openstatus vs UptimeKit
openstatus
openstatus.devUptimeKit
docs.uptimekit.devSide by side
| Figure | openstatus | UptimeKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $30/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 0 |
| Spec score · Uptime monitoring services | 9.2 (#2) | 7.3 (#36) |
| Spec score · Uptime Monitoring Software | 9.0 (#3) | 7.2 (#45) |
| Alert channels | Slack,Discord,Telegram,Google Chat,Microsoft Teams,Email,SMS,WhatsApp,OpsGenie,PagerDuty,Grafana OnCall,Webhook,Ntfy | Discord,Telegram,ntfy,Prometheus AlertManager,Apprise,custom webhooks |
| Keyword monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| Product | Openstatus is an open-source status-page and uptime-monitoring platform. | UptimeKit is an open-source status-page and monitoring system for monitoring services, publishing status pages, and communicating incidents to users. |
| Self-hosting | Openstatus is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and can be self-hosted with Docker. | UptimeKit is open source and can be self-hosted; the project README identifies its license as MIT. |
| Server monitoring | Yes | Yes |
| SSL expiry alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Status pages | Status pages can use a custom domain, custom theme, subscribers, locale switching, and maintenance status features depending on plan. | Users can create public or private status pages with custom domains and password protection. |
Plans
openstatus
- HobbyFree
- Starter$30 a month
- Pro$100 a month
- Scale$500 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
openstatus
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.
UptimeKit
UptimeKit has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.