 of the same developer tools task. Below is what each says about its own limits and pricing, and how each ranks on signals we can measure or quote.
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Checkly
The only monitoring platform built from the ground up to be operated by developers and agents to give teams a clear signal of application health.
Signals score: 4.0 / 5 · not a hands-on test
Visit www.checklyhq.comB
Insomnia
Leading Open Source API Development Platform for HTTP, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP, and WebSockets
Signals score: 3.9 / 5 · not a hands-on test
Visit insomnia.restPricing, limits and privacy
- Free tier
- A: Hobby plan costs $0: 10 uptime monitors, up to 1,000 browser check runs and 10,000 API check runs per month (hard-capped), 6 locations, 2-minute maximum frequency, 1 user, 1 dashboard. Email, Slack and webhook alerts. Raw data kept 7 days.
- B: 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.
- Paid plan
- A: Prices in $ (currency not named). Starter: Detect (uptime and synthetic) $24/month billed annually. Team: Detect $64/month billed annually. Status pages, AI root cause and Platform bundles are priced separately. Enterprise is a custom quote. The page says save up to 20% on annual billing.
- B: Pro $12 per user/month (annual payment schedule; toggle shows Save 17% for annual). Enterprise $45 per user/month, self-serve up to 50 users; billing period not clearly stated. Extra mock requests add-on: $10 per 25,000.
- Signup
- A: Sign-up is through a Get Started link to the signup page; the page does not explicitly say an account is required. The FAQ says no credit card is needed to get started.
- B: Not stated for the free plan. The page says the Scratch Pad can be used without logging in.
- Watermark
- A: Not applicable.
- B: Not applicable.
- Where files go
- A: Data may be processed in the United States. Test results are kept by plan: Hobby and Starter 7 days raw and 30 days aggregated; Team 30 days raw and 1 year aggregated; Enterprise 180 days raw and 25 months aggregated. No retention period is given for account data.
- B: Privacy policy names Google Cloud for hosting and says data may be stored outside the EU. It does not say whether project data is stored locally or in the cloud. Optional end-to-end encryption for project data. No retention periods given; account deletion is permanent.
From each tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them. Sources are listed on each tool's page.
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- Only Checkly: Uptime monitoring
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