# Gatus vs Uptime Kuma

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Gatus

| Attribute | Gatus | Uptime Kuma |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 57.3 (50% (medium)) | 49.9 (52% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 54 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 2 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 92,397 |
| 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 application for monitoring website uptime and checking service health. Designed to be deployed on your own infrastructure via Docker or traditional server setups. It is indexed under API Monitoring.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"What is Uptime Kuma?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Uptime Kuma is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"Is Uptime Kuma free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Uptime Kuma can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","question":"Can Uptime Kuma be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Uptime Kuma is published under the MIT 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/louislam/uptime-kuma","question":"Is Uptime Kuma open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"on_prem":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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"self_hostable":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"private_location_agent":true}` | `{"self_hostable":true,"status_page_hosting":true,"json_schema_assertions":true}` |
| integrations.count | 5 | 6 |
| 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":"Slack","native":true},{"name":"Telegram","native":true},{"name":"Discord","native":true},{"name":"Gotify","native":true},{"name":"Pushover","native":true},{"name":"Email","native":true}]` |
| language.primary | - | JavaScript |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":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","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://uptime.kuma.pet","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T12:21:28.490Z"}` |
| 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 | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 8 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.6","date":"2026-10-09T15:46:26Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.5","date":"2026-09-16T13:31:07Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.4","date":"2026-09-11T10:09:10Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.3","date":"2026-08-22T09:20:48Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.2","date":"2026-08-22T08:44:26Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.1","date":"2026-08-22T06:50:57Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.5.0","date":"2026-08-01T16:35:53Z","type":"stable","version":"2.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.4.0","date":"2026-05-31T00:55:12Z","type":"stable","version":"2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.2","date":"2026-05-03T16:15:29Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.1","date":"2026-05-03T13:40:11Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.3.0","date":"2026-05-01T04:01:17Z","type":"stable","version":"2.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.2.1","date":"2026-03-10T02:25:33Z","type":"stable","version":"2.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.2.0","date":"2026-03-05T02:08:14Z","type":"stable","version":"2.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.3","date":"2026-02-19T05:37:30Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.2","date":"2026-02-19T05:09:11Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.1","date":"2026-02-13T16:07:33Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0","date":"2026-02-07T02:31:49Z","type":"stable","version":"2.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.3","date":"2026-01-22T13:01:00Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.2","date":"2026-01-14T02:45:36Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/releases/tag/2.1.0-beta.1","date":"2026-01-05T02:02:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"2.1.0-beta.1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.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,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:19:44.502Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*