What is the best synthetic monitoring tool?

OpenObserve’s synthetic monitoring runs scheduled API, TLS, and real Playwright browser checks from multiple regions, with every result landing in the same platform as your logs, metrics, and traces, not a separate silo. Most teams have their first monitor and alert running in under five minutes.

What synthetic monitoring does OpenObserve support?

OpenObserve supports protocol checks (HTTP/HTTPS, TCP, SSH, TLS certificate expiry) and full browser checks using real @playwright/test scripts, run from multiple global regions or from inside your private network via a self-hosted agent. Every check result lands in the same syntheticsresults stream you already query with SQL.

How do I get started with Synthetic Monitoring?

Create your first monitor with an HTTP check or a Playwright script, pick regions and schedule, results flow into the syntheticsresults stream within a minute.

What types of checks are supported?

Protocol checks (HTTP/HTTPS, TCP, TLS, SSH) and full browser checks via @playwright/test scripts.

Can I monitor services inside my private network?

Yes, a lightweight self-hosted agent runs the same checks from inside your network, reporting to the same results stream as cloud checks.

Is it safe to run browser scripts in OpenObserve Cloud?

Yes, every check runs in its own isolated microVM with no shared workers between runs or organizations.

Synthetic Monitoring. Catch Failures Before Customers Do.

API and browser checks. Global or private.

Catch failures before your customers do, with scheduled API and browser checks unified alongside the rest of your observability.

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OpenObserve Synthetic Monitoring dashboard

Know First, Not Last

Scheduled checks on your APIs, certificates, and user journeys surface breakage before real traffic ever hits it.

Monitoring as Code

Browser checks run real Playwright scripts. No recorder, no proprietary DSL.

No New Silo

Every check result lands in a native stream, so the SQL, dashboards, and alerts you already use work on day one.

Proactive Monitoring

Know About Outages Before Your Customers Do

Benchmarks

Measured against industry leaders

Same telemetry, same workloads, one platform. Every number is OpenObserve against a named vendor - not an industry average.

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Teams trust OpenObserve to preemptively catch outages

Correlate between the environments and signals across various sources with OpenObserve built-in correlation engine.

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Synthetic Monitoring FAQs

: OpenObserve’s synthetic monitoring runs scheduled API, TLS, and real Playwright browser checks from multiple regions, with every result landing in the same platform as your logs, metrics, and traces, not a separate silo. Most teams have their first monitor and alert running in under five minutes.
: OpenObserve supports protocol checks (HTTP/HTTPS, TCP, SSH, TLS certificate expiry) and full browser checks using real @playwright/test scripts, run from multiple global regions or from inside your private network via a self-hosted agent. Every check result lands in the same synthetics_results stream you already query with SQL.
: Create your first monitor with an HTTP check or a Playwright script, pick regions and schedule, results flow into the synthetics_results stream within a minute.
: Protocol checks (HTTP/HTTPS, TCP, TLS, SSH) and full browser checks via @playwright/test scripts.
: Yes, a lightweight self-hosted agent runs the same checks from inside your network, reporting to the same results stream as cloud checks.
: Yes, every check runs in its own isolated microVM with no shared workers between runs or organizations.

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Monitoring as Code

No New Silo

Know About Outages Before Your Customers Do

Protocol Checks

API and Endpoint Monitoring

TLS Certificate Monitoring

Browser Checks

Real Playwright Scripts

Full User Journey Coverage

Unified Results

Results Are a Stream

Alerting You Already Own

Global & Private Coverage

Multi-Region Execution

Private Network Agent