Atlassian Statuspage vs Upptime
Atlassian Statuspage the category incumbent, and the default if you already live in Atlassian. Upptime a status page powered entirely by GitHub Actions, with no server to run. Here is how they actually differ.
Verdict in one line each
Atlassian Statuspage
Choose it if: Organisations already standardised on Atlassian, or anyone who needs enterprise controls signed off.
Watch out: Per-subscriber pricing. Model your bill at 10x your current subscriber count before committing.
Upptime
Choose it if: Open-source projects and developers already living in GitHub who want a zero-cost page.
Watch out: Checks run on GitHub's cron schedule, so detection is coarse. There is also no subscriber list — notification happens through GitHub and chat, not an email audience you own.
Differences that actually matter
- Email subscribers: Atlassian Statuspage supports it, Upptime does not.
- Private status pages: Atlassian Statuspage supports it, Upptime does not.
- Audience-specific pages: Atlassian Statuspage supports it, Upptime does not.
- Built-in uptime monitoring: Upptime supports it, Atlassian Statuspage does not.
- SSO / SAML: Atlassian Statuspage supports it, Upptime does not.
- Self-hostable: Upptime supports it, Atlassian Statuspage does not.
Not yet verified for both: scheduled maintenance, sms notifications, webhooks, rss / atom feed, embeddable widget, public api. We leave these blank rather than guessing.
Full feature comparison
Rows where the two tools differ are highlighted.
| Feature | Atlassian Statuspage | Upptime |
|---|---|---|
| Custom domainServe the status page on your own domain, e.g. status.example.com. | Yes | Yes |
| Remove vendor brandingWhether the vendor's own branding can be removed from the public page. | Yes | Yes |
| Per-component statusBreak the page into individual services or components with independent states. | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduled maintenanceAnnounce planned windows in advance and notify subscribers. | Yes | Not verified |
| Email subscribersLet customers subscribe to incident updates by email. | Yes | No |
| SMS notificationsDeliver incident updates over SMS. | Yes | Not verified |
| Slack notificationsPush incident updates into a Slack workspace. | Yes | Yes |
| WebhooksFire an HTTP callback when incident state changes. | Yes | Not verified |
| RSS / Atom feedMachine-readable incident feed. | Yes | Not verified |
| Embeddable widgetDrop a live status badge or banner into your own app. | Yes | Not verified |
| Private status pagesRestrict the page to authenticated or invited viewers. | Yes | No |
| Audience-specific pagesShow different components to different customer segments. | Yes | No |
| Built-in uptime monitoringThe tool can detect outages itself, rather than only displaying states you set manually. | No | Yes |
| Public APICreate and update incidents programmatically. | Yes | Not verified |
| SSO / SAMLSingle sign-on for your internal team members. | Yes | No |
| Self-hostableSource available and deployable on your own infrastructure. | No | Yes |
Yes supported · No not supported · not yet verified by us (we show a dash rather than guessing).
Pricing
Pricing
Not yet verified. We have not independently confirmed this against the vendor since the last pricing change. Check the vendor page before relying on it.
Pricing
No vendor pricing. Upptime is open source and self-hosted, so there is no subscription. The cost is the infrastructure you run it on and the time someone spends operating it.
What each one looks like
Common questions
Do Atlassian Statuspage and Upptime include uptime monitoring?
Atlassian Statuspage does not monitor for you and relies on an external source to open incidents; Upptime includes its own uptime monitoring. If you already run a monitoring stack, a bundled monitor is overlap rather than value; if you do not, buying both separately usually costs more.
Can Atlassian Statuspage or Upptime be self-hosted?
Upptime can be deployed on your own infrastructure. The other option in this comparison is hosted only.
What is the main difference between Atlassian Statuspage and Upptime?
On verified features: Atlassian Statuspage supports email subscribers and Upptime does not; Atlassian Statuspage supports private status pages and Upptime does not; Atlassian Statuspage supports audience-specific pages and Upptime does not; Upptime supports built-in uptime monitoring and Atlassian Statuspage does not. Beyond the checklist, per-subscriber pricing. model your bill at 10x your current subscriber count before committing.
Which is cheaper, Atlassian Statuspage or Upptime?
Pricing in this category moves often and both vendors meter different things, so we link to the live pricing pages rather than quoting figures we have not re-verified. The variable that usually decides it is subscriber count: tools that charge per notified subscriber get expensive at exactly the point your product starts working.