Yes. Instatus's Starter plan is free, with one public status page, 15 monitors checked every 2 minutes, 5 team members, and 200 subscribers. A custom domain needs the Pro plan at $20 a month per page. OrgOrg's status page is free for teams of up to 5 people, custom domain included.

Is there a free Instatus alternative with a custom domain?

OrgOrg's Status app serves the page on your own hostname with your logo, brand color, and support email on the free plan. The page is backed by probes, thus the status comes from measured health, not from a switch someone flips.

Does Instatus monitor my services, or do I update the page by hand?

Both. Instatus runs its own monitors (website, API, cron, ping, TCP, UDP, and DNS) every 30 seconds on paid plans and every 2 minutes on the free plan. It also takes status from Datadog, Grafana, New Relic, PagerDuty, and other tools. OrgOrg runs its own probes only, and adds synthetic browser flows, which Instatus does not offer.

Can OrgOrg notify my subscribers like Instatus does?

No. Instatus sends updates by email, SMS, webhooks, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Google Chat, and RSS on every plan. OrgOrg's page is read-only for visitors today. A team whose customers expect an email on each incident should weigh that first.

How does Instatus pricing compare with OrgOrg?

Instatus charges per status page: free for Starter, $20 a month for Pro, $300 a month for Business, never per seat. OrgOrg charges per member for the whole suite: free for up to 5 people, then $10 per member a month. The status page, on-call, and 20 or more other apps are included.

What does a status page need to show?

Each service with its current state, incident updates as they develop, scheduled maintenance, and uptime history. Both products show all four. The difference is where the state comes from: Instatus from monitors and integrations, OrgOrg from its own probes with the worst probe setting the service.

vsInstatus

The free Instatus alternative

OrgOrg vs Instatus · Hosted status pages with uptime monitoring, priced per page

Free for teams of up to 5. Every app, no feature gates, no credit card. Past 5 people, Pro is $10 per member per month.

Instatus is a fast hosted status page with its own uptime checks, a free plan, and a flat price per page. OrgOrg's Status app backs each service with probes, including synthetic browser flows, on your own domain, inside a suite that is free for up to 5 people. This page lays out the honest tradeoffs.

When OrgOrg is the right pick

Teams that want the status page to measure, not only to announce. OrgOrg runs HTTP checks, synthetic Playwright flows through login and signup, and upstream provider health, and the worst probe sets each service. It is the right pick when on-call, the people directory, go links, and the rest of the suite should come with the page. One price covers the suite, instead of one price per page.

When Instatus is the right pick

Teams that want one status page with many subscriber channels, a large third-party component library, and a long list of monitoring integrations, at a flat price per page. Instatus is the safe pick when the status page is the product you buy. It wins when subscribers must get SMS, Slack, Teams, or Discord updates, and when a private or audience-specific page is on the list.

Where OrgOrg wins

Synthetic Playwright flows that drive a real browser through login and signup, not only HTTP checks.
Upstream provider health for Convex, Cloudflare, GCP, and Vercel on the same page, with no component to update by hand.
The worst probe sets a service's status, so a partial outage cannot hide behind one healthy check.
A custom hostname, logo, brand color, and support email on the free plan.
One of 20 or more apps for one flat price, with On-Call in the same suite: a paged rotation opens a status incident.

Where Instatus wins

Subscribers by email, SMS, webhook, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Google Chat, RSS and Atom, and X, on every plan.
Third-party components for more than 750 services, so a page shows the status of AWS or Stripe beside your own.
Integrations with Datadog, Grafana, New Relic, PagerDuty, Pingdom, Prometheus, UptimeRobot, and more, plus its own monitors every 30 seconds on paid plans.
Private pages, SAML SSO, and a page type for each audience, with a flat price per page and no per-seat charge.
An import from Statuspage, incident.io, and Sorry: incidents, components, templates, and subscribers come over.

Feature comparison

13 of 14 rows link to Instatus's own pricing or documentation, each read on or after 2026-10-31. The rest are marked unverified: we could not find the claim stated on their site.

Feature	OrgOrg	Instatus
Free plan	Every app, up to 5 people, custom domain included	Starter: 1 public page, 15 monitors at 2-minute checks, 5 team members, 200 subscribers, no custom domainSource, checked 2026-10-31
Hosted public status page	yes	yesSource, checked 2026-10-31
Custom domain	yes, on the free plan	yes, from the Pro planSource, checked 2026-10-31
Own uptime checks	yes: HTTP checks, synthetic browser flows, upstream provider health	yes: website, API, cron, ping, TCP, UDP, and DNS checks, from one region at a timeSource, checked 2026-10-31
Synthetic browser flows (login, signup)	yes	noSource, checked 2026-10-31
Status set by monitoring tools	partial: OrgOrg's own probes set the status; no third-party monitor feeds it	yes: Datadog, Grafana, New Relic, PagerDuty, Pingdom, Prometheus, UptimeRobot, and moreSource, checked 2026-10-31
Third-party components (the status of AWS, Stripe, and others)	partial: Convex, Cloudflare, GCP, and Vercel	yes, more than 750 servicesSource, checked 2026-10-31
Incident updates, templates, and maintenance windows	yes	yes, on every planSource, checked 2026-10-31
Uptime history per component	yes	yesSource, checked 2026-10-31
Subscriber notifications	no	yes: email, SMS through your own provider, webhooks, Slack, Teams, Discord, Google Chat, RSSSource, checked 2026-10-31
Private pages and SAML SSO	no	yes: private pages from Private Pro, SAML SSO on BusinessSource, checked 2026-10-31
API	partial: the status page reads the probes; incidents open from the On-Call API	yes, on every planSource, checked 2026-10-31
On-call paging in the same product	yes: the On-Call app pages by SMS and voice call	partial: on-call members get email alerts, and phone calls on BusinessSource, checked 2026-10-31
Bundled with profiles, go links, on-call, feedback…	yes	noUnverified

