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SolidPing vs OpenStatus

Both SolidPing and OpenStatus are open-source monitoring platforms with public status pages, and both are worth a look. They make different bets, though: OpenStatus is a compliance-first status page with a polished managed SaaS and a serverless, multi-service architecture; SolidPing is a single-binary, self-host-first platform that trades some breadth of managed regions for operational simplicity and a much wider protocol list.

OpenStatus is the other tool here shaped exactly like us — open source you can run, plus a hosted service you can buy. So this page compares the two self-hosted builds first, then the two hosted plans, rather than mixing a free build against a paid one.

If we've gotten a detail about OpenStatus wrong, please open an issue — we want this to stay accurate.

Self-hosted, side by side​

SolidPing (self-hosted)OpenStatus (self-hosted)
LicenseOpen source, self-host-firstOpen source, SaaS-first
CostFree — unlimited monitors, check rate, workers and status-page domains; 30 members by defaultFree — you operate the stack
Check types40 (HTTP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, DNS, DNSBL, NTP, SSL, databases, mail, messaging, SSH/RDP/FTP, SNMP, Docker/K8s, game servers, and more)HTTP, TCP, DNS
DeploymentSingle Go binary + SQLite or PostgreSQL, distroless containerSix services: Next.js dashboard, Hono/Bun API, Go checker, status-page renderer, workflow processor, private-location agent
Self-host dependenciesOne database (SQLite or Postgres)Cloudflare Workers + Turso + Tinybird (analytics) for the full stack
Minimum check interval10 seconds (browser 60 s, JS 30 s), no gatingWhatever you configure your own workers to do
Multi-region checksDistributed workers you run anywhere, lease-based failoverDeploy your own checker instances
On-call & escalationBuilt in — rotation schedules, overrides, iCal feeds, multi-step escalation policiesNot a first-class feature
Notification channels16 — Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, Mattermost, Matrix, Zulip, Telegram, Email, Webhooks, PagerDuty, ntfy, Gotify, Pushover, Web Push, and SMS/voice/WhatsApp through your own Twilio accountSlack, Discord, PagerDuty, Email, Webhooks, RSS/Atom, SSH
Status pagesPublic pages, sections, per-check uptime & latency, email subscribers (double opt-in), Atom feedBranded/custom-domain pages, theme store, password protection, maintenance windows
Monitoring-as-codeREST API + CLI (sp)YAML/CI-CD config, Terraform provider, CLI
AI / MCPMCP server for checks, incidents, status pagesMCP server
AuthMulti-tenant, OAuth (Google, GitHub, GitLab, Microsoft, Slack, Discord), generic OIDC, SAML, LDAP, passkeys, TOTP 2FATeam accounts; SAML/SSO on their Enterprise plan
SecretsEnvelope encryption at rest, out-of-band master key, secrets never echoed back—
Dashboard languagesEnglish, French, German, SpanishEnglish

Hosted, side by side​

SolidPing CloudOpenStatus hosted
Free100 monitors, 10 checks/min, 5 seats, on-call includedHobby — 1 monitor, 1 status page, 10-minute checks
Entry paid€5/mo — 1,000 monitors, 20 checks/min, 10 seats$30/mo Starter — 20 monitors, 1-minute checks, 6 regions/monitor, 3-month retention
Next steps€15/mo — 2,000 monitors, 100 checks/min · €45/mo — 5,000, 500 checks/min$100/mo Pro — 50 monitors, 30-second checks, 28 regions, 12-month retention · $500/mo Scale — 24-month retention
Minimum interval10 s on every plan, including Free10 min free → 1 min ($30) → 30 s ($100+)
Managed probe regions6 — Gravelines, Paris, Lauterbourg (FR), Nuremberg (DE), Kansas City (US), Tokyo (JP)28 across AWS/GCP/Azure
SMS / voiceNot included on any planNot a headline feature either
EnterpriseNo tier above €45 todaySOC2 reports, SAML/SSO, custom regions

Prices last checked July 2026.

