Pick Checkly if
sRE / frontend teams who will stay on Hobby at $0 (10 uptime, 1k Playwright, 10k API, 6 locations) until they need Starter at $24/month or Team at $64/month for more runs, SMS alerts, or a private location.
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Our take
Pick Checkly if sRE / frontend teams who will stay on Hobby at $0 (10 uptime, 1k Playwright, 10k API, 6 locations) until they need Starter at $24/month or Team at $64/month for more runs, SMS alerts, or a private location. Pick Cypress if teams who will stay on the MIT App + Cloud Starter (500 results / month) while they Replay a first failed heroes.cy.ts, then Team at $67/month ($799/year) when they need flake
Best for
Checkly Playwright checks you start at $0
Cypress Browser tests you start at a public $
Free plan
Checkly $0 · /month. 10 uptime monitors, max frequency 2 min, 6 locations, 1,000 browser/Playwright runs, 10,000 API runs. Email, Slack, webhooks. No private locations
Cypress $0 · ), MIT. Local / CI without --record
Lowest paid
Checkly Starter $24/mo yearly
Cypress Cloud Team $67/mo
Next step up
Checkly
Cypress Cloud Business $267/mo
Runs where
Checkly Local or hosted
Cypress
Watch out
Checkly Hobby is 1,000 Playwright runs and 10 uptime monitors
Cypress Cloud Starter caps recorded results at 500 / month
Last checked
Checkly 2026-10-22 · checklyhq.com/pricing
Cypress 2026-10-23 · cypress.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Cypress if
teams who will stay on the MIT App + Cloud Starter (500 results / month) while they Replay a first failed heroes.cy.ts, then Team at $67/month ($799/year) when they need flake analytics — not Business $267 first unless they need SSO and spec prioritization.
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