# Cachet vs Instatus

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Instatus

| Attribute | Cachet | Instatus |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 43.8 (51% (medium)) | 76.5 (50% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 9 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 7 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 15,258 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Status Pages.","source":"https://cachethq.io","question":"What is Cachet?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Cachet is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://cachethq.io","question":"Is Cachet free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Cachet. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://cachethq.io","question":"What platforms does Cachet support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Cachet can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://cachethq.io","question":"Can Cachet be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"Instatus is a status page service that helps teams communicate system incidents and maintenance to customers. It integrates with monitoring tools, incident management platforms, and team communication services, allowing automated incident creation and subscriber notifications. It is indexed under Status Pages.","source":"https://instatus.com/es/pricing","question":"What is Instatus?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Instatus offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Starter, Pro and Business. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://instatus.com/es/pricing","question":"Is Instatus free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Instatus. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://instatus.com/de/pricing","question":"What platforms does Instatus support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Instatus, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://instatus.com/es/pricing","question":"Can Instatus be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 25 integrations for Instatus, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Intercom, Checkly, Better Uptime, HetrixTools and Runscope, plus 17 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://instatus.com/es/pricing","question":"What does Instatus integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Instatus is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://instatus.com/de/pricing","question":"Where is Instatus available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source platform that enables organizations to host their own status pages for notifying customers and stakeholders about service availability and maintenance activities. | A platform that monitors service availability in real-time, sends alerts to teams across multiple channels, and publishes status pages to keep customers informed during incidents. |
| features.capabilities | `{"pricing_model":"open_source","deployment_model":"self_host","email_subscribers":true,"api_incident_automation":true,"slack_webhook_subscribers":true}` | `{"pricing_model":"freemium","sso_saml_auth":true,"sms_subscribers":true,"deployment_model":"saas","email_subscribers":true,"component_grouping":true,"private_status_pages":true,"custom_domain_support":true,"api_incident_automation":true,"slack_webhook_subscribers":true}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 27 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Email","native":true},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Intercom"},{"name":"Checkly"},{"name":"Better Uptime"},{"name":"HetrixTools"},{"name":"Runscope"},{"name":"Site24x7"},{"name":"StatusCake"},{"name":"Uptime Robot"},{"name":"Updown.io"},{"name":"Google Cloud Monitoring"},{"name":"Dynatrace"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"API"},{"name":"X","native":true,"category":"social","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Datadog","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"PagerDuty","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Pingdom","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"New Relic","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| language.primary | PHP | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free to self-host. Entirely open source.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://cachethq.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:01:00.271Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free","features":["15 Monitors","2 min checks","Email alerts","5 team members","2 on-call members","Public status page","200 subscribers"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"15","subscribers":"200","team_members":"5","check_interval":"2 min","on_call_members":"2"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/mo","features":["50 Monitors","30 sec checks","Email & SMS alerts","SAML SSO","50 team members","20 on-call members","1+ custom domain","5,000 subscribers"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"50","subscribers":"5,000","team_members":"50","check_interval":"30 sec","custom_domains":"1+","on_call_members":"20"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["1,000 Monitors","SMS & Calls alerts","50 on-call members","All status pages","3+ custom domains","25,000 subscribers"],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"1,000","subscribers":"25,000","custom_domains":"3+","on_call_members":"50"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact sales","features":["SCIM Directory Sync","Priority customer support","99.99% Uptime SLA","Multiple SSO connections","Custom contracts","Custom policies"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $20/mo. Free tier available. 25% discount with annual billing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://instatus.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T21:35:58.500Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | free | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":20,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 9 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.4.1","date":"2023-11-07T21:31:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.4.0","date":"2023-10-27T12:27:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.18","date":"2019-05-22T12:43:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.17","date":"2019-05-22T12:43:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.16","date":"2019-05-12T22:49:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.15","date":"2018-06-17T08:47:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.14","date":"2018-03-26T18:21:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.13","date":"2017-10-29T10:34:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.12","date":"2017-06-28T22:48:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.11","date":"2017-04-12T22:06:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.10","date":"2016-08-11T11:17:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.9","date":"2016-08-07T21:05:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.8","date":"2016-08-05T06:55:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.7","date":"2016-07-25T21:58:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.6","date":"2016-07-18T18:44:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.5","date":"2016-07-17T20:05:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.4","date":"2016-07-16T08:55:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.3","date":"2016-07-10T09:40:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.2","date":"2016-07-06T20:54:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/cachethq/cachet/releases/tag/v2.3.1","date":"2016-06-27T21:10:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.1"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":5,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=cachethq%2Fcachet&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` | - |

## Capabilities (Status Pages)

| Capability | Cachet | Instatus |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | Self host | Saas |
| Email subscribers | ✓ | ✓ |
| SMS subscribers | - | ✓ |
| Slack webhook subscribers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom domain support | - | ✓ |
| Custom css branding | - | - |
| Private status pages | - | ✓ |
| SSO SAML auth | - | ✓ |
| Component grouping | - | ✓ |
| Maintenance scheduling | - | - |
| API incident automation | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| Pricing model | Open source | Freemium |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T09:56:29.727Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*