Updated 25 October 2026 · By the Upcertain team
The short version
- Pick OpenStatus if you need checks from several regions, or a free plan covering a single monitor and status page.
- Pick Upcertain if you want keyword, port, SSL and heartbeat checks, 30-second intervals, unlimited members and status pages without per-page add-ons.
Side by side
| Upcertain | OpenStatus | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry option | Basic: 10 monitors, 60 s (early access, no billing) | Free: 1 monitor, 1 status page, 10-minute checks |
| Paid plans | Team, Business | Starter $30, Pro $100, Scale $500 a month |
| Monitors | 10, 100 or 500 (adjustable on Business) | 20 or 50, plus packs of 10 for $15 a month |
| Status pages | Unlimited on Team and Business | 1, 5 or 10, extra pages $20 a month each |
| Regions | One (Seoul) | Multi-region monitoring |
OpenStatus's figures come from its pricing page, read on 25 October 2026.
What the table leaves out
Multi-region checks and confirmation over time solve different problems. Several regions tell you whether a failure is local to one network; re-checks over time tell you whether a failure lasts long enough to matter. Upcertain does the second. Which matters more depends on where your users are.
Where OpenStatus does more
It checks from several regions, which separates regional network trouble from real outages, and has a free plan covering one monitor and one status page.
Where Upcertain is different
- More check types: keyword, ping, port, SSL and heartbeat next to HTTP.
- 30-second checks and unlimited status pages on Team.
- Status pages with grouped incidents, per-service downtime and folded brief outages.
- MCP and REST for agents and scripts.
Questions to ask before you switch
- Do you need checks from several regions? Upcertain checks from one.
- Who needs a login, and who only needs alerts? Notify-only contacts cover the second group.
- How long do your deploys or jobs normally take? That decides confirmation checks and heartbeat grace.
Moving from OpenStatus
- List what you monitor in OpenStatus: URLs, hosts or jobs, with their intervals.
- Import URLs and hosts with a CSV file, up to 200 rows at a time (CSV import); add heartbeat monitors one by one.
- Add alert channels and send a test to each.
- Point your status page subdomain at
pages.upcertain.comif you had one (custom domains). - Run both side by side for a week before switching the old checks off.
Questions
Can I put the status page on my own domain?
Yes, on Team and Business, with the HTTPS certificate issued automatically. See custom domains.
Are there per-page add-on fees?
No. Team and Business include unlimited status pages, password protection and custom domains.
Is there a free plan?
Upcertain is in early access: billing is not enabled, accounts start on the Basic plan and plans are assigned from the account.
Sources
- OpenStatus pricing (read 25 October 2026)