Checkly
Engineering
From$24/mo
10 people: $24 a month · $288 a year
- Free plan (Hobby)
- Up to 20% off yearly
- No startup credits listed
- 3 plans · priced per plan
Checkly vs Pingdom: pricing compared
Plans, list prices and what a team of 5, 10 or 25 pays on each, from Surba's catalog of Engineering tools. Updated for 2026.
At a glance
Side by side
Checkly starts at $24/mo (Starter) and Pingdom at $18/mo (Synthetic Monitoring). For 10 people that's $24 vs $18 a month: Pingdom is $6 a month (25%) cheaper than Checkly on list price.
Pingdom
Cheaper for 10 people
From$18/mo
10 people: $18 a month · $216 a year
- No free plan
- Up to 8% off yearly
- No startup credits listed
- 2 plans · priced per plan
Plans
Checkly and Pingdom plans
Every plan with a public price, in US dollars.
Checkly
Hobby
10,000 API / 1,000 browser runs · 10 uptime monitors · 1 user
Free
Starter
25,000 API / 3,000 browser runs · 50 uptime monitors, 1-min frequency · 3 users
$24/mo
Team
100,000 API / 12,000 browser runs · Private locations, 30-sec frequency · 10 users
$64/mo
Detect module listed at $24 (Starter) and $64 (Team) per month billed annually; yearly totals shown. Communicate, Resolve and Platform modules priced separately. Annual billing 'save up to 20%'. Extra API runs $1.80/10k, browser runs $4/1k. Enterprise: contact sales. Startups 30% off, nonprofits 50% off.
Prices from Checkly's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Pingdom
Synthetic Monitoring
10 uptime checks, 1 advanced check · 50 SMS alerts
$18/mo
Real User Monitoring
100,000 pageviews/month · Page performance insights
$18/mo
Starting tiers; Synthetic scales to 30,000 uptime checks ($28,548/month), RUM to 1B pageviews. Annual billing: $16.50/month for each starting tier (~8% saving). Enterprise RUM (500K-5M+ pageviews): quote. Prices read from the official pricing page's tier data (rendered by JavaScript).
Prices from Pingdom's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026.
Team cost
What each costs your team
Entry paid plans, per month and per year at list price.
| Team | Checkly (Starter) | Pingdom (Synthetic Monitoring) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 people | $24/mo$288/yr a year | $18/mo$216/yr a year | Pingdom $6 less a month |
| 10 people | $24/mo$288/yr a year | $18/mo$216/yr a year | Pingdom $6 less a month |
| 25 people | $24/mo$288/yr a year | $18/mo$216/yr a year | Pingdom $6 less a month |
Checkly is priced per plan. Pingdom is priced per plan. Per-user prices are multiplied by the team; per-plan prices aren't. Before tax; yearly discounts not applied.
FAQ
Checkly vs Pingdom: questions
Which is cheaper, Checkly or Pingdom?
Checkly starts at $24/mo (Starter) and Pingdom at $18/mo (Synthetic Monitoring). For 10 people that's $24 vs $18 a month: Pingdom is $6 a month (25%) cheaper than Checkly on list price. Compare features too: the cheaper plan isn't always the closer match.
Do Checkly and Pingdom have free plans?
Checkly has a free plan (Hobby). Pingdom has no free plan in Surba's catalog.
Are Checkly and Pingdom cheaper if you pay yearly?
Checkly lists up to 20% off yearly billing. Pingdom lists up to 8% off yearly billing.
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