The best status page tools for 2027 are Atlassian Statuspage, Instatus, Better Stack, incident.io and Hyperping. Atlassian Statuspage is still the enterprise default, Instatus is the best value for a fast, good-looking public page, and Better Stack is the strongest choice if you want uptime monitoring and the status page in one product.
This week showed why status pages matter. During the Microsoft 365 outage that began on November 12, 2026, Microsoft posted updates on its public status channels because administrators might not be able to reach the admin center that normally shows service health. Vendors that depend on Microsoft, such as Mimecast, used their own status pages to tell customers how to keep working. Companies with a clear status page fielded fewer support tickets and kept customer trust.
A status page is your public (or private) source of truth during an incident: what is broken, what you are doing and when you will update next. The tools below make that fast to publish and easy for customers to subscribe to.
Status Page Tools At A Glance
Company
Headquarters
Founded
Best For
Starting Price
Atlassian Statuspage
Sydney, Australia (Atlassian)
2013
Enterprises and Atlassian shops
Free; paid from $29 per month
Instatus
Beaverton, OR
2020
Fast, affordable public pages
Free; Pro from $15 to $20 per month
Better Stack
Prague, Czech Republic
2021
Monitoring and status page in one
Free; from $29 per responder per month
incident.io
London, UK
2021
Slack-first incident response
Free Basic; Team from $15 per user per month
Hyperping
Paris, France
2017
EU-hosted monitoring and pages
Free; paid from about $24 per month
UptimeRobot
Bratislava, Slovakia
2010
Budget monitoring with simple pages
Free; paid from about €9 per month billed yearly
Status.io
United States
2013
Teams needing deep monitoring integrations
From $79 per month
PagerDuty Status Pages
San Francisco, CA
2009
Existing PagerDuty customers
Add-on to PagerDuty plans
Freshstatus
San Mateo, CA (Freshworks)
2010
Freshdesk and Freshservice users
Free tier available
Uptime Kuma
Open source (self-hosted)
2021
Self-hosting on a budget
Free, self-hosted
Best Status Page Tools In 2027
1. Atlassian Statuspage — The Enterprise Default With The Deepest Subscriber Features
Statuspage created the category and is still what many enterprise buyers expect to see. It has mature subscriber notifications by email, SMS and webhook, component-level status, scheduled maintenance and tight links with Jira Service Management and Opsgenie.
It does not monitor anything itself; you connect it to your monitoring stack. Pricing climbs steeply from Hobby at $29 a month through Startup at $99 and Business at $399, and private internal pages are a separate product starting at $79.
2. Instatus — Best-Looking Pages At A Flat, Low Price
Instatus is a bootstrapped, founder-led status page product that won customers on speed and design. Pages go live in minutes, load quickly and look polished, and the company has added basic uptime monitoring so incidents can be triggered automatically.
Pricing is flat rather than per subscriber, with a free plan and a Pro plan around $15 to $20 a month that includes a custom domain. The jump to Business pricing is large, so check which plan you need for private pages.
3. Better Stack — Uptime Monitoring, On-Call And Status Pages Together
Better Stack combines uptime monitoring, log management, on-call scheduling, incident management and status pages. When a monitor fails, it opens an incident, pages the on-call engineer and updates the status page in one flow.
The free tier includes 10 monitors and a status page. Paid plans start at $29 per responder license per month billed annually, with add-ons for extra pages ($12 each) and password-protected pages. Costs add up with the add-ons, but you may replace two or three other tools.
4. incident.io — Status Pages As Part Of A Slack-Native Incident Workflow
incident.io was founded by former Monzo engineers and runs incident response from Slack or Microsoft Teams. Its status pages are an output of the incident itself, so internal updates and customer-facing updates stay in sync without someone copying text between tools.
There is a free Basic plan with one public page and a custom domain. Team pricing starts at $15 per user per month billed yearly, and on-call costs extra. It does not include uptime monitoring.
