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Instatus vs OpenStatus: catalog facts
Instatus	OpenStatus
Freemium A free forever plan is available, with paid plans on the pricing page.	Freemium Free to start, with paid hosted plans from $30 per month; self-hosting is available.
Web	Web, Self-hosted, Command line
Monitoring, alerting and status page in one service Incident work from Slack and Teams	Monitors can be managed as code with Terraform or the CLI Hosted or self-hosted, including a status-page-only setup
Hosted only, no self-hosted option Aimed at teams running online services rather than individuals	Self-hosting the full stack takes more setup than the hosted service Agent and MCP features assume an AI tooling workflow some teams will not use
Hosted service	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

Catalog facts only. Anything “not stated” is unconfirmed. Check full listings for details.