openstatus

Openstatus is an open-source platform for uptime monitoring and status pages. It is best suited to technical teams that want to automate monitoring through developer tools or run the software themselves. Its free tier makes it approachable, but monitor capacity and faster checks are gated by paid plans.

Overview

Openstatus monitors websites, APIs, and services across 28 regions and multiple cloud providers. Alongside its dashboard, it offers a CLI, a typed API with OpenAPI, a Node SDK, an MCP server, and Terraform management. That breadth makes it a stronger fit for teams incorporating monitoring into existing workflows than for buyers seeking only a simple hosted checker.

The open-source software is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and can be self-hosted with Docker. The company is a bootstrapped, profitable, self-funded two-person team, founded in 2023. Security measures include HTTPS with modern TLS, encryption at rest by infrastructure providers, scoped API keys, workspace-level data filtering, and an append-only audit log of workspace changes. Sign-in uses GitHub or Google OAuth.

Key features

Monitoring and alerts

Openstatus covers SSL expiry, keyword, and server monitoring. Checks start at 10-minute intervals on Hobby, tighten to one minute on Starter, and reach 30 seconds on Pro. Faster checks reduce the time before teams can detect a problem, but require a paid plan; Pro is the first plan with all 28 regions. The broader product coverage spans 28 regions, while the general monitoring-location figure is six, so teams should confirm which locations apply to their selected plan.

Alert channels span Slack, Discord, Telegram, Google Chat, Microsoft Teams, email, SMS, WhatsApp, OpsGenie, PagerDuty, Grafana OnCall, webhooks, and Ntfy. Paid plans include Slack, Discord, email, webhooks, WhatsApp, PagerDuty, OpsGenie, and Grafana OnCall. This supports common incident-response workflows, though teams depending on other channels should verify plan availability before committing.

Status pages and automation

Status pages can support custom domains, custom themes, subscribers, locale switching, and maintenance status, with availability varying by plan. Starter includes a custom domain and subscribers; Pro adds a custom theme. The API, CLI, SDK, MCP server, and Terraform support give engineering teams multiple ways to manage the service without relying solely on the dashboard.

Pricing

Openstatus uses a freemium model, with a free plan and paid plans from $30/mo. Annual billing lowers the effective monthly cost on the first three paid tiers, but requires the stated yearly payment.

• Hobby: free. Includes 1 monitor, 1 status page, 3 components, and minimum checks every 10 minutes. It is suitable for a small project, but the single-monitor cap and slowest interval limit broader or time-sensitive monitoring.
• Starter: $30 a month, or $300/year ($25/mo) billed annually. Includes 20 monitors, one-minute checks, a custom domain, and subscribers. This is the practical step up for a small team needing faster checks and a public page with a branded address.
• Pro: $100 a month, or $1,000/year ($83/mo) billed annually. Includes 50 monitors, 30-second checks, all 28 regions, and a custom theme. It suits teams that need broader geographic coverage and quicker detection, at a substantial increase over Starter.
• Scale: $500 a month, or $5,000/year ($416/mo) billed annually. Includes 500 components, white label, email authentication, and IP restriction. This targets larger deployments needing customization and access controls.
• Enterprise: custom pricing with custom contract and invoicing. Includes SOC2 reports, SAML/SSO, custom regions, higher monitor and status-page limits, and a dedicated SLA. It is aimed at organizations requiring contractual terms and enterprise controls.

A free trial is available. The plan limits make Hobby a useful starting point, but teams should budget for Starter or above if they need more than one monitor or checks faster than every 10 minutes.

Platforms

Openstatus supports API, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, web, and Windows. CLI installation instructions cover macOS, Linux, and Windows, while Docker provides the self-hosting route.

Who it's for

Openstatus is a sound choice for developers and operations teams that want monitoring, status pages, and infrastructure automation in one open-source product. Its self-hosting option and several automation interfaces are meaningful advantages for technically capable teams. It is less compelling for buyers who need a large free monitor allowance, or who want broad monitoring capacity without moving up from the tightly capped Hobby plan.

Pros and cons

• Pro: A CLI, typed API, Node SDK, MCP server, and Terraform management give technical teams several integration and automation paths.
• Pro: Docker self-hosting and an AGPL-3.0 license allow teams to operate the open-source software themselves.
• Pro: The paid tiers add faster checks and, at Pro, access to all 28 regions.
• Con: Hobby allows only one monitor and checks no faster than every 10 minutes, which is restrictive for multiple services or prompt incident detection.
• Con: Useful status-page options and higher limits vary by plan, with custom theming only arriving at Pro and enterprise controls reserved for custom pricing.
• Con: Starter annual billing is $300/year and Pro annual billing is $1,000/year; lower effective monthly rates require paying annually.

Alternatives

For more options, browse Uptime Monitoring Software or Status Page Software.

• Dotcom-Monitor is worth considering if its free plan's 25 targets and two monitoring locations fit your needs; it checks as slowly as every five minutes and includes email alerts.
• HetrixTools may suit users who want a free-for-life allowance of 15 uptime monitors and 15 server monitors, with one-minute checks and four locations.
• Spectate is another freemium option for readers comparing monitoring and status-page software.
• UptimeRobot offers 50 free monitors at five-minute intervals, making it a possible fit for hobby or nonprofit projects that can work with slower checks.
• Checkmate is a free alternative with all features, no monitor limits, self-hosting, and 12 alert channels.
• Better Uptime offers a free personal-project plan with 10 monitors and heartbeats, one status page, and Slack and email alerts.
• SolidPing provides 100 free monitors, 10 check executions per minute, five team members, and one private-location agent for readers prioritizing a larger free allowance.
• Uptimia is an alternative for web users seeking a paid basic plan with 10 uptime checks, one-minute testing, one advanced check, one server, and one status page for $9 a month billed annually.

Verdict

Choose Openstatus if you want an open-source monitoring and status-page platform with strong automation interfaces and the option to self-host. Its main advantage is how much developer-facing control it brings together; its main drawback is that useful monitoring scale and speed quickly require paid plans. If a generous free monitor count is the priority, compare alternatives before settling on Hobby.