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Comparison

Instatus vs Status.io

On the evidence we track, Instatus leads this comparison with a composite score of 77/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Instatus full profile →Status.io full profile →
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★Instatus77
Status.io49
Score
vioscaleAI score
Instatus77 / 100medium · 50%
Status.io49 / 100low · 19%
Pricing
Free tier
Instatus✓
Status.io–
Model
Instatusfreemium
Status.iocommercial
Price level
Instatusmid
Status.io–
Starting price
Instatus$20
Status.io–
Transparent
Instatus✓
Status.io–
Integrations
Count
Instatus27
Status.io31
Reliability
Sla pct
Instatus99.99
Status.io–
Status page
Instatus✓
Status.io✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Instatus6 items
Status.io–

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Deployment model
InstatusSaas
Status.io-
Email subscribers
Instatus✓
Status.io-
SMS subscribers
Instatus✓
Status.io-
Slack webhook subscribers
Instatus✓
Status.io-
Custom domain support
Instatus✓
Status.io-
Custom css branding
Instatus-
Status.io-
Private status pages
Instatus✓
Status.io-
SSO SAML auth
Instatus✓
Status.io-
Component grouping
Instatus✓
Status.io-
Maintenance scheduling
Instatus-
Status.io-
API incident automation
Instatus✓
Status.io-
SOC2 type ii
Instatus-
Status.io-
Pricing model
InstatusFreemium
Status.io-

What each one is

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

Instatus

Leader

A platform that monitors service availability in real-time, sends alerts to teams across multiple channels, and publishes status pages to keep customers informed during incidents.

Independently observed

Status.io

A hosted status page service that automates outage and maintenance notifications across multiple channels. It integrates with monitoring tools to automatically update component statuses, and offers full branding customization and private access controls.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Instatus

Leader
from $20/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $20/mo. Free tier available. 25% discount with annual billing.

  • StarterFree
    • 15 Monitors
    • 2 min checks
    • Email alerts
    • 5 team members
    • 2 on-call members
    • +2 more
  • Pro$20/mo
    • 50 Monitors
    • 30 sec checks
    • Email & SMS alerts
    • SAML SSO
    • 50 team members
    • +3 more
  • BusinessContact sales
    • 1,000 Monitors
    • SMS & Calls alerts
    • 50 on-call members
    • All status pages
    • 3+ custom domains
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • SCIM Directory Sync
    • Priority customer support
    • 99.99% Uptime SLA
    • Multiple SSO connections
    • Custom contracts
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Status.io

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Instatus✓
Status.io–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Instatus✓
Status.io–

Integrations

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

In common (10)
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Site24x7
  • StatusCake
  • Uptime Robot
  • Dynatrace
  • Datadog
  • PagerDuty
  • Pingdom
  • New Relic

Instatus

Leader
27 total - 17 not shared
  • Discord
  • Intercom
  • Checkly
  • Better Uptime
  • HetrixTools
  • Runscope
  • Updown.io
  • Google Cloud Monitoring
  • Prometheus
  • Zendesk
  • Zapier
  • Jira
  • Webhook
  • Email
  • API
  • X
  • Grafana
Independently observed

Status.io

31 total - 21 not shared
  • Nagios
  • Uptime.com
  • LogicMonitor
  • Zabbix
  • OpsGenie
  • Jira Service Management
  • Twilio
  • Amazon SES
  • Auth0
  • Azure
  • OneLogin
  • Okta
  • Google
  • YubiKey
  • Webhooks
  • Twitter/X
  • Email Triggers
  • IRC
  • iCalendar
  • RSS
  • Passkeys
Independently observed
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