Developer tools / Checkly
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.
Where it stands
4.0 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health4.5 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Facts stated4.2 / 5 · weight 30%
How many of the five facts the tool's own pages state
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Checkly yet. Facts checked 2026-11-01. How tests work
Disclosure: agathox makes some of the tools listed here. They are labelled and scored by the same method as every other tool.
Should you use Checkly?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-01.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “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…”
Check first
- The free option has limits: “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…”
Does: Uptime monitoring, API testing
Measured signals
4.5 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Checkly's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 224 ms.
- Security2.8 / 51 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
We found no public discussion of this tool to read.
A score needs at least 12 different commenters across 2 threads.
- Free tier
- 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.
- Paid plan
- 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.
- Signup
- 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.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- 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.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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Tasks and scores
- Uptime monitoringNot tested yet
- API testingNot tested yet
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