# Instatus vs Status.io

| Attribute | Instatus | Status.io |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 46 (42% (low)) | 47.6 (12% (low)) |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| integrations.count | 21 | 31 |
| 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":"Pingdom"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"Site24x7"},{"name":"Nagios"},{"name":"StatusCake"},{"name":"UptimeRobot"},{"name":"Uptime.com"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"LogicMonitor"},{"name":"Dynatrace"},{"name":"Zabbix"},{"name":"OpsGenie"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Jira Service Management"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Twilio"},{"name":"Amazon SES"},{"name":"Auth0"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"OneLogin"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"YubiKey"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Twitter/X"},{"name":"Email Triggers"},{"name":"IRC"},{"name":"iCalendar"},{"name":"RSS"},{"name":"Passkeys"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"Free forever, no card required","features":["15 monitors","2 min check intervals","Email alerts","5 team members","2 on-call members","Public status page","No SAML SSO","No custom domain"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"15","team_members":"5","on_call_members":"2","check_interval_min":"2"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","features":["50 monitors","30 second check intervals","Email & SMS alerts","50 team members","20 on-call members","1+ custom domain","SAML SSO"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"50","team_members":"50","custom_domains":"1+","on_call_members":"20","check_interval_sec":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","features":["1,000 monitors","SMS & call alerts","Unlimited team members","50 on-call members","3+ custom domains"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"monitors":"1000","custom_domains":"3+","on_call_members":"50"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["SCIM directory synchronization","Preferred customer support","99.99% uptime SLA","Multiple SSO connections","Custom contracts","Custom policies"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free plan. Paid plans with 25% discount for annual billing","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://instatus.com/de/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:59:36.832Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | - |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Status Pages)

| Capability | Instatus | Status.io |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:18:43.809Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*