Ciao vs Checkly

HTTP health checks and URL monitoring — simple and self-hosted

A lightweight, self-hosted HTTP monitoring tool. Add your URLs, set check intervals, and get notified when something goes down. Clean web UI, Docker-ready, and dead simple to configure. No complex dashboards or enterprise features — just reliable uptime monitoring for your websites and APIs.

Monitoring for the modern DevOps stack

Checkly lets you monitor your APIs and web apps at scale. Synthetic monitoring, API checks, and browser checks with Playwright — from code.