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 you're on a sRE / frontend team 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 Katalon if you're on a qA team who will stay on Free locally or buy a yearly Studio seat. Skip Katalon if you're a developer who want code-first Playwright in CI (Playwright).
Best for
Checkly Playwright checks you start at $0
Katalon One desktop studio for mixed UI + API tests with a public yearly seat
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
Katalon $0 · author and run locally; record & playback; basic web/mobile
Lowest paid
Checkly Starter $24/mo yearly
Katalon Professional $1
Coding agent
Checkly
Katalon Studio AI agents
Runs where
Checkly Local or hosted
Katalon
Watch out
Checkly Hobby is 1,000 Playwright runs and 10 uptime monitors
Katalon Free has no Studio AI agents or parallel suites
Last checked
Checkly 2026-10-22 · checklyhq.com/pricing
Katalon 2026-10-28 · katalon.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Katalon if
qA teams who will stay on Free locally or buy a yearly Studio seat.
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