The Checkly Alternative for Uptime Monitoring
Checkly meters per check run and sells status pages separately. DevHelm bundles monitoring, status pages, and dependency intelligence into flat tiers — no overages.
Why Teams Switch to DevHelm
The three differences that matter most.
- name: api-prod
url: https://api.example.com
interval: 60s
Same IaC ergonomics, flat billing
Checkly genuinely has monitoring-as-code — Terraform, Pulumi, and a TypeScript-native CLI. Credit where it's due. The DevHelm wedge is the billing model: monitors are flat per tier, not metered per run, so scaling from 10 to 100 monitors doesn't surprise you with overage charges. Pair that with bundled status pages and vendor dependency intelligence and you replace three Checkly products with one.
MCP server for AI agents
Cursor, Claude Desktop, and other MCP clients can query incidents, create monitors, and ack alerts directly.
Dependency reliability intel
Tracks Stripe, GitHub, Cloudflare, AWS, and 80+ vendors. When 'is it us?' comes up at 3 a.m., you have the answer.
Stack replacement
Two products folded into one
DevHelm
- 250 monitors at 30-second checks across all regions
- 2 branded status pages with custom domain
- PagerDuty + OpsGenie + Slack + email + webhook alerts
- CLI + Terraform + Python SDK + JS SDK + MCP server
- Dependency intelligence across 80+ vendor services
Same 30-sec uptime checks and custom-domain status page — one product, one flat bill.
No credit card required
Pricing, Side by Side
Checkly Detect pricing shown below (annual billing). Status pages (Communicate) and AI RCA (Resolve) are additional.
Year-1 cost example
50 monitors at 1-min checks, custom-domain status page, 3 team members
DevHelm
$144/yr
Checkly
$648/yr
You save
~$504 saved per year
DevHelm
Recommended- Free$0/mo
50 monitors · 5-min checks · custom-domain status page · CLI + Terraform + MCP
- Starter$12/mo
75 monitors · 1-min checks · 3 seats · Slack + Discord alerts
- Pro$29/mo
250 monitors · 30-sec checks · all regions · 2 branded status pages · 10 seats
- Team$79/mo
500 monitors · 25 seats · 5 status pages · audit log · all alert channels
Checkly
- Hobby (Free)$0/mo
10 uptime monitors · 2-min checks · 1k browser runs · 6 locations · 1 user
- Starter$24/mo
50 monitors · 1-min checks · 3k browser + 25k API runs · 3 users
- Team$64/mo
75 monitors · 30-sec checks · 12k browser + 100k API runs · 22 locations · 10 users
- EnterpriseCustom
Custom monitors · 1-sec checks · private locations · 180-day retention
Pricing as of July 5, 2026.
Full Feature Comparison
Every capability, side by side.
Pricing & Billing
| Feature | DevHelm | Checkly |
|---|---|---|
| Billing model | Flat per-tier | Per check run (metered) |
| Overage charges | ||
| Status pages included | Yes — all tiers | No — Communicate is separate ($9+/mo) |
| Free monitors included | 50 | 10 |
| 30-sec checks available from | $29/mo (Pro) | $64/mo (Team) |
Monitoring Capabilities
| Feature | DevHelm | Checkly |
|---|---|---|
| HTTP / HTTPS checks | ||
| DNS / TCP / ICMP / Heartbeat | ||
| MCP Server monitoring | ||
| Browser checks (Playwright) | ||
| Visual regression testing | ||
| Multi-step API workflows |
Developer Surface
| Feature | DevHelm | Checkly |
|---|---|---|
| First-party CLI | ||
| Terraform provider | ||
| Pulumi provider | ||
| Python SDK | ||
| JS/TS SDK (API client) | ||
| Official MCP server | ||
| GitHub Action |
Alerting
| Feature | DevHelm | Checkly |
|---|---|---|
| Email / Slack / Discord / Webhook | ||
| PagerDuty / OpsGenie | ||
| SMS alerts | Soon | Starter+ (100/mo) |
| Phone call alerts | Soon | Team+ (200/mo) |
| Notification policy escalation chains |
Status Pages & Intelligence
| Feature | DevHelm | Checkly |
|---|---|---|
| Custom-domain status page on Free | ||
| Branded status page with custom CSS | Pro ($29/mo) | Communicate Team ($30/mo extra) |
| Dependency intelligence (vendor correlation) | ||
| AI root cause analysis | Resolve ($12–$39/mo extra) |