Checkly vs JP the Cat

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Checkly compared with JP the Cat
Detail	Checkly	JP the Cat
What it does	The active reliability layer for developers & agents	Track token usage and costs for AI coding agents on your Mac
Stage	Growing	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Free tier for personal projects with 10 uptime monitors and 1,000 browser checks. Starter at $24/month with 50 uptime monitors and 3,000 browser checks. Team at $64/month with 75 uptime monitors and 12,000 browser checks. Enterprise with custom pricing and unlimited features.	$12.99 one-time for one Mac; $9.99 per additional Mac. Includes free updates. 7-day free trial with no card required. After trial, the menu-bar cost total stays free; a license unlocks the full dashboard, widget, and alerts.
Key features	Uptime monitoring Synthetic browser tests API and multistep checks Heartbeat monitoring Status pages AI root cause analysis OpenTel tracing Monitoring as code Global monitoring locations	Real-time menu bar cost display with cache-aware deduplication for Claude Official 5-hour and weekly limit percentages for Codex, Claude, and Grok macOS widget in small, medium, and large sizes 24 themes including Sunlit light and Midnight dark modes Per-provider and per-model cost breakdown dashboard Configurable 7, 14, 30, or 90-day time windows 80% usage alert with native macOS banner and optional meow sound Notarized by Apple and Developer ID signed Local-first design with no data upload to servers
What makes it different	Code-first approach with TypeScript/JavaScript, Terraform, and Pulumi AI-native workflow with agent integration and prompt-to-monitor in seconds Unified platform combining testing, monitoring, incident management and observability AI root cause analysis with Rocky AI for automated failure diagnosis	Accurate real-dollar costs for Claude with cache awareness, unlike free tools that misprice cache tokens Native Swift app with no Electron, designed for performance and minimal menu bar footprint One-time purchase with free updates, no subscription or account required Completely local data privacy—no prompts, code, or tokens ever leave your Mac
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	74 no change since last check	5 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	35	1
Citation Flow (Majestic)	51	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	2359	29

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