Comparison

Instatus vs Upptime

No leader: the top candidate Upptime has only 0.27 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Instatus full profile →Upptime full profile →

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Instatus46

Upptime54

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Instatus	Upptime
Vioscale score	46 / 100low · 42%	54 / 100low · 27%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	21	8
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.5
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fupptime%2Fupptime&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	17,147
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Markdown
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-

Score

Vioscale score

Instatus46 / 100low · 42%

Upptime54 / 100low · 27%

Pricing

Free tier

Instatus✓

Upptime✓

Model

Instatusfreemium

Upptimecommercial

Price level

Instatuslow

Upptimefree

Transparent

Instatus✗

Upptime✓

Integrations

Count

Instatus21

Upptime8

Security

Scorecard

Instatus–

Upptime4.5

Vulnerabilities

Instatus–

UpptimeCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fupptime%2Fupptime&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Instatus✓

Upptime–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Instatus–

Upptime0

Github stars

Instatus–

Upptime17,147

Activity

Commits last 30d

Instatus–

Upptime100

Release

History

Instatus–

Upptime20 items

License

Spdx

Instatus–

UpptimeMIT

Language

Primary

Instatus–

UpptimeMarkdown

Market

Availability

InstatusAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Upptime–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Status Pages
Capability	Instatus	Upptime
Capabilities
Deployment model	-	-
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	-	-

Capabilities

Deployment model

Instatus-

Upptime-

Email subscribers

Instatus-

Upptime-

SMS subscribers

Instatus-

Upptime-

Slack webhook subscribers

Instatus-

Upptime-

Custom domain support

Instatus-

Upptime-

Custom css branding

Instatus-

Upptime-

Private status pages

Instatus-

Upptime-

SSO SAML auth

Instatus-

Upptime-

Component grouping

Instatus-

Upptime-

Maintenance scheduling

Instatus-

Upptime-

API incident automation

Instatus-

Upptime-

SOC2 type ii

Instatus-

Upptime-

Pricing model

Instatus-

Upptime-

What each one is

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

Instatus

Instatus combines real-time service monitoring, team-based incident management, and customer status communication. It monitors uptime, sends alerts across multiple channels, and maintains a status page that automatically updates when issues occur.

Independently observed

Upptime

An open-source monitoring tool that uses GitHub Actions to check website availability at regular intervals and maintains a status page showing uptime history and incident reports. Downtime alerts are sent to notification services and incident data is stored version-controlled in a GitHub repository.

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

HybridFree tier

Free plan. Paid plans with 25% discount for annual billing

StarterFree
- 15 monitors
- 2 min check intervals
- Email alerts
- 5 team members
- 2 on-call members
- +3 more
Pro-
- 50 monitors
- 30 second check intervals
- Email & SMS alerts
- 50 team members
- 20 on-call members
- +2 more
Business-
- 1,000 monitors
- SMS & call alerts
- Unlimited team members
- 50 on-call members
- 3+ custom domains
EnterpriseContact sales
- SCIM directory synchronization
- Preferred customer support
- 99.99% uptime SLA
- Multiple SSO connections
- Custom contracts
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Upptime

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Instatus	Upptime
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	-	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	-	✓

Platforms

Web

Instatus✓

Upptime✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Instatus–

Upptime✓

Self-hosted

Instatus–

Upptime✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Slack

Instatus

21 total - 20 not shared

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

Independently observed

Upptime

8 total - 7 not shared

Telegram
GitHub Actions
GitHub Issues
GitHub Pages
GitHub API
Globalping
custom webhooks

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.