StatusIQ vs Freshstatus

StatusIQ8.6Visit FFreshstatus8.4Visit

Higher score StatusIQ #7 in Status Page Software 8.6/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit StatusIQ

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F Freshstatus #9 in Status Page Software 8.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Freshstatus

• StatusIQ fits best

  Established teams needing private status pages

• Freshstatus fits best

  Teams that need a free, customizable status page

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Side by side

Feature	StatusIQ 8.6/10 Visit ↗	FFreshstatus 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	8.4
Ranking	#7 in Status Page Software	#9 in Status Page Software
Best for	Established teams needing private status pages	Teams that need a free, customizable status page
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free
Starting price	$10/mo	Free
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	5 integrations	4 integrations
Features StatusIQ 4/4 · Freshstatus 4/4
Custom domain	✓	✓
Private status page	✓	✓
Incident updates	✓	✓
Maintenance scheduling	✓	✓
Specs
Subscriber channels	Multi-channel	Multi-channel
Component limit	50 components	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Publishes incidents, recurring maintenance, metrics, and status history. Supports private pages with password protection, IP restrictions, or SAML. Sends notifications or feeds through email, SMS, RSS, and iCalendar.	Free plan includes public or private status pages and incident updates Supports scheduled maintenance and service-specific subscriptions Offers custom domains, private access controls, and REST API access
Cons	The Free plan is limited to 1 page, 10 components, and 100 subscribers. Free includes email notifications; SMS notifications start with Green. Custom HTML and CSS are included with Blue, not the lower listed plans.	Custom-domain hosting requires DNS CNAME configuration Its focus is status communication, not deeper monitoring Platform access is web and API, with a focused set of subscriber channels
Our verdict	StatusIQ is a hosted status-page and incident-communication product from Site24x7 for IT, DevOps, and business teams that need to share service health with customers or internal stakeholders. It supports public and private pages, incident… Read the review →	Freshstatus is a hosted status-page product for sharing service health with customers, employees, and other stakeholders. Teams can publish public or private pages, organize service components into groups, post incident updates, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• StatusIQ — where it wins

  • Publishes incidents, recurring maintenance, metrics, and status history.
  • Supports private pages with password protection, IP restrictions, or SAML.
  • Sends notifications or feeds through email, SMS, RSS, and iCalendar.

  Where it doesn't

  • The Free plan is limited to 1 page, 10 components, and 100 subscribers.
  • Free includes email notifications; SMS notifications start with Green.
  • Custom HTML and CSS are included with Blue, not the lower listed plans.

• Freshstatus — where it wins

  • Free plan includes public or private status pages and incident updates
  • Supports scheduled maintenance and service-specific subscriptions
  • Offers custom domains, private access controls, and REST API access

  Where it doesn't

  • Custom-domain hosting requires DNS CNAME configuration
  • Its focus is status communication, not deeper monitoring
  • Platform access is web and API, with a focused set of subscriber channels

• StatusIQ8.6/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  StatusIQ pairs incident updates and maintenance scheduling with public and private pages.

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• FFreshstatus8.4/10 · Free plan

  A permanently free status page with private access, subscriber channels, and API controls.

  Visit FreshstatusFull verdict →