Comparison

Instatus vs Staytus

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.

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★Instatus77
Staytus40
Score
vioscaleAI score
Instatus77 / 100medium · 50%
Staytus40 / 100low · 29%
Pricing
Free tier
Instatus✓
Staytus✓
Model
Instatusfreemium
Staytusfreemium
Price level
Instatusmid
Staytuslow
Starting price
Instatus$20
Staytus$100
Transparent
Instatus✓
Staytus✗
Integrations
Count
Instatus27
Staytus5
Security
Gdpr
Instatus–
Staytus✓
Scorecard
Instatus–
Staytus2.1
Reliability
Sla pct
Instatus99.99
Staytus–
Status page
Instatus✓
Staytus–
Adoption
Github stars
Instatus–
Staytus2,173
Activity
Commits last 30d
Instatus–
Staytus0
License
Spdx
Instatus–
StaytusMIT
Language
Primary
Instatus–
StaytusRuby
Content
Faq
Instatus6 items
Staytus–

Capabilities

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

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

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

Staytus

An AI assistant that provides inline code suggestions, chat assistance, code explanations, and documentation help. Available as a free tier and multiple paid subscription plans with varying capabilities across GitHub, IDEs, CLI, and other development tools.

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 ↗

Staytus

freemiumFree tier

Free tier available; paid tiers from Pro to Enterprise

  • FreeFree
  • Pro-
  • Pro+-
  • Max-
  • Business-
  • Enterprise-
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Instatus✓
Staytus✓
CLI
Instatus✗
Staytus✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Instatus✓
Staytus✓

Integrations

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

Instatus

Leader
27 total
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Discord
  • Intercom
  • Checkly
  • Better Uptime
  • HetrixTools
  • Runscope
  • Site24x7
  • StatusCake
  • Uptime Robot
  • Updown.io
  • Google Cloud Monitoring
  • Dynatrace
  • Prometheus
  • Zendesk
  • Zapier
  • Jira
  • Webhook
  • Email
  • API
  • X
  • Datadog
  • PagerDuty
  • +3 more
Independently observed

Staytus

5 total
  • GitHub
  • IDE
  • Windows Terminal
  • Bing
  • Custom MCP servers
Independently observed
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