Comparison

Gatus vs Uptime Kuma

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

Uptime Kuma50

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	GatusLeader	Uptime Kuma
vioscaleAI score	57 / 100medium · 50%	50 / 100medium · 52%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$10	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	6
Security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Flouislam%2Fuptime-kuma&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	2
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	92,397
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	54
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	8
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	JavaScript
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	4 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Gatus57 / 100medium · 50%

Uptime Kuma50 / 100medium · 52%

Pricing

Free tier

Gatus✓

Uptime Kuma✓

Model

Gatusfreemium

Uptime Kumaopen_source

Price level

Gatuslow

Uptime Kumafree

Starting price

Gatus$10

Uptime Kuma–

Transparent

Gatus✓

Uptime Kuma–

Integrations

Count

Gatus5

Uptime Kuma6

Security

Vulnerabilities

Gatus–

Uptime KumaCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Flouislam%2Fuptime-kuma&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Gatus✓

Uptime Kuma–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Gatus–

Uptime Kuma2

Github stars

Gatus–

Uptime Kuma92,397

Activity

Commits last 30d

Gatus–

Uptime Kuma54

Release

Cadence days

Gatus–

Uptime Kuma8

History

Gatus–

Uptime Kuma20 items

License

Spdx

Gatus–

Uptime KumaMIT

Language

Primary

Gatus–

Uptime KumaJavaScript

Market

Availability

GatusAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Uptime Kuma–

Content

Faq

Gatus6 items

Uptime Kuma4 items

Capabilities

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

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

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

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

Uptime Kuma

A self-hosted monitoring solution that tracks the availability of websites and services across multiple protocols and endpoints, with flexible alerting through numerous notification channels.

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 2026-09-24verify ↗

Uptime Kuma

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-18verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Gatus	Uptime Kuma
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Gatus✓

Uptime Kuma✓

Windows

Gatus✗

Uptime Kuma✓

Linux

Gatus✗

Uptime Kuma✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Gatus✓

Uptime Kuma✗

Self-hosted

Gatus✓

Uptime Kuma✓

On-premise

Gatus✗

Uptime Kuma✓

Integrations

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

In common (6)

Slack
Telegram
Discord
Gotify
Email
Pushover

Gatus

Leader

25 total - 19 not shared

Microsoft Teams
Google Chat
Matrix
Mattermost
n8n
Ntfy
Opsgenie
Gitea
GitHub
GitLab
Messagebird
AWS SES
ilert
Incident.io
PagerDuty
Twilio
SIGNL4
Custom
Teams

Independently observed

Uptime Kuma

6 total - 0 not shared

Slack
Telegram
Discord
Gotify
Pushover
Email

Independently observed

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