Canary9 vs Checkly
Checkly is monitoring as code for engineering teams, with run-metered synthetic checks. Canary9 keeps checks flat-priced and click-to-configure. The right fit depends on whether your team wants checks in the repo or on a plan.
Canary9 is better for
- Flat plan prices with no per-run overage risk
- Cheaper 1-minute checks: $15 Pro vs $24 Starter
- Browser checks at a flat plan price instead of metered run quotas
- AI-agent access through Canary9's public MCP server
Checkly is better for
- Monitoring as code: checks live in the repo via CLI and Terraform
- Higher ceilings: up to 75 monitors and 22 locations on Team
- Sub-minute intervals: 30 s on Team, faster on Enterprise
- Status pages and a REST API available today
- SMS and phone escalation with monthly quotas
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Canary9 | Checkly | |
|---|---|---|
| Check Types | ||
| HTTP / HTTPS uptime checks | ✓ | ✓ |
| TCP port checks | ✓ | ✓ |
| DNS server checks | ✓ | ✓ |
| ICMP ping checks | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-browser transaction checks | Startup | Playwright, metered per run |
| Check Intervals | ||
| Minimum uptime interval | 1 min (Pro+) | 2 min (free), 1 min (Starter), 30 s (Team) |
| Multiple test regions | Pro+ | 6 locations; 22 on Team |
| Alerting | ||
| Email alerts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slack integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| PagerDuty integration | Startup+ | ✓ |
| Webhooks | ✓ | ✓ |
| SMS alerts | – | 100/mo on Starter, 200/mo on Team |
| Product access | ||
| Public status page | Coming soon | All plans; white-label on Enterprise |
| REST API | Coming soon | ✓ |
| Monitoring as code (CLI, Terraform) | – | ✓ |
| Published numeric plan prices | ✓ | ✓ |
Last verified 2026-08-07 against Checkly's public product, documentation, and pricing pages. Checkly capabilities and packaging can change; check the current offer before you buy.
Cost analysis by scenario
Checkly separates flat uptime monitors from run-metered synthetic API and browser checks: each plan bundles a monthly run quota, and extra runs bill at published overage rates. Estimates use the published plan rates and price each scenario at the cheapest configuration that covers it.
Five basic uptime checks
5 HTTP endpoints at a 5-minute interval
Production uptime checks
10 HTTP endpoints at a 1-minute interval
API and browser monitoring
10 API checks at 1 minute and 10 browser checks at 5 minutes
How Checkly pricing works
Uptime monitors are flat and capped per plan. Synthetic API and browser checks draw from monthly run quotas: 25,000 API and 3,000 browser runs on Starter, 100,000 and 12,000 on Team.
Ten API checks at a 1-minute interval produce about 432,000 runs in a 30-day month, and ten browser checks at 5 minutes about 86,400. Overages bill at $2.50 per 10,000 API runs and $6.25 per 1,000 browser runs on Team, putting the scenario near $612 a month.
Checkly advertises up to 20% off for annual billing; its pricing page shows $24 (Starter) and $64 (Team). Third-party trackers indicate these are the annual-discounted rates, with monthly billing closer to $30 and $80.
USD before tax; 30-day month; one location per run; no retries. Prices and quotas read from Checkly's published pricing page; the third scenario maps API checks to Checkly's run-metered synthetic checks.
Source: Checkly's published pricing page and documentation. Last verified 2026-08-07. Prices and packaging can change; confirm a current quote before you buy.
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