Checkly vs Dotcom-Monitor

Checkly9.2Visit Dotcom-Monitor8.9Visit

Higher score Checkly #3 in Web Hosting Monitoring Software 9.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Checkly

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Dotcom-Monitor #6 in Web Hosting Monitoring Software 8.9/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Dotcom-Monitor

• Checkly fits best

  Developers building synthetic and API checks

• Dotcom-Monitor fits best

  Mature, globally distributed monitoring

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Side by side

Feature	Checkly 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Dotcom-Monitor 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.9
Ranking	#3 in Web Hosting Monitoring Software	#6 in Web Hosting Monitoring Software
Best for	Developers building synthetic and API checks	Mature, globally distributed monitoring
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$24/mo	$13.33/mo (best)
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Desktop, Mobile
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
Integrations	20 integrations	12 integrations
Features Checkly 3/3 · Dotcom-Monitor 0/3
Performance monitoring	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Port monitoring	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Domain and SSL checks	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Included monitors	50 monitors	Not checked yet
Check interval	60 seconds (best)	15 seconds
Alert channels	Email, Slack, SMS, webhooks, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Microsoft Teams, phone calls, Discord, Telegram, incident.io, Rootly, FireHydrant, ilert, Spike.sh, Splunk On-Call, GitLab Alerts, StatusPage	Email, Phone call, SMS, SNMP, Webhooks, WhatsApp, Slack, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams, AlertOps, Status.io, ServiceNow
Our review
Pros	Browser, Playwright, API, and multistep checks with assertions Monitoring as code through CLI, Terraform, and Pulumi Global and private locations with extensive alerting integrations	Monitors websites, APIs, applications, servers, ports, DNS, and SSL certificates. Supports browser, scripted transaction, REST, SOAP, and GraphQL monitoring. Offers 30+ locations and alert integrations including Slack, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow.
Cons	Starter begins at $24 per month, unlike the free Hobby tier Private locations are included on the $64-per-month Team plan Enterprise uses custom solutions rather than a published price	The lowest paid configuration starts at $13.33 per month for five counters. The Free plan checks at intervals of up to five minutes and retains data for seven days. Advanced coverage and 24/7 priority support require the Enterprise plan.
Our verdict	Checkly is a cloud monitoring platform for developers, SREs, and QA teams. It monitors websites, APIs, services, DNS records, TCP endpoints, TLS certificates, scheduled jobs, and network paths from global locations. Browser and Playwright… Read the review →	Dotcom-Monitor is a cloud monitoring platform for businesses, IT teams, developers, and DevOps organizations. It covers website availability, APIs, web applications, network services, servers, ports, DNS, SSL/TLS certificates, and page… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Checkly — where it wins

  • Browser, Playwright, API, and multistep checks with assertions
  • Monitoring as code through CLI, Terraform, and Pulumi
  • Global and private locations with extensive alerting integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Starter begins at $24 per month, unlike the free Hobby tier
  • Private locations are included on the $64-per-month Team plan
  • Enterprise uses custom solutions rather than a published price

• Dotcom-Monitor — where it wins

  • Monitors websites, APIs, applications, servers, ports, DNS, and SSL certificates.
  • Supports browser, scripted transaction, REST, SOAP, and GraphQL monitoring.
  • Offers 30+ locations and alert integrations including Slack, PagerDuty, and ServiceNow.

  Where it doesn't

  • The lowest paid configuration starts at $13.33 per month for five counters.
  • The Free plan checks at intervals of up to five minutes and retains data for seven days.
  • Advanced coverage and 24/7 priority support require the Enterprise plan.

• Checkly9.2/10 · Free plan

  Developer-focused monitoring with deep checks, code workflows, and broad alerting.

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• Dotcom-Monitor8.9/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A broad monitoring platform for teams that need global coverage and varied checks.

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