Developer tools / Instatus
Instatus
Create a free status page in seconds. Monitor your services, fix incidents with your team, and share your status with customers.
Where it stands
3.9 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health4.2 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Facts stated4.2 / 5 · weight 30%
How many of the five facts the tool's own pages state
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Instatus yet. Facts checked 2026-11-01. How tests work
Disclosure: agathox makes some of the tools listed here. They are labelled and scored by the same method as every other tool.
Should you use Instatus?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-01.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “Starter plan is free: 15 monitors, 2-minute checks, email alerts, 5 team members, 2 on-call members, a public status page, no…”
Check first
Nothing to flag from what we know.
Does: Uptime monitoring
Measured signals
4.2 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Instatus's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 147 ms.
- Security2.8 / 51 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security).
- Privacy4 / 51 third-party tracking service found: Google Tag Manager.
- Transparency5 / 5Links a privacy policy; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
We found no public discussion of this tool to read.
A score needs at least 12 different commenters across 2 threads.
- Free tier
- Starter plan is free: 15 monitors, 2-minute checks, email alerts, 5 team members, 2 on-call members, a public status page, no custom domain, 200 subscribers.
- Paid plan
- Pro from $20/month (yearly billing 25% off, paid up front): 50 monitors, 30-second checks, SMS alerts, 1+ custom domain, 5,000 subscribers. Business price not stated. Enterprise is custom.
- Signup
- Not stated; page has Sign up free calls to action.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Data stored primarily in the United States; service providers may process it in other countries. After account deletion, data is removed from live systems within 30 days and from backups within 60 days. Billing records kept as tax law requires, typically up to 7 years.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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Tasks and scores
- Uptime monitoringNot tested yet
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