StatusCheck vs Statuspage
A calmer, flat-priced Statuspage alternative.
A Statuspage alternative that includes the monitoring Statuspage doesn't have, doesn't charge per team member or per private page, and costs less than the Hobby plan.
Statuspage facts verified September 4, 2026 Statuspage website
Statuspage is the status page most people picture when they hear the words, and inside an Atlassian shop it slots neatly next to Jira. It also has a shape that surprises people the first time they see the bill: there is no monitoring in it, team members are capped per plan, and a private page is a second subscription.
StatusCheck is built the other way around. The status page is one output of a monitoring system that already knows what’s down and has already confirmed it from two regions, so the page updates itself, extra teammates are $8 rather than a new tier, and a private page is a checkbox on the Business plan.
If you’re deep in Jira Service Management, Statuspage is the better fit. If you want the page to be true without a second tool feeding it, read on.
Why teams switch
Where StatusCheck differs from Statuspage.
Monitoring is built in
Statuspage is a status page only. It has never included uptime monitoring, so you also need Pingdom, UptimeRobot or similar and a way to connect them. StatusCheck runs the checks, confirms failures from a second region, opens the incident and updates the page from one confirmed fact.
No team-member tiers
Statuspage caps team members per plan at 2 on Free, 5 on Hobby, 10 on Startup and 25 on Business, so a growing team moves up the ladder for reasons that have nothing to do with your customers. StatusCheck includes three people on the $19 plan and ten on the $49 one, and an extra teammate is $8 rather than a jump to the next tier.
Private pages aren’t a second subscription
A password- or SSO-protected page on Statuspage is a separate product starting at $79 a month for 50 authenticated users. On StatusCheck private pages are part of the Business plan ($49), alongside your public pages. Password protection works today; SSO is coming soon.
Custom domain from the first paid plan
Statuspage adds a custom domain at Hobby ($29) and white-label features further up. StatusCheck includes a custom domain from Solo ($9), and white-label and subscriber emails from your own domain from Team ($19).
Side by side
The comparison, line by line.
Statuspage numbers are from their public pricing page as of September 4, 2026. StatusCheck numbers are our launch pricing.
| Feature | Statuspage | StatusCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Uptime monitoring | None. Third-party monitors required | HTTP, TCP, DNS, ICMP, SSL from five regions (heartbeats coming soon) |
| Automatic incidents from checks | Via integrations only | Built in, confirmed from a second region first |
| Free plan | 100 subscribers, 25 components, 2 team members, no custom domain | 10 monitors, 1 status page, 100 subscribers, 1 person |
| First paid plan | Hobby $29/mo, 250 subscribers, 5 team members, custom domain | Solo $9/mo ($7.50 a month billed yearly), 1,000 subscribers, custom domain |
| SMS notifications to subscribers | Startup plan ($99/mo) and above | Email, RSS and Slack subscribers on every plan; no SMS to subscribers |
| Team members | 2 / 5 / 10 / 25 / 50 by plan | 1 / 1 / 3 / 10 included by plan, then $8 each |
| Private (authenticated) pages | Separate subscription from $79/mo (50 users) to $1,499/mo | Included on Business ($49/mo), password today, SSO coming soon |
| Team SSO | Startup and above, requires Atlassian Guard | SAML on Business, no extra product (coming soon) |
| Subscribers on top self-serve plan | 5,000 (Business $399) · 25,000 (Enterprise $1,499) | 10,000 on Business ($49) |
| Custom CSS / HTML | Custom CSS from Startup; HTML/JS on Business | Logo, colors, favicon; no arbitrary HTML |
| Third-party component status (AWS, Stripe, …) | 150+ third-party components | Not yet |
| Incident templates and scheduled maintenance | Yes | Yes |
| Jira / Opsgenie integration | Native Jira Service Management; Opsgenie reaches end of support April 5, 2027 | PagerDuty and Opsgenie alert channels from Team; on-call schedules coming soon |
marks the 6 rows where we think StatusCheck is the stronger choice. Rows without a mark are a tie or a matter of what you need.
In fairness
When Statuspage is the better choice.
A comparison that only lists wins isn’t worth reading. Pick them if:
- Your incident process lives in Jira Service Management and you want the status page inside the Atlassian suite.
- You need to show third-party component status (AWS, Cloudflare, Stripe) on your page from Atlassian's catalog.
- You need custom HTML/JS on the page or audience-specific pages for large customers.
FAQ
Common questions.
Can StatusCheck replace both Statuspage and my uptime monitor?
Can I import my Statuspage components and subscribers?
What about Opsgenie?
Where do these Statuspage numbers come from?
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