Checkly vs Uptime Kuma
Zero of fourteen models named Checkly first on the direct prompt; zero named Uptime Kuma. Checkly was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Uptime Kuma by twelve and Checkly carries 27 labels and Uptime Kuma 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the website and synthetic monitoring page.
By framing
ChecklyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsUptime Kuma
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Checkly and Uptime Kuma were named in the same answer nine times, of the 55 answers naming Checkly and the 54 naming Uptime Kuma. In those answers Uptime Kuma took the first choice one time and Checkly zero.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | |
Checkly Uptime Kuma first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Checkly on the left and Uptime Kuma on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Uptime Kuma4%#5 of 12Checkly0%#11 of 12Checkly6%#4 of 11Uptime Kuma4%#7 of 11Checkly0%#12 of 14Uptime Kuma0%#– of 14What the models said about Checkly
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Start with Site24x7 or Checkly depending on whether you prefer GUI-based or code-first setup.” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Checkly or Grafana Cloud Synthetic Monitoring gives you the best cost-to-coverage ratio” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for Modern Tech Teams: Checkly” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Uptime Kuma
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“If you have a technical person on staff: Go with Uptime Kuma on a free VPS. It gives you enterprise-level monitoring at $0/month.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Uptime Kuma (Best Overall Value / Self-Hosted) ... 100% Free & Open-Source” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Uptime Kuma is the cheapest option because it's free/open-source; the tradeoff is that you have to run and maintain it yourself” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.