Cachet
Cachet: A free, self-hosted way to publish incidents, maintenance, and service health. Ranked #31 of 31 in Status Page Software by our editors (6.2/10); pricing: Free plan; best for teams wanting self-hosted open-source basics.
At a glance
- Editor score6.2 / 10
- PricingFree plan
- Best forTeams wanting self-hosted open-source basics
- Free planYes
- Paid fromFree
- Incident updatesYes
- Facts checked19 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Publish incident updates and schedule planned maintenance.
- Track status components with custom metrics and charts.
- Customize and localize pages, with a JSON API and two-factor authentication.
Where it doesn't
- Self-hosting means managing the service on your own infrastructure.
- The Cachet 3.x rebuild is still in development and not production-ready.
- Its listed integration coverage is limited to the JSON API.
Our verdict on Cachet
Cachet is an open-source status page system for organizations that want to communicate outages, incidents, planned maintenance, and service health to customers or stakeholders. It can be self-hosted on an organization's infrastructure and is aimed at use cases ranging from personal projects to enterprises. Its core appeal is straightforward: publish operational status information without a paid product plan, while retaining control over where the status page runs.
The feature set covers the basics of a public status page, including incident reporting and updates, planned maintenance scheduling, and status components. Custom system metrics and charts add a way to present service health alongside incident notices. Pages can be customized and localized, and the JSON API supports automation. Two-factor authentication is also included. The integration and platform picture is narrower: the listed integration is the JSON API, and the available platform options are web and self-hosted. Cachet suits teams that value open-source control and these core publishing features more than a broad connected ecosystem.
Cachet is free to self-host, with no official paid plan identified, so there are no tier differences to weigh. The important trade-off is operational readiness: the Cachet 3.x rebuild is under active development and its core repository says it is not completely ready for production use. That makes it a more suitable fit for evaluation, personal projects, or teams able to assess and manage the software themselves than for organizations that need a clearly production-ready managed service. Teams seeking simpler vendor-operated hosting or wider integration coverage should consider an alternative.
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Cachet pricing
Cachet fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Free |
| Custom domain | Not verified |
| Private status page | Not verified |
| Incident updates | Yes |
| Maintenance scheduling | Yes |
| Subscriber channels | Not verified |
| Component limit | Not verified |
| Deployment | Cloud, Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Web |
| Integrations | 1 integrations: JSON API |
| Pricing | Free plan |
| Website | cachethq.io |
| Facts checked | 19 Sep 2026 |
Cachet integrations
Cachet lists 1 integrations on its own site.
- JSON API
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- InstatusA status and monitoring platform with a free tier and broad subscriber notification options.9.0
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