vioscale
Comparison

Gatus vs Uptime Kuma

On the evidence we track, Gatus leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Gatus full profile →Uptime Kuma full profile →
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★Gatus63
Uptime Kuma57
Score
Vioscale score
Gatus63 / 100medium · 52%updating
Uptime Kuma57 / 100low · 40%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Gatus✗
Uptime Kuma✓
Model
Gatuscommercial
Uptime Kumaopen_source
Price level
Gatuslow
Uptime Kumafree
Transparent
Gatus✓
Uptime Kuma–
Integrations
Count
Gatus24
Uptime Kuma–
Security
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Gatus✓
Uptime Kuma–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Gatus–
Uptime Kuma2
Github stars
Gatus–
Uptime Kuma90,643
Activity
Commits last 30d
Gatus–
Uptime Kuma64
Release
Cadence days
Gatus–
Uptime Kuma8
History
Gatus–
Uptime Kuma20 items
License
Spdx
Gatus–
Uptime KumaMIT
Language
Primary
Gatus–
Uptime KumaJavaScript
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Gatus

Leader

A platform for tracking service health across websites, APIs, and infrastructure. It detects outages automatically, publishes real-time status pages, and alerts teams via multiple channels.

Independently observed

Uptime Kuma

An open-source application for monitoring website uptime and checking service health. Designed to be deployed on your own infrastructure via Docker or traditional server setups.

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/moSubscription7-day trial

From $10/month. Free 7-day trial.

  • Standard$10/month
    • HTTP, ICMP, DNS, TCP, UDP, TLS, SCTP, SSH, gRPC, WebSocket monitoring
    • Status code, response body/JSONPath, certificate expiration, domain expiration conditions
    • Response time and connection monitoring
    • Slack, Teams, Telegram, Discord, Google Chat, Gotify, Matrix, Mattermost, n8n, Ntfy, Opsgenie, Email, Gitea, GitHub, GitLab integrations
    • Static egress IP for firewall whitelisting
    • +3 more
  • Premium$20/month
    • All Standard features
    • Push-based monitoring
    • Incident announcements
    • Additional integrations: Messagebird, Pushover, AWS SES, ilert, Incident.io, PagerDuty, Twilio, SIGNL4
  • Business$50/month
    • All Premium features
    • Metrics dashboard
    • Single Sign-On (SSO)
    • Custom CSS
    • Custom integrations
  • EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Uptime Kuma

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Gatus✓
Uptime Kuma–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gatus✓
Uptime Kuma✗
Self-hosted
Gatus✓
Uptime Kuma✓

Integrations

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

Gatus

Leader
24 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
Independently observed

Uptime Kuma

Not documented yet.

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