# Instatus vs StatusPal

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Instatus

| Attribute | Instatus | StatusPal |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 76.5 (50% (medium)) | 52.1 (70% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Instatus is a status page service that helps teams communicate system incidents and maintenance to customers. It integrates with monitoring tools, incident management platforms, and team communication services, allowing automated incident creation and subscriber notifications. It is indexed under Status Pages.","source":"https://instatus.com/es/pricing","question":"What is Instatus?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Instatus offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Starter, Pro and Business. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://instatus.com/es/pricing","question":"Is Instatus free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Instatus. 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://instatus.com/de/pricing","question":"What platforms does Instatus support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Instatus, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://instatus.com/es/pricing","question":"Can Instatus be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 25 integrations for Instatus, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Intercom, Checkly, Better Uptime, HetrixTools and Runscope, plus 17 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://instatus.com/es/pricing","question":"What does Instatus integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Instatus is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://instatus.com/de/pricing","question":"Where is Instatus available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"SaaS platform for monitoring service uptime, automating incident management, and publishing status pages to end-users. Includes multi-language support, real-time notifications across multiple channels, and integrations with monitoring and on-call tools. It is indexed under Status Pages.","source":"https://www.statuspal.io/es/pricing","question":"What is StatusPal?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"StatusPal is a paid product; published pricing starts at $46 per month. It is sold across 4 plans (Hobby, Startup, 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://www.statuspal.io/es/pricing","question":"How much does StatusPal cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to StatusPal. 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://www.statuspal.io/es/pricing","question":"What platforms does StatusPal support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for StatusPal, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.statuspal.io/es/pricing","question":"Can StatusPal be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 19 integrations for StatusPal, including PagerDuty, OpsGenie, Pingdom, Datadog, New Relic, StatusCake, UptimeRobot and Google Calendar, plus 11 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.statuspal.io/es/pricing","question":"What does StatusPal integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 and GDPR for StatusPal. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as StatusPal not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.statuspal.io/es/pricing","question":"What security certifications does StatusPal have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"StatusPal is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Germany.","source":"https://www.statuspal.io/es/pricing","question":"Where is StatusPal available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A status page platform that enables teams to broadcast real-time information about service incidents and scheduled maintenance to users. Helps organizations maintain transparency and manage stakeholder expectations during service disruptions. |
| features.capabilities | `{"pricing_model":"freemium","sso_saml_auth":true,"sms_subscribers":true,"deployment_model":"saas","email_subscribers":true,"component_grouping":true,"private_status_pages":true,"custom_domain_support":true,"api_incident_automation":true,"slack_webhook_subscribers":true}` | `{"pricing_model":"subscription","sso_saml_auth":true,"sms_subscribers":true,"deployment_model":"saas","email_subscribers":true,"custom_css_branding":true,"private_status_pages":true,"custom_domain_support":true,"maintenance_scheduling":true,"api_incident_automation":true,"slack_webhook_subscribers":true}` |
| integrations.count | 27 | 19 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Intercom"},{"name":"Checkly"},{"name":"Better Uptime"},{"name":"HetrixTools"},{"name":"Runscope"},{"name":"Site24x7"},{"name":"StatusCake"},{"name":"Uptime Robot"},{"name":"Updown.io"},{"name":"Google Cloud Monitoring"},{"name":"Dynatrace"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"API"},{"name":"X","native":true,"category":"social","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Datadog","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"PagerDuty","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Pingdom","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"New Relic","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"OpsGenie"},{"name":"Pingdom"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"StatusCake"},{"name":"UptimeRobot"},{"name":"Google Calendar"},{"name":"Google Chat"},{"name":"Mailchimp"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Intercom"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Livewatch"},{"name":"Esendex SMS"},{"name":"Ekara by IPlabel"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Cloudflare"},{"name":"Stripe"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"DE","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free","features":["15 Monitors","2 min checks","Email alerts","5 team members","2 on-call members","Public status page","200 subscribers"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"15","subscribers":"200","team_members":"5","check_interval":"2 min","on_call_members":"2"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$20/mo","features":["50 Monitors","30 sec checks","Email & SMS alerts","SAML SSO","50 team members","20 on-call members","1+ custom domain","5,000 subscribers"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"50","subscribers":"5,000","team_members":"50","check_interval":"30 sec","custom_domains":"1+","on_call_members":"20"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["1,000 Monitors","SMS & Calls alerts","50 on-call members","All status pages","3+ custom domains","25,000 subscribers"],"contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"1,000","subscribers":"25,000","custom_domains":"3+","on_call_members":"50"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact sales","features":["SCIM Directory Sync","Priority customer support","99.99% Uptime SLA","Multiple SSO connections","Custom contracts","Custom policies"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $20/mo. Free tier available. 25% discount with annual billing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://instatus.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T21:35:58.500Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Hobby","summary":"$46/month","features":["Unlimited public status pages","500 subscribers","10 monitored services","Multi-language support","Email and SMS notifications","1 custom domain"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":46,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individual status page owners","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"subscribers":"500","custom_domains":"1","monitored_services":"10","incident_retention_days":"90"}},{"free":false,"name":"Startup","summary":"$99/month (most popular)","features":["Unlimited status pages","1,000 subscribers","30 monitored services","External service status monitoring","2 language translations","4 custom domains","300 day incident retention","Email and SMS notifications"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For small teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"languages":"2","subscribers":"1000","custom_domains":"4","monitored_services":"30","incident_retention_days":"300"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$299/month","features":["Unlimited status pages","4,000 subscribers","100 monitored services","SAML Single Sign-On","Custom role provisioning","Audience-specific status pages","White-label/custom branding","Custom CSS/JavaScript","ChatOps and Slack integration","Webhook automation","Email and metrics integrations"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":299,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For growing companies","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"subscribers":"4000","monitored_services":"100"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing — contact sales","features":["Unlimited status pages and subscribers","Custom features and integrations","Multi-provider SSO","Phone support","Custom SLA","Custom incident types","HTML and email template customization"],"description":"Custom solution for enterprise needs","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"StatusPal free Heroku add-on"}],"summary":"From $46/month. 14-day free trial, no credit card required. Special 40% discount available for early-stage startups.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.statuspal.io/es/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T15:50:33.901Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":46,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":20,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":46,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Status Pages)

| Capability | Instatus | StatusPal |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | Saas | Saas |
| Email subscribers | ✓ | ✓ |
| SMS subscribers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slack webhook subscribers | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom domain support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom css branding | - | ✓ |
| Private status pages | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO SAML auth | ✓ | ✓ |
| Component grouping | ✓ | - |
| Maintenance scheduling | - | ✓ |
| API incident automation | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Subscription |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:27:57.105Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*