Instatus vs Checkly: Features, Pricing and User Reviews 2026

Instatus offers three pricing tiers to suit different team sizes and needs. The free plan gives you core features with support for up to 15 monitors, 5 team members, and 200 subscribers, making it perfect for small teams and startups.

The Starter plan is completely free and includes email alerts, checks every 2 minutes, and a public status page. You can monitor 15 services and have up to 5 team members and 2 on-call members.

The Pro plan costs $20 per month and unlocks 50 monitors, 30-second checks, email and SMS alerts, 50 team members, 20 on-call members, custom domain support, and toggleable public or private pages with up to 5,000 subscribers.

The Business plan is $300 per month and provides 1,000 monitors, SMS and phone call alerts, unlimited team members, 50 on-call members, SAML SSO, 3 custom domains, and support for 25,000 subscribers.

Checkly offers flexible pricing to match different team sizes and needs.

The Hobby plan is completely free and perfect for personal projects. You get 10 monitors, 1,000 browser checks, and 10,000 API checks per month, with monitoring from 4 locations.

The Starter plan costs $29 per month and includes 50 monitors, 3,000 browser checks, and 25,000 API checks. You can monitor from 4 locations with checks running as frequently as every minute.

The Team plan at $80 per month is the most popular option. It provides 75 monitors, 12,000 browser checks, 100,000 API checks, and access to all 22 global locations. Checks can run as often as every 30 seconds.

For larger organizations, Enterprise plans offer custom pricing with unlimited monitors, 1-second check frequency, dedicated support, and advanced security features.