Statuspage.io is good. LiveStatus is better — and 10× cheaper.
Same uptime monitoring, same incident management, same custom domains — plus a real native mobile app, modern UI, and SSO for $149/mo instead of $1,500/mo.
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The honest pitch
Statuspage.io was the original. Atlassian acquired it in 2016 and it's been the default choice for status pages ever since. It works. It's reliable. And the pricing structure has barely changed in years.
The problem: Statuspage.io is web-only in 2026, the UI is dated, and the features your team actually needs (60-second monitoring, SSO, audit logs) are gated behind a $1,500/mo Enterprise contract that requires a sales call.
LiveStatus is the modern rebuild. Native mobile app for push notifications. SSO and 60-second monitoring on a $149/mo self-serve plan. Same reliability — Vercel + Neon Postgres infrastructure with 99.99% uptime SLA on Business.
Feature by feature
Side by side. Honest. No marketing fluff.
| Feature | LiveStatus | Statuspage.io |
|---|---|---|
Native iOS + Android mobile app Push notifications for incidents, manage from your phone | ||
Custom branded status pages | ||
Custom domain | Starter ($19/mo) | Growth ($99/mo) |
60-second uptime monitoring | Business ($149/mo) | Enterprise ($1,500/mo) |
5-minute uptime monitoring | Starter ($19/mo) | Starter ($29/mo) |
SSO (Google Workspace, Okta, SAML) | Business ($149/mo) | Enterprise ($1,500/mo) |
Email subscribers | Unlimited (Pro+) | 2,000 cap |
Incident templates | Starter ($19/mo) | Growth ($99/mo) |
Multi-region uptime checks | Pro ($49/mo) | Business ($399/mo) |
Slack, Discord, webhook integrations | Starter ($19/mo) | Growth ($99/mo) |
Audit logs | Business ($149/mo) | Enterprise ($1,500/mo) |
Free plan Statuspage discontinued their free Hobby plan |
Three reasons teams switch
Mobile-first incident response
Production breaks at 3am while you're asleep. The team member with the LiveStatus app gets pushed instantly and posts an incident update from their phone before they even hit their laptop. Statuspage has nothing like this.
$149 vs $1,500
Get SSO, 60-second monitoring, audit logs, and priority support on our Business plan for what Statuspage charges for their Growth tier. Save $1,350/mo and get features that are actually built for modern teams.
Built in 2026, not 2013
Modern stack (Next.js, Postgres, edge cron). Modern UI (dark mode by default, smooth animations, accessible). Modern API (REST + webhooks + status JSON). Statuspage's UI hasn't meaningfully changed since the Atlassian acquisition.
“But what about...”
Real concerns from teams considering the switch.
Won't migrating from Statuspage be painful?
It's about 30 minutes for a typical setup. We're building a one-click migration tool that imports your services, incidents, and subscribers from Statuspage's API. In the meantime, our team will help you migrate manually for free if you sign up for any paid plan.
Will my email subscribers lose their subscription history?
No. We can import your existing subscriber list as a CSV (Statuspage lets you export it). Your subscribers will get a one-time email letting them know your status page moved, and they continue receiving incident notifications without re-subscribing.
Is LiveStatus as reliable as Atlassian's infrastructure?
We run on Vercel's global edge network, Neon Postgres (multi-AZ), and our uptime monitoring runs from multiple regions. Our Business tier has a 99.99% SLA — same as Statuspage's Business plan. We dogfood the product: status.livestatus.dev runs on LiveStatus itself.
FAQ
What's the catch? How can you be 10x cheaper?
No catch. We're a small team without Atlassian-scale overhead. We pass the savings on. Our infrastructure costs scale linearly per status page, so we don't need to charge enterprise prices to be profitable.
Do you have a free plan?
Yes — 1 status page, 3 services, 50 email subscribers, manual incident management. Perfect for personal projects or kicking the tires before upgrading.
Can I use my own domain like status.mycompany.com?
Yes, on the Starter plan ($19/mo) and up. We give you a CNAME to point at, auto-issue SSL via Let's Encrypt, and verify in seconds. Statuspage requires the $99/mo Growth tier for the same.
Do you have an API for posting incidents from CI/CD?
Yes — REST API with API keys on the Pro plan and up. Perfect for posting an incident automatically when a deploy fails or a health check trips. Full webhook support for two-way sync.
Will you get acquired and ruined like Statuspage?
We're bootstrapped by Leonenko Group LLC and have no plans to take VC money or sell. Our incentive is to keep customers happy and keep building, not to flip the company.
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