Instatus
Fast status pages with monitoring, alerting and incident updates
1/3Instatus publishes status pages for companies that need to tell customers when something is down, and monitors the services behind them so the page updates from real checks rather than by hand. It covers monitoring, alerting and on-call rotation in the same product, with incidents managed from Slack or Microsoft Teams, and pages that can be public or private on a custom domain. Plans run from a free tier with 15 monitors to a Business tier with 1,000 monitors, 25,000 subscribers and SAML SSO.
- Public and private status pages on your own domain
- Up to 1,000 monitors, checked as often as every 30 seconds
- Alerts by email, SMS and phone call
- On-call scheduling with up to 50 on-call members
- Incidents managed from Slack and Microsoft Teams
- Up to 25,000 status page subscribers
- SAML SSO and SCIM directory sync on higher plans
- Free plan with 15 monitors and no card required
Based on what people have said
Every answer links back to the mentions it came fromWhat are the common criticisms regarding the user experience and product quality?
Some users describe the UI/UX as clunky and note that the English phrasing on the pages can be awkward. There are also suggestions that the product may lack sufficient QA and testing, potentially due to a heavy reliance on AI in development.
1 mention · r/sysadmin · May 2026
How do users feel about the pricing structure?
Opinions on pricing are mixed. While some indie hackers find the free tier sufficient for their needs, others report that pricing has been shifting frequently. Specific concerns include the cost of private pages increasing over time and the expense of maintaining multiple status pages, which some users find prohibitively high for their requirements.
4 mentions · r/sysadmin · r/SaaS · r/sysadmin · Jan 2024 – May 2026
What are the primary use cases and performance characteristics of the platform?
The platform is used to alert customers and internal users about service issues, either manually or through automated monitoring. It is characterized by some as a no-frills, blazing fast solution for status pages. However, there have been reports of discrepancies between actual service status and what is displayed on the status page regarding custom domains.
3 mentions · @rauchg · r/sysadmin · @theEagleStatus · Jun 2022 – May 2024
Are there known issues with integrations?
Users have reported difficulties with specific integrations, such as the Grafana Webhook. While some users successfully pair the service with existing monitoring tools like ohDear, others have sought information on monitoring ISP uptime or finding suitable integrations for their specific setups.
3 mentions · r/Ubiquiti · r/grafana · r/devops · May 2023 – Dec 2023
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What people are saying about Instatus
50% negative“Instatus has been shifting pricing around a lot lately. If you just need a clean public status page with auto monitoring, Statsy might be worth a look.”
“When I did an evaluation of the field it was the best solution I could find, even though the UI/UX is clunky as is some of the (English) verbage on the pages. I think Instatus heavily uses AI to develop their product and they don't have good QA/testing. But the field is a race to the bottom in general.”
“I remember this 15 dollars Pro plan having private page, but now I see the toggle button for 'Status page type' where you choose if it is only public, or private. And now private costs 37.5 dollars.”
“What status page tool are you using, and is it doing this for you?”
“for tools, uptime kuma (self-hosted, free) + a public status page from instatus or betterstack work well together. even a free tier covers most indie hackers' needs.”
“The tools that exist to solve this (StatusPage.io, Better Stack, Instatus) either cost $100+/month or take hours to set up properly. So most small teams just skip it entirely.”
“Best name for Instatus 2.0 ?”
“@alisalahio @instatus Congrats. You’ve built a great product. I recommend it for anyone who wants a no-frills blazing fast status page.”
“Initially we went with Instatus.com, but we wanted to have multipage pages (one globally, one for network, one for business applications, etc), but then the price is approx 450$ per year, per page, which is way to much considering we want to have many pages with limited number of services on each.”
“Has anyone used Instatus to monitor ISP uptime? Or know of an integration that allows this?”
“Issues with Grafana Webhook for Instatus Integration”
“Instatus, if you already have monitoring in place. I use it with ohDear (unofficial support)”
“Instatus is kinda cool, we use it (manually at the moment) to alert our customers and internal users about issues”
“Your @instatus status page says you are experiencing issues with Custom Domains but the last incident has been resolved 3 days ago.”