Where SolidPing is the stronger choice​

You monitor more than websites. OpenStatus focuses on HTTP, TCP, and DNS synthetic checks — great for public endpoints. SolidPing covers 40 protocols, so the same platform watches your Postgres/MySQL/Redis/MongoDB databases, SMTP/IMAP/POP3 mail servers, gRPC/Kafka/RabbitMQ/MQTT messaging, SSH/RDP/FTP/SFTP, SNMP devices, Docker and Kubernetes, SSL certificates and domain expiry, NTP, DNSBL blocklists, even game servers and Freebox lines. And you can drop into sandboxed JavaScript for multi-step logic.

You want simple self-hosting. SolidPing is a single Go binary whose only dependency is a database — SQLite for a laptop, PostgreSQL for production — shipped in a distroless container. Self-hosting the full OpenStatus stack means running its serverless architecture and wiring up Turso and Tinybird for analytics. If you'd rather not operate a data pipeline just to store response times, SolidPing is far less to run. This is the sharpest difference between the two self-hosted builds.

You need built-in on-call. SolidPing ships rotation schedules with overrides and iCal feeds, plus multi-step escalation policies that route incidents to users, schedules, or all admins — no PagerDuty subscription required. OpenStatus leans on external tools for this, in both of its shapes.

You want fast checks without a paid tier. SolidPing runs checks as often as every 10 seconds regardless of how you deploy it. On OpenStatus's SaaS, sub-minute frequency is a Pro-plan ($100/mo) feature and the free tier is capped at 10-minute intervals.

Hosted price, at every step. Their entry paid plan is $30 for 20 monitors; ours is €5 for a thousand. Their Pro is $100 for 50 monitors; our top plan is €45 for five thousand. The two ladders are not aimed at the same buyer.

You care about credential handling. SolidPing seals stored credentials with envelope encryption behind an out-of-band master key and never echoes secrets back to the dashboard.

Where OpenStatus is the stronger choice​

28 managed regions against our six. If you buy their hosted service you get global coverage across three clouds without deploying a single worker. Ours is four European regions, one American and one Asian, and closing that gap means running your own workers.

Compliance-first status pages. OpenStatus positions itself around SOC2/compliance readiness, with timestamped status reports, a theme store, custom domains, and password-protected internal pages. If a branded, audit-friendly status page is the primary goal, it's a strong fit.

An enterprise tier that exists. SOC2 reports, SAML/SSO and custom regions are things you can buy from them. Our ladder stops at €45/mo, which is fine until the procurement form asks.

Monitoring-as-code with Terraform. OpenStatus offers a Terraform provider and YAML/CI-CD configuration, which is attractive if you manage everything as infrastructure code. Ours is declarative YAML plus a CLI, not a Terraform resource.

Large-scale time-series analytics. Its Tinybird-backed analytics pipeline is built for high-volume request-timing data (DNS, TLS handshake, TTFB breakdowns) at scale.

The other model, on both sides​

Both projects sell hosting for the thing they give away, so the choice is symmetrical: self-host either one and you pay for a machine instead of a plan; buy either one and you stop being paged when the monitoring breaks. The asymmetry is in what self-hosting costs you — one binary and a database on our side, six services and two managed dependencies on theirs — and in what the hosted plans include: their 28 regions against our six, our €5 against their $30, and SMS on neither.

Bottom line​

Choose OpenStatus if you want a hosted, compliance-oriented status page with global managed regions and monitoring-as-code, and your checks are mostly HTTP/TCP/DNS.

Choose SolidPing if you want to self-host one small binary, monitor a wide range of protocols and infrastructure, run sub-minute checks without a paywall, and get on-call and escalation built in.


Sources: OpenStatus homepage, pricing, docs, and GitHub, as of July 2026. SolidPing details from the official documentation.