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Comparison

Cachet vs Instatus

No leader: the top candidate Cachet has only 0.20 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Cachet full profile →Instatus full profile →
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Cachet63
Instatus46
Score
Vioscale score
Cachet63 / 100low · 20%updating
Instatus46 / 100low · 42%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Cachet✓
Instatus✓
Model
Cachetfreemium
Instatusfreemium
Price level
Cachetfree
Instatuslow
Transparent
Cachet✓
Instatus✗
Integrations
Count
Cachet–
Instatus21
Security
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Cachet–
Instatus✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Cachet7
Instatus–
Github stars
Cachet15,230
Instatus–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Cachet15
Instatus–
Release
Cadence days
Cachet9
Instatus–
History
Cachet20 items
Instatus–
Language
Primary
CachetPHP
Instatus–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for status pages. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
Cachet-
Instatus-
Email subscribers
Cachet-
Instatus-
SMS subscribers
Cachet-
Instatus-
Slack webhook subscribers
Cachet-
Instatus-
Custom domain support
Cachet-
Instatus-
Custom css branding
Cachet-
Instatus-
Private status pages
Cachet-
Instatus-
SSO SAML auth
Cachet-
Instatus-
Component grouping
Cachet-
Instatus-
Maintenance scheduling
Cachet-
Instatus-
API incident automation
Cachet-
Instatus-
SOC2 type ii
Cachet-
Instatus-
Pricing model
Cachet-
Instatus-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Cachet

A self-hosted platform that helps organizations manage system status information and keep customers informed during service outages and scheduled maintenance. Designed with a professional, customizable interface.

Independently observed

Instatus

Instatus combines real-time service monitoring, team-based incident management, and customer status communication. It monitors uptime, sends alerts across multiple channels, and maintains a status page that automatically updates when issues occur.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Cachet

Open sourceFree tier

Free to self-host. Entirely open source.

as of verify ↗

Instatus

HybridFree tier

Free plan. Paid plans with 25% discount for annual billing

  • StarterFree
    • 15 monitors
    • 2 min check intervals
    • Email alerts
    • 5 team members
    • 2 on-call members
    • +3 more
  • Pro-
    • 50 monitors
    • 30 second check intervals
    • Email & SMS alerts
    • 50 team members
    • 20 on-call members
    • +2 more
  • Business-
    • 1,000 monitors
    • SMS & call alerts
    • Unlimited team members
    • 50 on-call members
    • 3+ custom domains
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • SCIM directory synchronization
    • Preferred customer support
    • 99.99% uptime SLA
    • Multiple SSO connections
    • Custom contracts
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Cachet✓
Instatus✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
Cachet✓
Instatus–

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Cachet

Not documented yet.

Instatus

21 total
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Discord
  • Intercom
  • Checkly
  • Better Uptime
  • HetrixTools
  • Runscope
  • Site24x7
  • StatusCake
  • Uptime Robot
  • Updown.io
  • Google Cloud Monitoring
  • Dynatrace
  • Prometheus
  • Zendesk
  • Zapier
  • Jira
  • Webhook
  • Email
  • API
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.