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 TestDriver if you're on a team that will pay $20 / seat and watch the $0.14 / min meter on GitHub PRs. Skip TestDriver if you're people who want a $0 local runner (Playwright).
Best for
Checkly Playwright checks you start at $0
TestDriver An AI QA engineer on every PR with a public seat + minute card
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
TestDriver No free plan
Lowest paid
Checkly Starter $24/mo yearly
TestDriver Not published by the vendor
Runs where
Checkly Local or hosted
TestDriver
Watch out
Checkly Hobby is 1,000 Playwright runs and 10 uptime monitors
TestDriver No published $0 production plan
Last checked
Checkly 2026-10-22 · checklyhq.com/pricing
TestDriver 2026-10-28 · testdriver.ai/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick TestDriver if
teams that will pay $20 / seat and watch the $0.14 / min meter on GitHub PRs.
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