What is Synthetic Monitoring?
Synthetic monitoring goes beyond simple uptime checks by proactively validating your applications by simulating real user interactions and API workflows. Checkly’s Synthetic Monitoring ensures your critical systems work correctly from both technical and user experience perspectives. It validates complete business processes, user experiences, and system integrations before your users encounter issues.Types of Synthetic Monitoring Checks
Checkly provides four powerful check types to comprehensively monitor your applications:API Checks
Monitor individual API endpoints with detailed request/response validation.
Multistep Checks
Test complex API workflows with sequential requests and data flow validation.
Browser Checks
Simulate real user interactions with automated browser testing using Playwright.
Playwright Checks Suite
Migrate your existing Playwright projects and tests to Checkly.
What’s Next?
Ready to implement comprehensive synthetic monitoring? Choose your starting point based on your monitoring needs:API Checks
Start with backend API monitoring and validation
Browser Checks
Monitor user experiences with automated browser testing
Multistep Checks
Test complex workflows with sequential API requests
Synthetic monitoring provides the most comprehensive validation of your applications when all three check types work together. Start with the most critical user workflows and expand your coverage over time.