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Head-to-head · Web Hosting Monitoring Software

Checkly vs HetrixTools

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score Checkly #3 in Web Hosting Monitoring Software 9.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Checkly
HetrixTools #8 in Web Hosting Monitoring Software 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 3 features Visit HetrixTools

Checkly leads on 1 check, HetrixTools on 1, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreCheckly · 9.2/10
  • Lowest starting priceHetrixTools · $9.95/mo
  • Free planboth
  • Most featuresCheckly · 3 of 3

Checkly scores higher on our rubric for web hosting monitoring software: 9.2 against 8.7 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #8.

HetrixTools is cheaper to start at $9.95/mo against $24/mo. Checkly leads on check interval: 60 seconds versus 1 seconds.

Checkly is the better fit for developers building synthetic and API checks. HetrixTools is the better fit for small teams needing server and uptime monitoring.

  • Checkly fits best

    Developers building synthetic and API checks

  • HetrixTools fits best

    Small teams needing server and uptime monitoring

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Side by side

Feature Checkly 9.2/10 Visit ↗ HetrixTools 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.2 8.7
Ranking #3 in Web Hosting Monitoring Software #8 in Web Hosting Monitoring Software
Best for Developers building synthetic and API checks Small teams needing server and uptime monitoring
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $24/mo $9.95/mo (best)
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud, Desktop
Platforms Web Web, Linux, Windows, macOS
Integrations 20 integrations 20 integrations
Features Checkly 3/3 · HetrixTools 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) 1 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, Telegram, Pushbullet, Pushover, ntfy.sh, Slack, Discord, Mattermost, RocketChat, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, PagerDuty, Jira, Opsgenie, ilert, VictorOps, Zenduty, SIGNL4, Webhooks
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
  • Free plan includes 15 uptime and 15 server monitors
  • One-minute checks cover websites and servers
  • Broad alert coverage includes email, SMS, chat, and incident tools
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
  • Free plan requires dashboard activity every 90 days
  • Professional has six monitoring locations
  • Paid plans are needed for larger monitor limits and more locations
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…

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HetrixTools is a web-based monitoring platform for websites, servers, and online infrastructure. It is suited to webmasters, hosting providers, system administrators, and small teams that need uptime checks, outage notifications, status…

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  1. ChecklyWeb Hosting Monitoring Software 9.2Free plan
  2. HetrixToolsWeb Hosting Monitoring Software 8.7Free plan

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

  • HetrixTools — where it wins

    • Free plan includes 15 uptime and 15 server monitors
    • One-minute checks cover websites and servers
    • Broad alert coverage includes email, SMS, chat, and incident tools

    Where it doesn't

    • Free plan requires dashboard activity every 90 days
    • Professional has six monitoring locations
    • Paid plans are needed for larger monitor limits and more locations

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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