| # | ALTERNATIVE | BEST FOR | SCORE | FROM | RANKED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  DatadogCloud scale monitoring and security | Large enterprises and DevOps teams | 95.0 | $15/host/month | #1 in Top 10 Synthetic MonitoringOn 3 of Checkly's rankings |
| 2 |  Better StackBetter uptime monitoring and incident response | Modern engineering teams | 92.7 | $24/month | #2 in Top 10 Uptime MonitoringOn 3 of Checkly's rankings |
| 3 |  New RelicAll-in-one observability platform | Software engineers and developers | 92.7 | $49/month | #2 in Top 10 Synthetic MonitoringOn 3 of Checkly's rankings |
| 4 |  PingdomFast, reliable website monitoring | Webmasters and digital agencies | 92.7 | $15/month | #2 in Top 10 Website MonitoringOn 3 of Checkly's rankings |
| 5 |  StatusCakeUptime monitoring made simple | E-commerce and growing businesses | 85.7 | $20.49/month | #5 in Top 10 Uptime MonitoringOn 3 of Checkly's rankings |
| 6 |  UptimeRobotSimple and reliable uptime monitoring | Small businesses and developers | 95.0 | $7/month | #1 in Top 10 Uptime MonitoringOn 2 of Checkly's rankings |
| 7 |  DynatraceSoftware intelligence for the enterprise cloud | Large enterprises with complex cloud environments | 88.0 | Custom | #4 in Top 10 Synthetic MonitoringOn 2 of Checkly's rankings |
| 8 |  AppDynamics | Business transaction performance tracking | 85.7 | Custom | #5 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring |
| 9 |  Site24x7Cloud infrastructure and application monitoring | IT professionals and system administrators | 83.3 | $9/month | #6 in Top 10 Website Monitoring |
| 10 |  Nagios | System administrators wanting total control | 76.3 | Custom | #9 in Top 10 Uptime Monitoring |
FROM LISTER RANKINGS · UPDATED HOW WE RANK → | |||||
Start from what you need it for. Where each fits best, as Lister records it:
Closest to Checkly by the rankings they share: Datadog (3 rankings), Better Stack (3 rankings) and New Relic (3 rankings).
Stated starting prices: Datadog ($15/host/month), Better Stack ($24/month), New Relic ($49/month), Pingdom ($15/month), StatusCake ($20.49/month), UptimeRobot ($7/month) and Site24x7 ($9/month).
Custom or quote-based pricing: Dynatrace, AppDynamics and Nagios.
Each Lister Score is the alternative's score on the ranking named in its row, so compare scores within one ranking rather than across rankings. How the score is made.
#1 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring: A cloud-scale monitoring and security platform that features robust synthetic testing capabilities alongside APM and infrastructure metrics.
#2 in Top 10 Uptime Monitoring: A modern observability platform combining fast uptime monitoring, incident management, and status pages into a unified interface.
#2 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring: An all-in-one observability platform offering browser-based synthetic monitoring and API tests to track global availability.
#2 in Top 10 Website Monitoring: A comprehensive performance and uptime monitoring tool owned by SolarWinds, offering user experience monitoring.
#5 in Top 10 Uptime Monitoring: A feature-rich uptime monitoring service providing domain, SSL, server, and virus scanning checks alongside status pages.
#1 in Top 10 Uptime Monitoring: A popular and straightforward uptime monitoring service offering HTTP, ping, and port checks with instant alert notifications.
#4 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring: An enterprise software intelligence platform powered by artificial intelligence to automate application monitoring and synthetic checks.
#5 in Top 10 Synthetic Monitoring: Cisco-owned application performance monitoring solution providing end-to-end synthetic user monitoring for business-critical apps.
#6 in Top 10 Website Monitoring: An all-in-one cloud monitoring solution for DevOps and IT operations, tracking websites, servers, and networks.
#9 in Top 10 Uptime Monitoring: An open-source and enterprise standard for monitoring systems, networks, and infrastructure availability.