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Checkly vs Instatus
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
Instatus
Create a free status page in seconds. Monitor your services, fix incidents with your team, and share your status with customers.
Signals score: 3.9 / 5 · not a hands-on test
Visit instatus.comPricing, 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: 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.
- 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 from $20/month (yearly billing 25% off, paid up front): 50 monitors, 30-second checks, SMS alerts, 1+ custom domain, 5,000 subscribers. Business price not stated. Enterprise is custom.
- 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; page has Sign up free calls to action.
- Watermark
- A: Not applicable.
- B: Not stated.
- 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: Data stored primarily in the United States; service providers may process it in other countries. After account deletion, data is removed from live systems within 30 days and from backups within 60 days. Billing records kept as tax law requires, typically up to 7 years.
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: API testing
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