Statping-ng vs UptimeRobot
Both are alternatives to Atlassian Statuspage. Here's how they stack up — verified facts, no spin.
Also searched as UptimeRobot vs Statping-ng — same comparison, one verdict.
Statping-ng is open source (GPL-3.0) and UptimeRobot is not (Proprietary (hosted service)) — so the real question is whether you want to own the uptime & status monitoring stack or rent it.
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.
UptimeRobot
Hosted checks from outside your network, with a free tier that is actually usable.
UptimeRobot is the hosted answer, and it solves the one problem no self-hosted monitor can: it watches your site from outside your own infrastructure, so when your server, your network or your data centre goes down, the thing telling you about it is not also down. The free tier is unusually generous — 50 monitors at 5-minute intervals, email alerts and a public status page — which is more than enough for most personal sites and small businesses. Paid plans add 30-second checks, SMS and voice alerts, and multi-location verification to cut false alarms. It is proprietary and hosted, which is why it scores where it does; it is on this page because external monitoring is a real requirement and pretending otherwise would not serve the reader.
Side by side
6 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.
| Statping-ng | UptimeRobot | |
|---|---|---|
| Sovereignty ScoreOur transparent 0–100 composite for data ownership and exit cost. | 78 | 48 |
| Open source | Yes | No |
| Self-hostable | Yes | No |
| Local-first data | 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: 50 monitors at 5-minute checks, with a public status page. Paid plans add 30-second intervals, SMS/voice alerts and multi-location checks. Checked 2026-08-01. |
Statping-ng edges it on the Sovereignty Score, but the right pick depends on the trade-offs below.
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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
UptimeRobot
Strengths
- +Checks from outside your network — the one thing self-hosting cannot do
- +Free tier covers 50 monitors, which is genuinely enough for most people
- +Nothing to install, patch or keep running
- +Multi-location verification cuts false alarms from transient network blips
Trade-offs
- −Proprietary and hosted — you do not own the monitoring or its history
- −Free tier is capped at 5-minute checks, so a short outage can be missed
- −SMS and voice alerts are paid add-ons
- −Your uptime data lives in a third party's system
Which one fits you
The trade-offs above, turned into a decision. Find the line that describes your team.
Choose Statping-ng
if you want the source and the option to fork it, and you would rather run it on your own hardware, and your data should stay on machines you control.
Choose UptimeRobot
if checks from outside your network — the one thing self-hosting cannot do.
Neither, yet
if both carry a real cost you should weigh first — last commit 2025-06-04 — effectively dormant, and it is internet-facing, and proprietary and hosted — you do not own the monitoring or its history. If either of those is a dealbreaker for your team, the shortlist is wrong rather than the choice.
Statping-ng vs UptimeRobot — common questions
Is Statping-ng a better fit than UptimeRobot for uptime & status monitoring?
It depends on what you are optimising for, and the honest split is this: Statping-ng scores 78 to UptimeRobot's 48 on data ownership and exit cost, so it is the safer choice if you care about being able to leave. UptimeRobot earns its place on a different axis — checks from outside your network — the one thing self-hosting cannot do. Neither is a wrong answer for every team; the table above is the actual comparison.
What happens if we want to switch later?
Statping-ng keeps its data local or in open formats, so leaving is an export rather than a negotiation. UptimeRobot keeps your data on its own infrastructure, which is the part to plan for: confirm the export path before you commit, not when you are already trying to leave.
Can I self-host Statping-ng?
Statping-ng can be self-hosted; UptimeRobot cannot, so it stays on the vendor's infrastructure whatever you do.
Are Statping-ng and UptimeRobot 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.