A Tenderly Alerts Alternative, Compared Fairly
Tenderly and Chainitor both alert on on-chain activity. They are built for different jobs. Here is what each does, where each is stronger, and how to choose.
Facts as of November 2026, from Tenderly's public documentation and pricing page, linked below.
Tenderly is a trademark of its owner. Chainitor is not affiliated with Tenderly.
The short version
Tenderly is a development platform. Alerts are one part of it, next to a transaction debugger, a simulator, virtual testnets, node RPC and Web3 Actions, which run your code when something happens. If your team already lives in Tenderly, its alerts are the natural choice: they cover trigger types Chainitor does not, and far more networks.
Chainitor is only an alerting service. It suits teams that want to set up monitors for wallets, contracts and Safe multisigs in a few minutes, at a published price, without adopting a development platform.
Side by side
| Tenderly | Chainitor | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Full-stack Web3 development platform: debugger, simulator, virtual testnets, node RPC, alerts and Web3 Actions | Hosted on-chain alerting only |
| Alert triggers | 12 types, including successful and failed transactions, function calls, events and event parameters, ERC-20 transfers, caller allow/blocklists, balance change, transaction value, state change and view functions | Native and ERC-20 balance thresholds, transaction count, events (with event-parameter conditions when you supply the ABI), function calls, failed transactions, transaction value, and Safe multisig configuration monitors |
| Destinations | Email, Slack, Telegram, Discord, PagerDuty, Sentry, webhooks, Web3 Actions | Email, Slack, Telegram, PagerDuty, webhooks |
| Networks | 90+ networks, per its supported-networks documentation | 7 EVM networks, plus testnets where available |
| Pricing | Free plan for individuals; alerting (Monitor) is listed under the Console plan for teams, priced by sales | Published: $29/month Starter, $49/month Pro, Enterprise on request |
| Run code on alert | Yes, with Web3 Actions | No: send to a webhook and run your own code |
Tenderly sources: alerts documentation, supported networks, pricing.
Where Tenderly is stronger
- Breadth of triggers. State-change, view-function, successful-transaction and caller-list alerts let you express conditions Chainitor's monitor types cannot.
- Networks. Tenderly's supported-networks documentation says 90+ networks; Chainitor supports seven.
- Debugging the alert. Tenderly's debugger and simulator are in the same platform as its alerts, so the transaction behind an alert can be inspected without switching tools.
- Automation. Web3 Actions run code in response to an alert, inside the platform.
Where Chainitor fits better
- Safe multisig security. Dedicated Safe monitors for owner, threshold, guard and module changes, and for pending configuration changes before they execute.
- Balance floors with recovery notices. Chainitor's wallet balance alerts fire once when a wallet crosses your floor and send a recovery notice when it is back above it, which suits treasury and gas wallet monitoring.
- Published pricing. $29 or $49 a month, with the limits on the pricing page, instead of a sales conversation.
- A narrow tool. Operations, finance and security staff can set up and read monitors without learning a developer platform.
How to choose
- You already debug and simulate in Tenderly, or need non-standard trigger conditions or chains outside Chainitor's list: use Tenderly Alerts.
- You need alerts for wallets, contracts and Safes on Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, BNB Chain, Base or Robinhood Chain, delivered to Slack, Telegram, PagerDuty, email or a webhook, at a fixed monthly price: Chainitor is built for that.
- Some teams use both: Tenderly for development, Chainitor for operational alerts owned by people outside the engineering team.
Frequently asked questions
Is Chainitor a full replacement for Tenderly?
No. Tenderly is a development platform with a debugger, simulator, virtual testnets and node RPC as well as alerts. Chainitor only does alerting. If you use Tenderly for debugging or simulation, you would keep it and could still use Chainitor for alerts.
What alert types does Tenderly have that Chainitor does not?
Per Tenderly's documentation, alerts on successful transactions, caller allowlists and blocklists, contract state changes and view function results. Tenderly also delivers to Discord and Sentry and can run Web3 Actions; Chainitor has none of these. Event parameter conditions are available in both: Chainitor event monitors compare decoded event parameters (equals, not equals, greater or less than, contains) when you supply the event ABI.
What does Chainitor have that is specific to it?
Monitors for Safe multisig configuration (owners added or removed, threshold, guard and module changes, and pending configuration changes), threshold-based balance alerts with recovery notices, and published per-plan prices with a 7-day trial.
How much does Tenderly cost?
As of November 2026, Tenderly's pricing page lists a free plan for individuals and a Console plan for teams that is priced through its sales team; it does not publish team prices. Alerting, under its Monitor product, is listed as part of Console rather than the free plan. Check tenderly.co/pricing for current terms.
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