# Gatus vs Prometheus Blackbox Exporter

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Gatus

| Attribute | Gatus | Prometheus Blackbox Exporter |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.3 (50% (medium)) | 39.8 (53% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 22 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 17 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 5,896 |
| 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":"An open-source exporter for Prometheus that monitors the health and responsiveness of network services by sending test requests over HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, ICMP, and gRPC protocols. Results are exposed as metrics for collection by Prometheus. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What is Prometheus Blackbox Exporter?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Prometheus Blackbox Exporter is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Is Prometheus Blackbox Exporter free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Prometheus Blackbox Exporter supports Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"What platforms does Prometheus Blackbox Exporter support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Prometheus Blackbox Exporter can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://github.com/pricing","question":"Can Prometheus Blackbox Exporter be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Prometheus Blackbox Exporter is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter","question":"Is Prometheus Blackbox Exporter open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":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. | Blackbox Exporter performs endpoint verification using HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, ICMP, and gRPC protocols, exposing probe results as metrics for integration with Prometheus monitoring systems. It supports TLS authentication, configuration-based operation, and can be deployed via Docker containers or standalone binaries. |
| features.capabilities | `{"self_hostable":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"private_location_agent":true}` | `{"self_hostable":true,"monitoring_as_code":true}` |
| integrations.count | 5 | 1 |
| 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":"Prometheus"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true,"windows":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":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T21:35:23.770Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":10,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 123 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.29.0","date":"2026-10-07T09:40:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.29.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.28.0","date":"2025-12-06T13:32:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.28.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.27.0","date":"2025-06-30T13:45:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.27.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.26.0","date":"2025-02-26T13:51:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.26.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.25.0","date":"2024-04-09T13:30:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.25.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.24.0","date":"2023-05-16T11:23:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.24.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.23.0","date":"2022-12-02T20:59:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.23.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.22.0","date":"2022-08-02T14:26:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.22.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.21.1","date":"2022-06-23T16:09:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.21.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.21.0","date":"2022-05-30T15:06:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.21.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.21.0-rc.0","date":"2022-05-11T11:14:26Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.21.0-rc.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.20.0","date":"2022-03-16T23:52:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.20.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.20.0-rc.0","date":"2022-02-17T20:34:32Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v0.20.0-rc.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.19.0","date":"2021-05-10T13:18:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.18.0","date":"2020-10-12T10:13:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.17.0","date":"2020-06-19T12:14:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.16.0","date":"2019-11-11T18:16:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.15.1","date":"2019-09-17T12:52:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.15.0","date":"2019-09-11T13:09:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/releases/tag/v0.14.0","date":"2019-03-15T13:49:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.9 |
| security.trust_center | - | https://github.com/security |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fprometheus%2Fblackbox_exporter&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (API Monitoring)

| Capability | Gatus | Prometheus Blackbox Exporter |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-10-16T22:13:59.485Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*