Our take
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 $30/month (14-day trial) when they need 20 monitors and a 1-minute check. Pick Uptime Kuma if operators who will self-host at $0 (Docker / binary) while they add a first louislam.net monitor, not a hosted Business $ we would invent.
Best for
OpenStatus Monitors you start on Hobby at $0 (1 monitor, 1 page)
Uptime Kuma A Docker/local status desk you run at $0
Free plan
OpenStatus $0 · no card. 1 monitor. 1 status page with 3 components. Minimum interval 10 minutes
Uptime Kuma $0 · mIT license. Docker / non-Docker install on the README
Lowest paid
OpenStatus Pro $100/mo
Uptime Kuma Not published by the vendor
Next step up
OpenStatus Scale $500/mo
Uptime Kuma
Runs where
OpenStatus
Uptime Kuma Local or hosted
Watch out
OpenStatus Hobby is 1 monitor and a 10-minute interval
Uptime Kuma You run the box
Last checked
OpenStatus 2026-10-22 · openstatus.dev/pricing
Uptime Kuma 2026-10-23 · uptime.kuma.pet
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 $30/month (14-day trial) when they need 20 monitors and a 1-minute check.
Read the OpenStatus pageoperators who will self-host at $0 (Docker / binary) while they add a first louislam.net monitor, not a hosted Business $ we would invent.
Read the Uptime Kuma page
