# Instatus vs Upptime

| Attribute | Instatus | Upptime |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 46 (42% (low)) | 53.6 (27% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 17,147 |
| deployment.options | - | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| 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. | 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. |
| integrations.count | 21 | 8 |
| 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":"Slack"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"GitHub Issues"},{"name":"GitHub Pages"},{"name":"GitHub API"},{"name":"Globalping"},{"name":"custom webhooks"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Markdown |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://upptime.js.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:59:11.557Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v2.0.0","date":"2020-10-13T21:00:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.13.1","date":"2020-08-10T13:51:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.13.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.13.0","date":"2020-08-10T13:42:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.12.3","date":"2020-08-10T13:21:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.12.2","date":"2020-08-10T13:16:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.12.1","date":"2020-08-10T13:15:24Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.12.0","date":"2020-08-10T12:52:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.11.0","date":"2020-08-10T11:49:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.10.0","date":"2020-08-10T11:40:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.9.0","date":"2020-08-10T10:25:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.8.1","date":"2020-08-10T10:03:21Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.8.0","date":"2020-08-10T09:56:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.7.1","date":"2020-08-10T09:19:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.7.0","date":"2020-08-10T09:15:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.6.3","date":"2020-08-10T08:49:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.6.2","date":"2020-08-10T08:44:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.6.1","date":"2020-08-10T08:33:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.6.0","date":"2020-08-10T08:30:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.5.0","date":"2020-08-10T07:33:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/upptime/upptime/releases/tag/v1.4.4","date":"2020-08-09T11:06:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.4.4"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.5 |
| security.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,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (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 | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:38:05.610Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*