Best Status Pages · head-to-head
Instatus vs Status.io
A sourced, side-by-side comparison for status pages. Instatus has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Price: Instatus $0/mo vs Status.io $79/mo — Instatus is cheaper to start.
- Free tier: Instatus Yes; Status.io No.
- HIPAA: Instatus —; Status.io —.
Side by side
| Instatus | Status.io | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $0/mo (Starter) | $79/mo (Basic) |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| HIPAA (BAA) | — | — |
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| GDPR | — | Yes |
| Best for | Startups and indie teams wanting a very cheap or free status page with built-in monitoring | Enterprises needing the deepest monitoring tool integrations (25+ tools including Nagios, Zabbix, LogicMonitor) |
Sources — Instatus: instatus.com (verified 2026-06-14). Status.io: status.io (verified 2026-06-14).
Key features
Instatus: Public and private status pages; Uptime monitoring: websites, APIs, SSL, DNS, TCP, ping, keywords; 30-second check intervals (Pro/Business); Multi-language status pages (21 languages); On-call calendars and escalation policies; Multi-channel alerts: email, SMS, Slack, Discord, Teams; SAML SSO on Business plan; Custom domain support (Pro and above); Real-time service health and historical uptime display; Webhook and REST API access
Status.io: Highly customizable status pages (full HTML/CSS/JS injection); Components and containers with geographic location support; Incident and maintenance management with automated notifications; Multi-channel notifications: email, SMS, Slack, Teams, webhook, RSS, iCalendar, IRC, Twitter/X; Custom status badges for embedding in websites; 90-day historical uptime charts and custom metric integration; 25+ monitoring tool integrations for automated status updates; Private pages with IP restrictions, team-only access, and SSO (Okta, Auth0, Azure, OneLogin, Google); Developer API with official Go, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby libraries; Multi-factor authentication on all plans; GDPR and CCPA compliant (vendor self-attested); Infrastructure providers hold certifications: AWS (ISO 27001/27018) and DigitalOcean (ISO 27001/SOC 2 Type II) — these are infra-level, not a Status.io vendor certification