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.
Read the Checkly pageCheckly vs OpenStatus
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 OpenStatus if small teams who will stay on Hobby $0 (1 monitor, 1 status page, 10-minute interval, no card) while they publish a first page, then buy Starter at $30/month (14-day trial) when
Best for
Checkly Playwright checks you start at $0
OpenStatus Monitors you start on Hobby at $0 (1 monitor, 1 page)
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
OpenStatus $0 · no card. 1 monitor. 1 status page with 3 components. Minimum interval 10 minutes
Lowest paid
Checkly Starter $24/mo yearly
OpenStatus Pro $100/mo
Next step up
Checkly
OpenStatus Scale $500/mo
Runs where
Checkly Local or hosted
OpenStatus
Watch out
Checkly Hobby is 1,000 Playwright runs and 10 uptime monitors
OpenStatus Hobby is 1 monitor and a 10-minute interval
Last checked
Checkly 2026-10-22 · checklyhq.com/pricing
OpenStatus 2026-10-22 · openstatus.dev/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick OpenStatus if
small teams who will stay on Hobby $0 (1 monitor, 1 status page, 10-minute interval, no card) while they publish a first page, then buy Starter at $30/month (14-day trial) when they need 20 monitors and a 1-minute check.
Read the OpenStatus page