openstatus
by OpenStatus · Open source status pages with uptime monitoring from 28 regions
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Overview
openstatus is a status page and uptime monitoring service. It checks HTTP endpoints, including REST and GraphQL, from 28 regions across three cloud providers, and publishes a status page with incident reports, maintenance windows and email, RSS/Atom and SSH subscriptions. Monitors can be run through the dashboard, a CLI, an API, an MCP server or a Terraform provider.
- Best for
- Teams that need a public status page and uptime checks while working towards SOC 2.
- Pricing
- Free to start, then Starter $30/month, Pro $100/month and Scale $500/month, with a yearly option advertised as two months free and Enterprise by quote.
- Runs on
- WebSelf-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Checks run from 28 regions across three cloud providers
- Monitors as code via YAML, Terraform, API, CLI or MCP server
- Open source, free to start, no credit card required
- Custom domains, password protection and subscriber channels
Trade-offs
- Custom theme and private locations need Pro at $100/mo or above
- White label is a $300/mo add-on unless you are on Scale
- SSO/SAML costs $250/mo extra on every published plan
- Starter checks only every 60s and keeps 3 months of data
How openstatus markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on openstatus’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Ship your status page before your SOC 2 auditor asks for it”
- Angle: Fear / risk avoidance
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from openstatus’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The openstatus pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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