Instatus review: Status pages and uptime monitoring with incident tools for teams
Status pages and uptime monitoring with incident tools for teams
Starts at $20/mo, free plan: yes, prices checked on October 20, 2026.
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What Instatus does
Instatus is a service for publishing a status page and monitoring the services behind it. The vendor describes three steps: monitor your services, fix incidents together with your team, and share your status with customers. Monitoring covers availability and performance, with alerts sent through several channels. Incidents can be worked on collaboratively, including from Slack and Microsoft Teams, and the status page can be made private or shared publicly.
The integrations page lists many connections. Monitoring tools such as Datadog, New Relic, Pingdom, Prometheus and Grafana can open incidents on your page automatically. Notifications can go to Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat or Zendesk, and Zapier, webhooks, email, Jira and an API can update the page.
Pricing is freemium. The Starter plan is free and includes 15 monitors, 2 min checks, 5 team members and 200 subscribers on a public page, without a custom domain. Pro is listed at $20/mo and adds a custom domain, 50 monitors, 30 sec checks, 50 team members and 5,000 subscribers. Business raises the limits to 1,000 monitors and 25,000 subscribers and adds SAML SSO, but its price is not published in the page text. Paying for a year up front gives three months free, and the vendor says non-profits and open-source projects can email for a free Pro account.
- Public and private status pages
- Service monitoring with availability and performance tracking
- Alerts across multiple channels
- Team collaboration on incidents
- Slack and Microsoft Teams actions
- Automatic incidents from monitoring tools
- Zapier, webhook, email and API updates
- Chart display for Pingdom, Datadog, New Relic and Prometheus metrics
Pros and cons
Pros
- A free Starter plan is available, and the vendor says it is free forever
- Pro is listed at $20/mo, and the vendor states pricing is flat with no per-seat fees
- Integrates with monitoring tools such as Datadog, Pingdom and Grafana to create incidents automatically
- Works with Slack and Microsoft Teams, and offers an API for updating the page
- Paying for a year up front gives three months free
Cons
- Starter checks run every 2 min and the plan has no custom domain
- Starter is capped at 15 monitors, 5 team members and 200 subscribers
- SAML SSO is not included in Starter or Pro; it appears on Business
- The Business plan price is not shown in the page text
- The length of the trial offered on paid plans is not stated
Our take
Instatus suits small and mid-sized teams that want a status page, basic uptime checks and incident communication in one product, and it lets you begin without paying. The Starter plan is enough to try the concept, but the 2 min check interval and missing custom domain push serious public use toward Pro. Larger organizations needing SAML SSO must move to Business, whose price is not shown in the page text, or contact the vendor about Enterprise. The vendor states flat pricing without per-seat fees, which helps teams that grow, though the limits on monitors and subscribers still apply.
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Instatus pricing
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing (per month) | Limits / what’s included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | — | — | 15 monitors, 2 min checks, 5 team members, 200 subscribers, public status page, no custom domain |
| Pro per month | $20 | — | 50 monitors, 30 sec checks, 50 team members, 20 on-call members, 5,000 subscribers, 1+ custom domain |
Free trial: none listed. Free plan: yes.
Prices checked on on the official Instatus pricing page. “—” = not published.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The Starter plan is free and includes 15 monitors, 5 team members and 200 subscribers. The vendor describes it as a free forever plan and says no card is required.
How much does the Pro plan cost?
Pro is listed at $20/mo. It includes a custom domain, 50 monitors, 30 sec checks, 50 team members and 5,000 subscribers.
Are there discounts?
The vendor says that paying for a year up front gives three months free. Non-profits and open-source projects can email the vendor to ask for a free Pro account.
Which tools does it integrate with?
The integrations page lists Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Datadog, New Relic, Pingdom, Prometheus, Grafana, Zapier, Jira and others, plus webhook, email and API options.
Does it publish the Business plan price?
Not in the page text provided. The Business plan lists 1,000 monitors, 25,000 subscribers and SAML SSO, but no price is shown there.
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