Alternatives to Checkly
A code-first monitoring platform that runs Playwright browser checks and API tests from global locations. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Checkly
A code-first monitoring platform that runs Playwright browser checks and API tests from global locations.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Checkly.
Better Stack Uptime
A hosted uptime monitor that checks websites, APIs, SSL certificates and domains and sends alerts.
Better Stack Uptime also runs Playwright browser transaction checks, adds SSL, domain and cron monitoring with a status page, but monitors are configured in a hosted service rather than as code.
Pingdom
A hosted website monitoring service with uptime, page speed, transaction checks and real user monitoring.
Pingdom offers transaction checks that simulate user flows plus real user monitoring, but it is a paid SolarWinds product with no code-first CLI workflow.
Oh Dear
A hosted website health monitor covering uptime, SSL, DNS, cron jobs, broken links and performance.
Oh Dear covers uptime, SSL, DNS, cron and broken link crawling from an EU-hosted service, but has no permanent free plan and no Playwright browser checks.
UptimeRobot
A hosted uptime monitoring service with 50 free monitors, alerts and public status pages.
UptimeRobot gives 50 free uptime monitors with status pages and a CLI, but it focuses on uptime checks rather than scripted Playwright end-to-end tests.
StatusCake
A hosted monitoring service for website uptime, page speed, SSL certificates, domains and servers.
StatusCake monitors uptime, page speed, SSL and domains with a free tier, set up through a hosted interface instead of monitors defined in code.
WebGazer
A hosted service for website, API, port and cron job monitoring with public status pages.
WebGazer monitors websites, APIs, ports and cron jobs with a free allowance of 50 monitors, but does not offer code-defined Playwright browser checks.
updown.io
A hosted website monitor that checks HTTP, TCP and ICMP endpoints, certificates and cron jobs.
updown.io provides simple usage-priced HTTP, TCP and ICMP checks from two locations, without browser transaction tests or monitoring as code.
Uptime.com
A hosted monitoring service for websites, APIs and cron jobs, with alerting and status pages.
Uptime.com is a paid hosted service covering website, API, cron and real user monitoring with built-in status pages and mobile apps.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
TestMu AI
A cloud testing platform, formerly LambdaTest, for cross-browser, automated and AI-assisted testing of web apps.
Cronitor
A hosted monitoring service for cron jobs, background workers, websites and APIs, with failure alerts.
Better Stack
A hosted observability service combining uptime monitoring, logs, on-call alerts, incident management and status pages.
BrowserStack Live
A cloud service for testing websites by hand in real desktop and mobile browsers on real devices.
Hyperping
A hosted service for public and private status pages with built-in uptime monitoring.
Selenium IDE
A browser extension that records and replays interactions to build end-to-end tests for websites.
