Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
Checkly vs UptimeRobot: which is more reliable? (2026)
Checkly is more reliable than UptimeRobot, scoring 91.1 vs 87.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Checkly reported 6 incidents and UptimeRobot reported 7, with effective uptime of 99.96% and 99.93% respectively. UptimeRobot resolves incidents faster on average (25m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Checkly | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 91.1 | 87.7 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #4 | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.96% | 99.93% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 7 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 7 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 54m | 25m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Checkly and UptimeRobot differ
- UptimeRobot reported 17% more incidents than Checkly over the last 90 days (7 vs 6).
- UptimeRobot had 7 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Checkly.
- UptimeRobot fixes problems faster: 25m on average, against 1h 54m for Checkly (4.5× quicker).
- Checkly's longest incident on record lasted 3h 10m (Oct 7, 2026); UptimeRobot's lasted 2h 41m (Aug 4, 2026).
90-day uptime
Checkly
UptimeRobot
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Checkly incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 1h 40m
- Degraded performanceOct 7, 2026 · resolved in 3h 10m
- Degraded performanceOct 5, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceSep 23, 2026 · resolved in 53m
Performance Degradation for Playwright Check Suites in us-east-1
- Degraded performanceSep 18, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 10, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Security Notice: Unauthorized Access via Third-Party Analytics Tool
Recent UptimeRobot incidents
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageSep 3, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: API v2, RSS
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2, RSS
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageAug 29, 2026 · resolved in 2m
Affected: API v2
Other monitoring & observability tools to consider
- Rollbar · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- incident.io · #2 · 99.97% uptime
- New Relic · #3 · 99.93% uptime
- Honeycomb · #6 · 99.86% uptime
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