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 Instatus if teams who will stay on Starter Free forever at $0 (15 monitors, 2-minute checks, 5 members, 200 subscribers) while they publish a first status page, then Pro at $20/month when
Best for
Checkly Playwright checks you start at $0
Instatus A public status page 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
Instatus No free plan
Lowest paid
Checkly Starter $24/mo yearly
Instatus Pro $20/mo
Runs where
Checkly Local or hosted
Instatus Local or hosted
Watch out
Checkly Hobby is 1,000 Playwright runs and 10 uptime monitors
Instatus Starter is 15 monitors and 2-minute checks
Last checked
Checkly 2026-10-22 · checklyhq.com/pricing
Instatus 2026-10-23 · instatus.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Instatus if
teams who will stay on Starter Free forever at $0 (15 monitors, 2-minute checks, 5 members, 200 subscribers) while they publish a first status page, then Pro at $20/month when they need 50 monitors, 30s checks, and a custom domain.
Read the Instatus page