Can I move my existing page?

There is no import, but a page is quick to rebuild: create the components, link them to monitors and post nothing at first. Subscribers need to sign up again, because every address has to confirm its own email.

Which plans include status pages?

Status pages are part of the Expert and Business plans. Business has more pages, components and subscribers and a longer history.

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Statuspage alternative: what to look for in a status page tool

5 min read · Updated October 21, 2026

People look for a Statuspage alternative for the same few reasons: the price grows with every page and every subscriber, monitoring is a separate product, or the page offers little control over how it looks. Whatever tool you pick, the checklist below is what matters. At the end you can see how Status Pages answers each point.

1. How you pay

Some tools charge a monthly fee per page and more for each block of subscribers, so a growing product pays more every month whether or not anything went wrong. Check what happens to your bill at ten pages and at ten thousand subscribers, and whether features such as private pages or SMS are extra.

Status Pages is paid with credits. Creating a page and each email to a subscriber cost a small number of credits, while components, incidents and maintenance are free and reading the page costs your visitors nothing.

2. Does it update itself?

A status page that depends on someone remembering to update it is wrong exactly when you are busiest. Look for a link between your monitoring and your components. In Status Pages a component can follow one of your uptime monitors: an outage appears by itself and clears by itself, and you can still post the human explanation on top.

3. Subscribers and notices

Email subscribers with confirmation and an unsubscribe link in every message.
Notices for incidents (started, updated, resolved) and for planned maintenance.
A JSON feed and an RSS feed for people who do not want email.

4. Your brand and your domain

Customers trust a status page more when it looks like your product and lives on your own address. Check whether a logo, a cover and an accent colour are included, and whether a custom domain needs an enterprise plan. On Status Pages the Business plan serves the page on your own domain and removes the Powered by line.

5. History and honesty

A page that shows the last 90 days of uptime and a full list of past incidents builds more trust than a page that only shows today. Look at how long history is kept and whether visitors can browse it.

Try it before you move

Start free: new accounts get credits, and the plan for status pages is listed on the pricing page. Create one page, add two components, link one to a monitor and post a test incident. If it fits, point your own domain at it. The step-by-step guide walks through every step.

Try it yourself

Start free: new accounts get credits, and the free plan tops them up every week.

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Questions about this guide

Can I move my existing page?: There is no import, but a page is quick to rebuild: create the components, link them to monitors and post nothing at first. Subscribers need to sign up again, because every address has to confirm its own email.
Which plans include status pages?: Status pages are part of the Expert and Business plans. Business has more pages, components and subscribers and a longer history.