Statping-ng vs Instatus
Both are alternatives to Atlassian Statuspage. Here's how they stack up — verified facts, no spin.
Also searched as Instatus vs Statping-ng — same comparison, one verdict.
Statping-ng
A self-hosted status page in one binary — but check the commit dates.
Statping-ng is the community continuation of Statping: a single Go binary that monitors services and renders a public status page, with no database server required for small deployments. GPL-3.0, and the design is genuinely nice. The reason it is ranked where it is rather than higher is a fact worth stating plainly: its last push was 2025-06-04, more than a year ago. That is not automatically disqualifying for a small, feature-complete tool, but unmaintained software that faces the public internet is a security decision rather than a convenience one, and anyone choosing it should do so knowingly.
Instatus
A fast, cheap status page that does the one job well.
Instatus is a focused competitor to Statuspage: fast pages, unlimited subscribers on paid plans rather than metered ones, custom domains, and a free tier that is genuinely usable. It is proprietary and hosted, and it is here because subscriber-metered pricing is the specific complaint that sends people looking, and Instatus's answer to it is to not meter subscribers. For a team that wants a customer-facing status page and does not want to self-host one, it is usually the cheaper straight swap.
Side by side
| Statping-ng | Instatus | |
|---|---|---|
| Sovereignty Score | 78 | 44 |
| Open source | Yes | No |
| Self-hostable | Yes | No |
| Local-first | Yes | No |
| License | GPL-3.0 | Proprietary (hosted service) |
| Pricing | Free and open source. One binary, no database server required for small setups. | Free tier with a usable feature set; paid plans are a flat monthly fee rather than per-subscriber. Checked 2026-08-01. |
Statping-ng edges it on the Sovereignty Score, but the right pick depends on the trade-offs below.
Statping-ng
Strengths
- +Single binary with a good-looking status page out of the box
- +No database server needed for small deployments
- +GPL-3.0 with no enterprise carve-out
- +Lightweight enough for the smallest VPS
Trade-offs
- −Last commit 2025-06-04 — effectively dormant, and it is internet-facing
- −Small community, so few answers when something breaks
- −Fewer notification integrations than Uptime Kuma
- −Uptime Kuma does everything it does and is actively maintained
Instatus
Strengths
- +Does not meter subscribers, which is Statuspage's sharpest cost edge
- +Very fast pages and a clean, modern design
- +Custom domains available on low tiers
- +Straight swap — migration is mostly re-entering components
Trade-offs
- −Proprietary and hosted; no self-host path
- −Smaller company than Atlassian, which matters to some procurement teams
- −Fewer integrations than Statuspage
- −Still a second tool if you already run Uptime Kuma
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Facts verified 2026-08-01. Licenses and pricing change — spotted something out of date? That's a correction we want.