Our take
Pick OneUptime if sRE / indie teams who will self-host at $0, or stay on Cloud Free at $0 (1 status page, 100 subscribers, unlimited manual monitors) and add $1 active monitors until they need Growth at $22 for unlimited pages, on-call, and API access. Pick OpenStatus if small teams who will stay on Hobby $0 (1 monitor, 1 status page, 10-minute interval, no card) while they publish a first page, then buy Starter at
Best for
OneUptime Monitors you start at $0
OpenStatus Monitors you start on Hobby at $0 (1 monitor, 1 page)
Free plan
OneUptime $0 · rEADME: “self-host for free.” Helm chart and Docker/Podman install. Enterprise / air-gapped is a sales path — do not invent that dollar. Microsoft Marketplace $0.10/user/hour appeared on the self-hosted marketing page as a cloud-bill SKU, not the GitHub installer
OpenStatus $0 · no card. 1 monitor. 1 status page with 3 components. Minimum interval 10 minutes
Lowest paid
OneUptime Not published by the vendor
OpenStatus Pro $100/mo
Next step up
OneUptime
OpenStatus Scale $500/mo
Runs where
OneUptime Local; you host it
OpenStatus
Watch out
OneUptime Free active monitors are $1/month each
OpenStatus Hobby is 1 monitor and a 10-minute interval
Last checked
OneUptime 2026-10-22 · oneuptime.com/pricing
OpenStatus 2026-10-22 · openstatus.dev/pricing
sRE / indie teams who will self-host at $0, or stay on Cloud Free at $0 (1 status page, 100 subscribers, unlimited manual monitors) and add $1 active monitors until they need Growth at $22 for unlimited pages, on-call, and API access.
Read the OneUptime pagesmall teams who will stay on Hobby $0 (1 monitor, 1 status page, 10-minute interval, no card) while they publish a first page, then buy Starter at $30/month (14-day trial) when they need 20 monitors and a 1-minute check.
Read the OpenStatus page
