Checkly vs Pingdom

From $40 per month (indicative, Team plan by check runs)

From $10 per month (indicative, Synthetic starter)

Priced by check runs; browser checks cost more than API checks, and frequency multiplies the bill.

Transaction checks and RUM are priced separately from basic uptime checks and add up.

Free plan with a monthly check-run allowance covering a small site.

30-day trial.

Widely used

Checkly · since 2018

Widely used

SolarWinds · since 2007

• One Playwright script serves as both an E2E test and a production monitor.
• Monitoring-as-code fits GitOps workflows and code review.
• Excellent developer experience and clear, published pricing.

• Very large global probe network with a long operating history.
• Simple to set up for basic availability monitoring.
• Combines synthetic checks with real-user monitoring.

• Playwright-centric; teams on other frameworks get less benefit.
• Browser checks at high frequency across many locations get expensive.
• Not a full observability platform — no APM or log management.

• Feature development has been slow under SolarWinds ownership.
• Transaction-check authoring is dated compared to code-first alternatives.
• Pricing is no longer competitive against newer entrants.

Engineering teams already using Playwright who want production journeys monitored.

Organisations wanting an established name for straightforward uptime monitoring.