5. Hyperping — EU-Hosted Monitoring With Status Pages At Flat Pricing
Hyperping is a bootstrapped French company that combines uptime monitoring, status pages and on-call at flat monthly prices, with data hosted in EU data centers. Its pages update automatically from its own checks, and private pages are included on its Pro plan.
It is a strong pick for European SaaS companies and small teams that want predictable pricing and GDPR-friendly hosting.
6. UptimeRobot — The Long-Running Free Monitor With Status Pages Built In
UptimeRobot is one of the most widely used uptime monitors and includes status pages on its plans. It charges by monitors rather than seats, so the whole team is included.
Pages are simpler than Statuspage or Instatus, but for small businesses that mainly want to know when the site is down and tell customers, it is hard to beat on price.
7. Status.io — Closest Like-For-Like Alternative To Statuspage
Status.io has offered hosted status pages since 2013 and is the closest feature match to Atlassian Statuspage, with a custom domain on every plan, large subscriber limits and integrations with more than 25 monitoring tools.
Plans run from $79 to $349 a month, with enterprise pricing above that. There is no free plan, but teams leaving Statuspage often find it the easiest switch.
PagerDuty, the long-standing on-call and incident response platform, offers status pages that publish from the same incidents your responders are already working. For companies standardized on PagerDuty, that removes a separate tool and a manual step.
It is sold as an add-on to PagerDuty plans, so it is rarely the cheapest option for companies that do not already use PagerDuty.
9. Freshstatus — Free Status Page For Freshworks Customers
Freshstatus is Freshworks’ status page product and connects naturally with Freshdesk and Freshservice, so support agents can point customers to the page while an incident is live.
It has a free tier, which makes it an easy add for companies already using Freshworks for support.
10. Uptime Kuma — Free, Self-Hosted Monitoring And Status Pages
Uptime Kuma is a popular open-source monitor with built-in status pages that you host yourself. It costs nothing beyond your server and is easy to run in Docker.
The trade-off is obvious after a week like this one: if your own infrastructure is down, a self-hosted status page may go down with it. Host it somewhere independent of the systems it watches.
How We Evaluated
We compared each tool on built-in monitoring, subscriber notifications, custom domains, private and audience-specific pages, incident workflow integrations, data hosting and published pricing as of October and November 2026. We did not accept payment for placement. See our research and ranking method.
How To Choose A Status Page Tool
Do you already have monitoring?
If you do, a pure status page tool like Statuspage or Instatus is enough. If you do not, Better Stack, Hyperping or UptimeRobot give you checks and a page together.
Who needs to read it?
Public pages serve customers. Private pages serve employees and are useful when a provider like Microsoft 365 is down. Audience-specific pages let you tell key accounts more. Pricing for private pages varies widely.
How will you post updates?
If your team runs incidents in Slack or Microsoft Teams, incident.io or PagerDuty keeps updates in the same flow. Remember that if Teams is down, you need a way to post that does not depend on it.
Where is it hosted?
Your status page must stay up when you are down. Avoid hosting it on the same infrastructure it reports on, and consider EU hosting if you serve European customers.
How many subscribers do you need?
Some plans cap email and SMS subscribers. Check limits before your biggest incident, not during it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a status page?
A status page is a web page that shows the current health of your services, lists active incidents and scheduled maintenance, and lets customers subscribe to updates by email, SMS or webhook.
What is the best free status page tool?
Atlassian Statuspage, Instatus, Better Stack, incident.io and Hyperping all have free plans with one status page. Uptime Kuma is free to self-host.
How much does Atlassian Statuspage cost?
Statuspage has a free plan, then Hobby at $29 a month, Startup at $99, Business at $399 and Enterprise at $1,499. Private pages are priced separately from $79 a month.
Should we use a private status page for internal IT outages?
Yes. During the November 2026 Microsoft 365 outage, many staff could not reach Teams or email. A private status page hosted outside Microsoft gives employees a place to check what is happening and what to do.
Conclusion
Atlassian Statuspage remains the enterprise default, Instatus is the best value for a polished public page, and Better Stack is the best all-in-one if you also need monitoring. Whichever you choose, make sure it does not depend on the systems it reports on.
