vioscaleAI
Comparison

Gatus vs StatusCake

On the evidence we track, Gatus leads this comparison with a composite score of 57/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Gatus57
StatusCake47
Score
vioscaleAI score
Gatus57 / 100medium · 50%
StatusCake47 / 100low · 7%
Pricing
Free tier
Gatus✓
StatusCake–
Model
Gatusfreemium
StatusCakecommercial
Price level
Gatuslow
StatusCake–
Starting price
Gatus$10
StatusCake–
Transparent
Gatus✓
StatusCake–
Integrations
Count
Gatus5
StatusCake8
Reliability
Status page
Gatus✓
StatusCake–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Gatus6 items
StatusCake–

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Multi region probes
Gatus-
StatusCake-
Private location agent
Gatus✓
StatusCake-
Status page hosting
Gatus✓
StatusCake✓
Json schema assertions
Gatus-
StatusCake-
Monitoring as code
Gatus-
StatusCake-
Multistep API flows
Gatus-
StatusCake-
Heartbeat deadmans switch
Gatus-
StatusCake✓
Self hostable
Gatus✓
StatusCake-

What each one is

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

Gatus

Leader

Monitors endpoint health through periodic checks and displays results on customizable public status pages with uptime tracking, incident management, and integration-based alerts.

Independently observed

StatusCake

An uptime and website monitoring service that tracks application availability and creates alerts across multiple regions.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Gatus

Leader
from $10/moSubscriptionFree tier7-day trial

From $10/month with 7-day free trial on all plans. Free self-hosting option available.

  • Standard$10/month, 1 status page, 30 endpoints per page
    • 1 status page
    • 30 endpoints maximum per status page
    • 0 suites per status page
    • 2 minute minimum check interval
    • 14 day audit log retention
    • +9 more
  • Premium$20/mo
  • Business$50/mo
  • Enterprise$500/mo
as of verify ↗

StatusCake

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Gatus✓
StatusCake–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gatus✓
StatusCake–
Self-hosted
Gatus✓
StatusCake–

Integrations

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

Gatus

Leader
25 total
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Telegram
  • Discord
  • Google Chat
  • Gotify
  • Matrix
  • Mattermost
  • n8n
  • Ntfy
  • Opsgenie
  • Email
  • Gitea
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Messagebird
  • Pushover
  • AWS SES
  • ilert
  • Incident.io
  • PagerDuty
  • Twilio
  • SIGNL4
  • Custom
  • +1 more
Independently observed

StatusCake

8 total
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Autotask
  • Azure
  • UptimeRobot
  • Pingdom
  • HealthChecks.io
Independently observed
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Gatus or StatusCake: which one depends on you

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