Checkmate vs StatusBot

Checkmate is a free, open-source, self-hosted dashboard for monitoring infrastructure, service uptime, PageSpeed, and incidents. It checks HTTP, ping, TCP, gRPC, WebSocket, DNS, SSL, and more than 100 game server types. Its Capture agent reports server CPU, memory, disk, temperature, and network metrics, while PageSpeed monitoring tracks Lighthouse scores and Core Web Vitals over time. Public status dashboards can show per-service uptime and incident history with custom branding. Alerts can go to email, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Twilio SMS, Pushover, ntfy, Matrix, Rocket.Chat, PagerDuty, Microsoft Teams, and webhooks. The maker says metrics, logs, incidents, and user accounts remain in the database configured by the operator, with no phone-home or telemetry pipeline. Checkmate is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and can be installed with Docker Compose or Kubernetes/Helm; its image runs on x86, Apple Silicon, and Raspberry Pi. The maker says the API accepts JSON for bulk monitor setup and provides a REST API reference. The free plan includes all features, no monitor limits, self-hosting, and 12 alert channels. There is no one-click migration import or paid support tier.

StatusBot is a command center for software teams that combines site monitoring with task and release tracking. Its agents continuously test sites in ways intended to resemble real user activity and can flag outages or broken flows; the monitoring and testing agents can also raise tickets automatically. The Daily Overview summarizes product health, open tasks and blockers in plain language. Planner provides a board for tasks, bugs and releases, while Smart Request Forms collect outside requests and de-duplicate tickets. Teams can connect GitHub commits and pull requests to tasks, with development activity shown in a task timeline. StatusBot lists SSL expiry alerts and email alerting; failure and recovery email notifications are described as being in beta. The service lists Android, iOS and web platforms, although its changelog describes native apps as early beta and coming soon to app stores. The Free plan provides three projects. Pro is listed at $19 a month, billed per user per month, but marked Coming Soon; the Free and Pro pricing cards also offer a waitlist.