Comparison

StatusCake vs Uptime Kuma

No clear leader: Uptime Kuma (49.9) and StatusCake (47.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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StatusCake47
Uptime Kuma50
Score
vioscaleAI score
StatusCake47 / 100low · 7%
Uptime Kuma50 / 100medium · 52%
Pricing
Free tier
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma✓
Model
StatusCakecommercial
Uptime Kumaopen_source
Price level
StatusCake–
Uptime Kumafree
Integrations
Count
StatusCake8
Uptime Kuma6
Adoption
Dependent repos
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma2
Github stars
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma92,397
Activity
Commits last 30d
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma54
Release
Cadence days
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma8
History
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma20 items
License
Spdx
StatusCake–
Uptime KumaMIT
Language
Primary
StatusCake–
Uptime KumaJavaScript
Content
Faq
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma4 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Multi region probes
StatusCake-
Uptime Kuma-
Private location agent
StatusCake-
Uptime Kuma-
Status page hosting
StatusCake✓
Uptime Kuma✓
Json schema assertions
StatusCake-
Uptime Kuma✓
Monitoring as code
StatusCake-
Uptime Kuma-
Multistep API flows
StatusCake-
Uptime Kuma-
Heartbeat deadmans switch
StatusCake✓
Uptime Kuma-
Self hostable
StatusCake-
Uptime Kuma✓

What each one is

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

StatusCake

An uptime and website monitoring service that tracks application availability and creates alerts across multiple regions.

Independently observed

Uptime Kuma

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

StatusCake

Pricing not documented yet.

Uptime Kuma

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma✓
Windows
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma✓
Linux
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma✓
On-premise
StatusCake–
Uptime Kuma✓

Integrations

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

StatusCake

8 total
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Autotask
  • Azure
  • UptimeRobot
  • Pingdom
  • HealthChecks.io
Independently observed

Uptime Kuma

6 total
  • Slack
  • Telegram
  • Discord
  • Gotify
  • Pushover
  • Email
Independently observed
Still deciding?

StatusCake or Uptime Kuma: which one depends on you

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