Free plan: Instatus bills per status page. Pro is $20 a month for one page ($15 on yearly billing), and Business is $300 a month for up to three pages.
Synthetic browser flows (login, signup): Instatus's monitor kinds are website, API, cron or heartbeat, ping, TCP, UDP, and DNS. OrgOrg runs Playwright flows as a standard probe kind.
Subscriber notifications: Instatus sends SMS through a provider account you bring (Twilio, Vonage, AWS SNS, and others). OrgOrg's page is read-only for visitors today.

OrgOrg pricing

Included in the flat-priced suite. Free for teams of up to five, then $10 per member per month.

Instatus pricing

Per status page, never per seat. Starter is free, Pro is $20 a month for one public page, and Business is $300 a month for up to three pages of any type.

Instatus plans, as its pricing page lists them

Read on 2026-10-31 at Instatus's pricing page. OrgOrg has one price: Free for teams of up to 5. Every app, no feature gates, no credit card. Past 5 people, Pro is $10 per member per month.

Plan	Price	What it adds
Starter	$0	One public page, 15 monitors at 2-minute checks, 5 team members, 2 on-call members, 200 subscribers, no custom domain.
Pro	$20 a month, $15 a month billed yearly	A custom domain, 50 monitors at 30-second checks, 50 team members, 5,000 subscribers, 1,000 components. Private Pro is $50 and Select is $100 a month.
Business	$300 a month, $225 a month billed yearly	Three pages of any type, 1,000 monitors, unlimited team members, 25,000 subscribers, SAML SSO, phone-call alerts.
Enterprise	Custom	SCIM directory sync, several SSO connections, unlimited subscribers, a 99.99% uptime SLA.

Yearly billing takes 25% off, which Instatus describes as three months free. Trials run 7 days on Pro, 14 on Select and Private Pro, and 30 on Business.

How to move from Instatus to OrgOrg

A status page moves in an afternoon when the services and the probes are listed first. Keep the Instatus page up until the OrgOrg page shows a day of real health, then move the domain.

List the services and what checks them. Each component on the Instatus page becomes a service in OrgOrg. Note which monitor or integration feeds each one. A third-party component that OrgOrg lacks (AWS, Stripe) becomes a line in your incident updates instead.
Create the services and attach probes. Add each service, then attach an HTTP check, a synthetic login or signup flow, or an upstream provider's health. Probes start reporting on a schedule, and the worst probe sets the service.
Brand the page. Add your logo, brand color, support email, and website link. The custom hostname is a CNAME, as it was with Instatus.
Tell your subscribers. OrgOrg's page has no subscriber list. Export the Instatus subscribers, post one last update there with the new address, and keep the Instatus page as a redirect for a month.
Move the domain and link On-Call. Point the CNAME at OrgOrg after a day of green probes. Then link each service to the rotation that covers it, so a page to the on-call opens a status incident on the public page.

The verdict

Instatus is the better pick when the page is the whole purchase: subscriber channels on every plan, more than 750 third-party components, private pages, and a flat price per page. OrgOrg is the better pick when the status page should measure the product with HTTP checks and real browser flows, serve on your own domain for free, and arrive with on-call, the people directory, and the rest of the suite for one price per member.

See OrgOrg plans Instatus's own site

Frequently asked questions

Is Instatus free?: Yes. Instatus's Starter plan is free, with one public status page, 15 monitors checked every 2 minutes, 5 team members, and 200 subscribers. A custom domain needs the Pro plan at $20 a month per page. OrgOrg's status page is free for teams of up to 5 people, custom domain included.
Is there a free Instatus alternative with a custom domain?: OrgOrg's Status app serves the page on your own hostname with your logo, brand color, and support email on the free plan. The page is backed by probes, thus the status comes from measured health, not from a switch someone flips.
Does Instatus monitor my services, or do I update the page by hand?: Both. Instatus runs its own monitors (website, API, cron, ping, TCP, UDP, and DNS) every 30 seconds on paid plans and every 2 minutes on the free plan. It also takes status from Datadog, Grafana, New Relic, PagerDuty, and other tools. OrgOrg runs its own probes only, and adds synthetic browser flows, which Instatus does not offer.
Can OrgOrg notify my subscribers like Instatus does?: No. Instatus sends updates by email, SMS, webhooks, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Google Chat, and RSS on every plan. OrgOrg's page is read-only for visitors today. A team whose customers expect an email on each incident should weigh that first.
How does Instatus pricing compare with OrgOrg?: Instatus charges per status page: free for Starter, $20 a month for Pro, $300 a month for Business, never per seat. OrgOrg charges per member for the whole suite: free for up to 5 people, then $10 per member a month. The status page, on-call, and 20 or more other apps are included.
What does a status page need to show?: Each service with its current state, incident updates as they develop, scheduled maintenance, and uptime history. Both products show all four. The difference is where the state comes from: Instatus from monitors and integrations, OrgOrg from its own probes with the worst probe setting the service.