Uptime Kuma vs Statping-ng
Both are alternatives to Atlassian Statuspage. Here's how they stack up — verified facts, no spin.
Also searched as Statping-ng vs Uptime Kuma — same comparison, one verdict.
Both are uptime & status monitoring tools with the same broad shape, but Uptime Kuma scores 96 against Statping-ng's 78 on data ownership and exit cost — the gap is in how easily you could leave.
Uptime Kuma
TOP PICKThe self-hosted monitor that beat the paid ones on features.
Uptime Kuma is a self-hosted monitoring tool that does, for free and on your own server, most of what the paid services charge monthly for: HTTP, TCP, ping, DNS and keyword checks, 60-second intervals, a genuinely good dashboard, public status pages, and notifications to more than ninety services including Slack, Discord, Telegram, email and webhooks. It runs as one Docker container on hardware you already have. At roughly 89.7k GitHub stars it is one of the most-starred self-hosted projects in existence, and that popularity is deserved rather than fashionable — the free tiers of the commercial services are more limited than this is. MIT licensed, pushed to daily.
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.
Side by side
10 points of comparison, every one read from a verified field. Green marks the side that wins a row outright. A dash means we do not hold that fact — never that it is zero.
| Uptime Kuma | Statping-ng | |
|---|---|---|
| Sovereignty ScoreOur transparent 0–100 composite for data ownership and exit cost. | 96 | 78 |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Local-first data | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Pricing | Free and open source. One Docker container on a server you already run. | Free and open source. One binary, no database server required for small setups. |
| RAM to run it wellThe figure that actually matters, not the vendor's minimum. | 1 GB | — |
| Realistic running costWhat the box costs each month if you run it yourself. | $6/mo — and it should live somewhere other than the infrastructure it monitors | — |
| Setup timeHonest first-install estimate, not the marketing quickstart. | 15 minutes | — |
| Ongoing maintenanceThe part nobody budgets for. | Very low. | — |
Uptime Kuma is Macrostack's recommended Atlassian Statuspage alternative, so it's our pick here.
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Uptime Kuma
Strengths
- +60-second checks and unlimited monitors with no plan to upgrade to
- +Public status pages included rather than sold separately
- +Notifications to 90+ services out of the box
- +MIT, one container, and the most-starred tool in the category
Trade-offs
- −It runs on your infrastructure — so it cannot tell you your infrastructure is down
- −Single-node by design; no multi-region checking
- −You own updates, backups and the uptime of the uptime monitor
- −No phone-call escalation or on-call rotation
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
Which one fits you
The trade-offs above, turned into a decision. Find the line that describes your team.
Choose Uptime Kuma
if a lower exit cost matters more to you than any single feature, and 60-second checks and unlimited monitors with no plan to upgrade to.
Choose Statping-ng
if single binary with a good-looking status page out of the box.
Neither, yet
if both carry a real cost you should weigh first — it runs on your infrastructure — so it cannot tell you your infrastructure is down, and last commit 2025-06-04 — effectively dormant, and it is internet-facing. If either of those is a dealbreaker for your team, the shortlist is wrong rather than the choice.
What it takes to run these yourself
Real requirements and honest running costs, not the vendor quickstart.
Uptime Kuma vs Statping-ng — common questions
Is Uptime Kuma a better fit than Statping-ng for uptime & status monitoring?
It depends on what you are optimising for, and the honest split is this: Uptime Kuma scores 96 to Statping-ng's 78 on data ownership and exit cost, so it is the safer choice if you care about being able to leave. Statping-ng earns its place on a different axis — single binary with a good-looking status page out of the box. Neither is a wrong answer for every team; the table above is the actual comparison.
What happens if we want to switch later?
Uptime Kuma keeps its data local or in open formats, so leaving is an export rather than a negotiation. Statping-ng is still self-hostable, so the files stay on your server either way — but it is not local-first by design, so check what its export produces before you rely on it.
Can I self-host Uptime Kuma or Statping-ng?
Both can be self-hosted. The difference is what it costs you in time rather than whether it is possible — see the setup and maintenance rows above.
Are Uptime Kuma and Statping-ng both alternatives to Atlassian Statuspage?
Yes — both appear in our Atlassian Statuspage comparison, which is why they are worth putting side by side. People usually arrive here already having decided to move off Atlassian Statuspage and now choosing between the two replacements, which is a narrower and much easier question.
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Facts verified 2026-08-01. Licenses and pricing change — spotted something out of date? That's a correction we want.