Cachet Alternative for Teams Tired of Self-Hosting Their Status Page
Cachet is free, open-source status page software — but you run it on your own server, patch it yourself, and it has no built-in uptime monitoring. StatusPage.me is fully managed, with monitoring included, for a similarly low or free cost.
Free software still costs you time
Cachet is a capable, free, open-source status page you can self-host. The tradeoff: you become the ops team for your own status page — server, updates, security, and uptime, all on you.
Fully Managed, No Server to Run
Cachet requires you to provision and run your own server. StatusPage.me is fully managed — sign up and your status page is live, with nothing to install or maintain.
Uptime Monitoring Built In
Cachet has no built-in uptime monitoring — you wire up its API to your own monitoring tool or script it yourself. StatusPage.me includes monitoring out of the box, no separate tool required.
No Patching, No Vendor Gap
With Cachet, security patches and version updates are on you, and there’s no vendor support line if something breaks. StatusPage.me is updated and supported for you.
What self-hosting Cachet actually costs
Cachet the software is free, but running it isn’t — the cost just moves from a subscription line to your infrastructure bill and your own time:
- A server or hosting bill to run Cachet on, every month
- Your time for initial setup: install, configure, connect a database, get DNS and SSL working
- Ongoing time for patching and security updates — nobody does this for you
- No vendor support line — if something breaks at 2am, you’re debugging it yourself or asking the community on GitHub
- DIY monitoring integration, since Cachet has none built in — you connect your own uptime tool via its API
- DIY uptime for Cachet itself — ironically, your status-page tool needs its own status page to tell you when it’s down
StatusPage.me is fully managed with zero maintenance and monitoring built in, for a similarly low or free cost — no server bill, no patch schedule, no second monitoring tool to bolt on.
See StatusPage.me Pricing →StatusPage.me vs Cachet — Full Breakdown
| Feature | StatusPage.me | Cachet |
|---|---|---|
| Setup time | Minutes — sign up and go | Hours — server, database, DNS, SSL |
| Ongoing maintenance | None, fully managed | Your responsibility |
| Built-in uptime monitoring | Included | No, integrate your own |
| Managed hosting | Included | No, self-hosted only |
| Vendor support | Included | No, community/GitHub only |
| Automatic updates | Included | No, manual updates |
| Subscriber notifications | Built in | Basic |
| Custom domain | Included | Yes, since self-hosted |
| Price | 14-day trial, fully managed | Free software + your server/hosting costs + your time |
Switch to StatusPage.me if…
- You’d rather not run and patch a server just to host a status page
- You want uptime monitoring included, not something you build yourself against an API
- You want a vendor to call when something breaks, instead of a GitHub issue queue
- You want to be live in minutes, not after a server, database, and SSL setup
Stick with Cachet if…
- You want full control over your status page’s infrastructure and data, and have the ops capacity to run it
- You already have a monitoring stack and just need somewhere to publish incidents via API
- Keeping everything in-house, with no third-party vendor, is a hard requirement for your organization
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Stop running a server just for your status page
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