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