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Head-to-head · Status Page Software

Instatus vs Uptimepage

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
Higher score Instatus #3 in Status Page Software 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Instatus
Uptimepage #5 in Status Page Software 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Uptimepage

Instatus leads on 0 checks, Uptimepage on 1, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreInstatus · 9.0/10
  • Lowest starting priceUptimepage · $9/mo
  • Free planboth
  • Most featuresInstatus · 4 of 4

Instatus scores higher on our rubric for status page software: 9.0 against 8.8 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #5.

Uptimepage is cheaper to start at $9/mo against $20/mo.

Instatus is the better fit for teams coordinating status updates across channels. Uptimepage is the better fit for teams monitoring many services on a tight budget.

  • Instatus fits best

    Teams coordinating status updates across channels

  • Uptimepage fits best

    Teams monitoring many services on a tight budget

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Side by side

Feature Instatus 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Uptimepage 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.8
Ranking #3 in Status Page Software #5 in Status Page Software
Best for Teams coordinating status updates across channels Teams monitoring many services on a tight budget
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $20/mo $9/mo (best)
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web Web
Integrations 20 integrations 13 integrations
Features Instatus 4/4 · Uptimepage 0/4
Custom domain ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Private status page ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Incident updates ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Maintenance scheduling ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Specs
Subscriber channels Multi-channel Not checked yet
Component limit Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Free Starter includes 15 monitors and a public status page
  • Supports private and select-audience status pages
  • Subscribers can receive updates through email, SMS, chat, and more
  • Founding plan offers 50 monitors and 60-second checks at no charge.
  • Checks websites, ports, DNS, certificates, domains, cron jobs and login flows.
  • Alerts span chat, paging, email, SMS and webhooks.
Cons
  • Pro starts at $20 per month, a notable step up from free
  • Starter checks monitors every 2 minutes; faster checks begin with Pro
  • Business is $300 per month for all status page types
  • Standard plan checks run every three minutes, not every minute.
  • Standard includes one status page; Founding includes two.
  • Pro and Team are listed as coming soon.
Our verdict

Instatus brings status pages, uptime monitoring, and incident communication together for SaaS, DevOps, and engineering teams. It supports public, private, and select-audience pages, with service components, incidents, scheduled…

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Uptimepage combines service monitoring with public status pages, aiming at SaaS teams, internal platforms and agencies that need to watch multiple kinds of endpoints. It checks HTTP and HTTPS availability, TCP ports, DNS records, ICMP…

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  1. InstatusStatus Page Software 9.0Free plan
  2. UptimepageStatus Page Software 8.8Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Instatus — where it wins

    • Free Starter includes 15 monitors and a public status page
    • Supports private and select-audience status pages
    • Subscribers can receive updates through email, SMS, chat, and more

    Where it doesn't

    • Pro starts at $20 per month, a notable step up from free
    • Starter checks monitors every 2 minutes; faster checks begin with Pro
    • Business is $300 per month for all status page types

  • Uptimepage — where it wins

    • Founding plan offers 50 monitors and 60-second checks at no charge.
    • Checks websites, ports, DNS, certificates, domains, cron jobs and login flows.
    • Alerts span chat, paging, email, SMS and webhooks.

    Where it doesn't

    • Standard plan checks run every three minutes, not every minute.
    • Standard includes one status page; Founding includes two.
    • Pro and Team are listed as coming soon.

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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