CheckFast vs Hyperping
an honest comparison
Side-by-side
| Feature | CheckFast | Hyperping |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing entry tier (as of 2026) | $9/mo Starter | ~$13/mo Starter |
| Free tier limits | 3 free monitors + one-off tools | 14-day trial only |
| Tools / dimensions covered | Uptime, SSL, email, speed, DNS, cron, broken links + 14 more | Uptime, status page, heartbeats, page speed |
| HTTP/HTTPS uptime | ||
| SSL expiry alerts | ||
| Page speed monitoring | ||
| Email deliverability scoring | ||
| Cron heartbeat (start + complete) | ping-only | |
| DNS monitoring | ||
| Broken-link sweeps | ||
| Uptime monitor cadence | 1m–5m by plan | 30s–60m |
| Multi-region testing | Business+ | |
| Telegram alerts | ||
| Slack / webhook / email alerts | ||
| Public status page | Pro+ at /status/[handle] | flagship feature |
| Public API | Pro $29/mo | all paid tiers |
| White-label / agency | Business+ |
Why teams switch
44-tool catalog, one bill
Hyperping is uptime + status + heartbeats. CheckFast adds email deliverability, DNS history, broken-link checks and a wider catalog under one subscription.
Plan-gated alert channels
CheckFast provides Telegram and email on Starter, with Slack and webhook delivery on Pro and Agency. Verify channel parity for your Hyperping plan before migrating.
Lower entry price
$9 vs ~$13 to start, and the Starter plan already includes email deliverability, cron heartbeats and DNS monitoring — checks Hyperping does not offer at any tier.
Hyperping is genuinely well-designed
Hyperping is what happens when a small product team focuses obsessively on one job. Uptime monitoring, heartbeats, and a status page that looks like it belongs on a Stripe-tier company website. The dashboard is fast, the alerts are reliable, and the status page is the rare one that customers actually visit during incidents instead of checking Twitter. We are not pretending this is easy to displace.
CheckFast comes at the problem from the opposite direction. Instead of one polished surface, we ship a 44-tool catalog under one subscription: uptime, SSL with security-header scoring, email deliverability across SPF / DKIM / DMARC / BIMI / MTA-STS / TLS-RPT / DNSSEC, selected-strategy Lighthouse performance checks, cron heartbeats with start + complete pings, DNS history, single-page broken-link checks, SEO snapshots, and more. The bet is that for the median team, breadth beats one perfect surface.
Where Hyperping wins
The status page. It is a flagship feature, with subscriber notifications, theming, custom domains and real attention to typography. CheckFast has a simpler Pro+ page at /status/<handle> with current monitor state, seven-day uptime and latest incident timestamps. If a customer-facing status workflow is the primary requirement, Hyperping is the stronger fit. Multi-region testing is also further along there.
Where CheckFast wins
Email deliverability — Hyperping does not score SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, DNSSEC or DANE, and we do all eight in one report. Cron heartbeats record start, success and explicit-failure events plus missed expected pings. DNS drift monitoring is built in. The single-page audit at /check folds nineteen dimensions into one shareable report. And the Starter plan at $9/mo includes the monitoring catalog; Slack and webhook delivery require Pro or Agency.
The honest recommendation
If you publish a customer-facing status page and Hyperping is what your support team trusts, do not touch it. If your monitoring needs are broader than uptime + status — if you have ever paid for a separate email deliverability tool, separate cron heartbeats, or separate DNS monitoring — switch and consolidate. The clearest signal is your alert history. List the last ten alerts that mattered. If more than two would have been caught by SPF / DKIM / DMARC / cron / DNS checks, CheckFast is the cheaper consolidation play.
Migrate from Hyperping in 4 steps
Copy-paste this. We don't make migration painful.
# 1. Open your Hyperping dashboard and copy the monitor list # (or use the Hyperping API to dump your monitors as JSON) # 2. Sign up at checkfast.io and open /monitors # Recreate each target through /monitors/new # 3. Recreate alert contacts # Settings -> Notifications -> add Telegram / email # Slack and webhook delivery require Pro or Agency # 4. Keep the Hyperping status page if you need custom domains, # subscriber notifications, theming or incident workflows
FAQ
Why switch from Hyperping?+
Hyperping has one of the cleanest UIs in the uptime category and a strong status page product. CheckFast is broader: uptime + SSL + a basic Pro status page, plus email deliverability, cron heartbeats, DNS history, page speed and the wider 44-tool catalog.
Is Hyperping more expensive?+
Roughly comparable. Hyperping starts around $13/mo and scales by monitor count and team seats (as of 2026). CheckFast Starter is $9/mo for 15 monitors and Pro is $29/mo for 50; CheckFast does not currently provide a team-seat workspace model.
Does CheckFast match Hyperping's status page polish?+
No. Hyperping's status page is a flagship feature with subscriber notifications, themes and custom domains. CheckFast Pro and Agency provide a simpler /status/<handle> page with current monitor state, seven-day uptime and latest incident timestamps.
Pricing comparison?+
Hyperping Starter ~$13/mo (10 monitors), Business ~$33/mo (50 monitors), Enterprise quote-based. CheckFast Starter $9/mo (15 monitors), Pro $29/mo (50 monitors), Agency $79/mo. CheckFast pairs monitoring with a 44-tool diagnostic catalog; Hyperping focuses tightly on uptime + status.
What about heartbeat monitoring?+
Hyperping added heartbeat checks in 2023 and they work well. CheckFast records start, success and explicit-failure pings, missed expected pings and recoveries.
Multi-region testing?+
Hyperping runs from multiple regions on its Business+ tiers. CheckFast runs a single-region probe today — multi-region is on the Agency roadmap. If you need multi-region from day one, Hyperping wins on that axis.