openstatus vs ServiceUptime

Openstatus is an open-source platform for uptime monitoring and status pages. It checks websites, APIs, and services from 28 regions across multiple cloud providers. Automation options include a CLI, typed API with OpenAPI, Node SDK, MCP server, and Terraform management. Status pages can support custom domains, themes, subscribers, locale switching, and maintenance status, depending on the plan. The free Hobby plan includes one monitor, one status page, three components, and checks no more often than every 10 minutes. Starter costs $30 a month, or $300/year ($25/mo) when billed annually, with 20 monitors, one-minute checks, a custom domain, and subscribers. The platform is available on web and can be self-hosted with Docker under the AGPL-3.0 license. Paid plans include selected notifications such as Slack, email, webhook, WhatsApp, PagerDuty, and OpsGenie. Openstatus was founded in 2023 and is built by a self-funded two-person team.

ServiceUptime remotely monitors website availability and performance, then alerts users when it detects problems. Checks cover web pages, PING, HTTP/HTTPS, links, mail servers, download servers, DNS, MySQL, and custom servers or ports. Monitoring intervals range from 1 to 60 minutes, depending on the selected option and plan. The free account includes one service checked every 30 or 60 minutes. Paid plans list Start at $5.95 a month for three monitors with five-minute checks, Standard at $9.95 a month for six monitors, Advanced at $29.95 a month for three monitors with one-minute checks, and Professional at $89.95 a month for ten monitors with two-minute checks. Alerts can use email, SMS, or webhooks, with an API for custom applications. Detected outages are checked from multiple monitoring locations before alerts are sent. Reports include uptime, performance, lifetime statistics, and public statistics for websites. ServiceUptime was established in 2005. A 14-day trial is listed.