QuackbackInstatus alternative
Quackback vs Instatus: an open-source Instatus alternative
Instatus is a status page with uptime monitoring built in. Quackback includes a status page on every plan, beside a help center, a support inbox and feedback boards, and it's open source. Quackback doesn't monitor your uptime: you set status by hand or through the API, or let your monitoring tool do it.
Try Quackback free
- 14-day Pro trial, no card needed
- Keep using it free if you don't upgrade
- Open source. Self-host with Docker
- Status page, help center and inbox in one
Quackback and Instatus, feature by feature
Prices, features and hosting side by side. A tick means it's included; a note says on which plan.
| Feature | Quackback | Instatus |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | 1 seat, 3 components, 100 subscribers | 5 team members, 15 monitors, 200 subscribers |
| Paid plans | $29/mo, billed annually | Pro from $20/mo; Business on Instatus's pricing page |
| Custom domain | YesPro and up | YesPro and up |
| Private status page | YesEnterprise | YesBusiness, which includes every page type |
| Self-hosted | YesFree, with every feature | No |
| Status page | ||
| Uptime monitoringChecks your sites and APIs itself | NoSet by hand or through the API | Yes15 monitors free, 50 on Pro |
| On-call alerts for your team | No | Yes |
| Components | 3 on Free, 10 on Pro, 25 on Business, unlimited on Enterprise | Yes |
| Incidents and scheduled maintenance | Yes | Yes |
| Uptime history | Yes | Yes |
| Status APIUpdate components and post incidents from code | YesEvery plan | Yes |
| Subscribers | ||
| Subscribers | 100 on Free, 250 on Pro, 1,000 on Business, unlimited on Enterprise | 200 on Free, 5,000 on Pro, 25,000 on Business |
| Email updates | Yes | Yes |
| RSS feed | Yes | Yes |
| Subscriber channels beyond emailSuch as SMS or chat apps | No | Yes |
| Beyond status | ||
| Help center | YesEvery plan | No |
| Support inboxLive chat and email | YesEvery plan | No |
| AI that knows the statusAnswers "is it down?" in chat from live status | YesQuackback AI, from Pro | No |
| Feedback, roadmap and changelog | Yes | No |
| Hosting and data | ||
| Open sourceRead, audit and change the code | AGPL-3.0 | No |
| Self-hostingRun it on your own servers | YesDocker, with every feature | No |
| Where your data lives | Our cloud, or your own Postgres | Instatus's cloud |
Instatus details come from Instatus's public website, checked 6 November 2026, and can change, so check their pricing page before you decide. Quackback prices are for Cloud, billed annually; self-hosting is free under AGPL-3.0.
Quackback vs Instatus: the full picture
Instatus does two jobs in one product: it monitors your sites and APIs, and it publishes a status page. The free plan has 15 monitors with 2-minute checks and room for 200 subscribers, and Pro starts at $20 a month with faster checks and a custom domain. If you want monitoring and a status page from one vendor, it is hard to beat.
Quackback doesn't monitor anything. Its status page is for telling customers what is happening: components, incidents, scheduled maintenance, uptime history, subscriber emails and an RSS feed, set by hand or through the API. Keep the monitoring tool you already use and have it update Quackback's components when a check fails.
What Quackback adds is everything around the status page. It sits on your portal beside your help center, support inbox and feedback boards, so customers check status and find answers in one place. When someone asks in chat whether something is down, Quackback AI checks the live status before it answers. And it is open source, so you can self-host every feature.
Which one fits your team
Both are good tools. Here is where each one is the better choice.
Where Instatus fits
Instatus suits teams that want uptime checks and a status page from one tool, starting free.
- Uptime monitoring built in, with 30-second checks on Pro
- On-call alerts for your team
- A free plan with 5 team members and 200 subscribers
- A custom domain from $20 a month on Pro
Where Quackback fits
Quackback suits teams that already monitor their services and want the status page beside their help center, inbox and feedback.
- A status page on every plan, set by hand or through the API
- Help center, support inbox and feedback boards in the same product
- Quackback AI answers "is it down?" from live status
- Open source under AGPL-3.0, with every feature when you self-host
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See Quackback for yourself
A working demo of Quackback with sample data. Click around: open an incident, switch pages.
A status page, built in
Post incidents and maintenance, show uptime for each component, and email subscribers. It sits on your portal beside your help center and feedback board.
Explore the status pageAcme Corp status
- Scheduled We're upgrading our primary database. The app may be read-only for up to 10 minutes.
Core platform
Notifications
Integrations
Past incidents
Support that knows the status
Live chat, email and GitHub issues land in one inbox. During an incident, Quackback AI answers from live status, and your team replies with a macro.
Explore the inboxSwitching from Instatus
There is no Instatus importer, but a status page is quick to rebuild. You can keep Instatus for monitoring and move only the page.
Recreate your components
Add a component for each service customers rely on, grouped the way your Instatus page groups them.
Bring your subscribers
Export your email subscribers and import them into Quackback as a CSV.
Connect your monitoring
Have your monitoring tool update components through Quackback's Status API when a check fails or recovers.
Switch the domain
Move your status domain to Quackback once subscribers are getting updates.
Past incidents stay in Instatus. Quackback has no monitors, so keep a monitoring tool running.
Common questions
Is Quackback a good Instatus alternative?
If you already monitor your services, yes. Quackback has components, incidents, scheduled maintenance, uptime history, subscriber emails, an RSS feed and a Status API, beside a help center and support inbox. If you want uptime checks built into the status page, Instatus does that and Quackback doesn't.
Does Quackback monitor my uptime?
No. Quackback doesn't run its own checks. Status is set by hand or through the API. To automate it, have your monitoring tool update components through the Status API.
How much does Instatus cost compared with Quackback?
Instatus has a free plan with 15 monitors and 200 subscribers, and Pro starts at $20 a month. Check Instatus's pricing page for Business. Quackback includes a status page on every plan, and paid plans start at $29/mo, billed annually, with a help center, support inbox and feedback boards in the same price.
Can I keep my monitoring tool with Quackback?
Yes, if it can call an API. Point it at Quackback's Status API so a failed check updates the component, and post incidents on Quackback as you do today.
Have another question? Talk to the team.