# Gatus vs Healthchecks.io

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Healthchecks.io

| Attribute | Gatus | Healthchecks.io |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.3 (50% (medium)) | 74.9 (45% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A service monitoring platform that continuously tracks the availability and performance of your services and displays the results on public status pages. Supports multiple monitoring types with integrations for automated alerting. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://gatus.io/pricing","question":"What is Gatus?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Gatus is a paid product; published pricing starts at $10 per month. It is sold across 4 plans (Standard, Premium, Business and Enterprise). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://gatus.io/pricing","question":"How much does Gatus cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Gatus. 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://gatus.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Gatus support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Gatus can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://gatus.io/pricing","question":"Can Gatus be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 24 integrations for Gatus, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, Discord, Google Chat, Gotify, Matrix and Mattermost, plus 16 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://gatus.io/pricing","question":"What does Gatus integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Gatus is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://gatus.io/pricing","question":"Where is Gatus available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"A monitoring platform that tracks cron jobs and scheduled tasks, notifying you when they don't execute on schedule using a heartbeat check-in mechanism. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"What is Healthchecks.io?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Healthchecks.io offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $5 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"Is Healthchecks.io free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Healthchecks.io. 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://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Healthchecks.io support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Healthchecks.io can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"Can Healthchecks.io be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for Healthchecks.io, including Email, Webhooks, Slack, Discord, GitHub, Google Chat, Gotify and Matrix, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"What does Healthchecks.io integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Healthchecks.io. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Healthchecks.io not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/privacy/","question":"What security certifications does Healthchecks.io have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Healthchecks.io is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Latvia.","source":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","question":"Where is Healthchecks.io available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Monitors endpoint health through periodic checks and displays results on customizable public status pages with uptime tracking, incident management, and integration-based alerts. | A monitoring service for tracking application and service availability, with an API for programmatic check management, status verification, and integration with notification systems. |
| features.capabilities | `{"self_hostable":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"private_location_agent":true}` | - |
| integrations.count | 5 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Gotify"},{"name":"Matrix"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"n8n"},{"name":"Ntfy"},{"name":"Opsgenie"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Gitea"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Messagebird"},{"name":"Pushover"},{"name":"AWS SES"},{"name":"ilert"},{"name":"Incident.io"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Twilio"},{"name":"SIGNL4"},{"name":"Custom"},{"name":"Teams","native":true,"category":"chat"}]` | `[{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Gotify"},{"name":"Matrix"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"ntfy"},{"name":"Telegram"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"LV","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$10/month, 1 status page, 30 endpoints per page","features":["1 status page","30 endpoints maximum per status page","0 suites per status page","2 minute minimum check interval","14 day audit log retention","Custom domain support","Uptime, response time, and health badges","Single Sign-On (SSO) for status page access","Custom CSS styling","HTTP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, DNS, TLS, STARTTLS, SCTP endpoint monitoring","Response body validation with JSONPath and pattern matching","Certificate expiration monitoring","IP address monitoring","Slack, Teams, Incident.io, PagerDuty, Twilio alerting"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For those looking to monitor most of their services.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"suites":"0","status_pages":"1","endpoints_per_page":"30","min_check_interval":"2m","audit_logs_retention":"14 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For those looking to monitor all of their services.","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For those looking to monitor multiple business-critical services across several products.","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"suites":"25","status_pages":"3","endpoints_per_page":"100","min_check_interval":"30s","audit_logs_retention":"90 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":500,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For those interested in monitoring everything from A-to-Z.","contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $10/month with 7-day free trial on all plans. Free self-hosting option available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://gatus.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-24T12:08:55.808Z","freeTrialDays":7,"startingPrice":{"amount":10,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobbyist","summary":"Free","features":["Monitor 20 cron jobs","100 log entries per job"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"20","log_entries":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Supporter","summary":"$5/month","features":["Monitor 20 cron jobs","100 log entries per job"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"20","log_entries":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$20/month or $192/year","features":["Monitor 100 cron jobs","1000 log entries per job","50 SMS & WhatsApp credits per month","20 phone call credits per month","Email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"100","log_entries":"1000","phone_call_credits":"20/month","sms_whatsapp_credits":"50/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business Plus","summary":"$80/month or $768/year","features":["Monitor 1000 cron jobs","1000 log entries per job","500 SMS & WhatsApp credits per month","100 phone call credits per month","Priority email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":80,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"jobs":"1000","log_entries":"1000","phone_call_credits":"100/month","sms_whatsapp_credits":"500/month"}}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans from $5–$80/month, with 20% discount for annual billing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://healthchecks.io/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:20:52.496Z","startingPrice":{"amount":5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":10,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Gatus | Healthchecks.io |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Multi region probes | - | - |
| Private location agent | ✓ | - |
| Status page hosting | ✓ | - |
| Json schema assertions | - | - |
| Monitoring as code | - | - |
| Multistep API flows | - | - |
| Heartbeat deadmans switch | - | - |
| Self hostable | ✓ | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:15:31.348Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*