Instatus is a fast, affordable status page with monitoring.
Convot gives every app a status page on its help center, with the rest of the support stack.
Convot is an Instatus alternative for teams that run more than one app and want each app's status page on the same help center as their docs, linked from the support widget. Convot Starter is $49 a month for 1 app with chat, a help center, changelog and roadmap included; Instatus Pro is $20 a month for a status page with monitoring. Instatus is the better fit if you only need a status page, with fast checks, on-call alerts and public subscribers.
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Is Convot a good Instatus alternative?
Convot is a good Instatus alternative for teams that run more than one app and want each app's status page on the same help center as their docs, alongside chat, a help center, changelog and roadmap. Convot Starter is $49 a month for 1 app with all of that included. Instatus is the better choice if you only need a status page: Pro is $20 a month with 30-second checks, on-call alerts and 5,000 subscribers.
Instatus prices and plans last checked on Instatus's own pricing page, by Tarang Agarwal, Convot founder.
When should you use each?
Instatus is a good fit when…
- You only need a status page and monitoring, at a low price ($20 a month on Pro)
- You want fast checks and many monitors: 50 monitors at 30-second checks on Pro, 1,000 on Business
- You want customers to subscribe to updates, with 200 subscribers free and 5,000 on Pro
- You need on-call alerts by SMS on Pro, or SMS and calls on Business
Convot wins when…
- You want each app's status page on its help center, with a Status link in the support widget
- You want status bundled with chat, a help center, changelog, roadmap and scheduling, on one bill priced by app count
- You want a custom domain on every Convot plan; Instatus's free plan has none
- You run several apps and want one inbox and one customer record across them
Convot vs Instatus: what is different?
A direct comparison across the capabilities small teams running more than one app care about most.
| Capability | Convot | Instatus |
|---|---|---|
| Public status page | ✓ | ✓ |
| Incident timeline | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in uptime monitoring | Checks every 2 to 30 minutes | From 2 minutes free, 30 seconds on Pro |
| Customer subscriptions by email | Team alerts only | ✓ |
| On your own domain | ✓ | Pro plan and up |
| On the same help center as chat, docs and changelog | One help center per app | No |
| Status link in the support widget | ✓ | No |
| Live chat + help center + roadmap + scheduling | ✓ Built-in | No |
| Price | Free under $1k MRR, then $49 a month (whole stack) | Free; Pro $20 and Business $300 a month |
✓ = available, Partial = limited, plan-gated or add-on, No = not offered, or not listed on Instatus's pricing page. Instatus plan limits from instatus.com/pricing, checked 1 October 2026; Pro and Business prices as published by third-party pricing trackers.
How much does Instatus cost?
As of 1 October 2026, Instatus is free on Starter, then $20 a month on Pro and $300 on Business, with 25% off billed yearly; its FAQ describes the yearly deal as three months free. Plans differ by monitors, check speed, alerts and subscribers. Non-profits and open-source projects can ask for a free Pro account.
| Plan | Per month | Monitors and checks | Alerts | Subscribers | Custom domain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Free | 15, every 2 minutes | 200 | No | |
| Pro | $20 | 50, every 30 seconds | Email and SMS | 5,000 | 1 or more |
| Business | $300 | 1,000, every 30 seconds | SMS and calls | 25,000 | 3 or more |
Plan limits from instatus.com/pricing, checked 1 October 2026. The Pro and Business prices render in the browser and are taken from third-party pricing trackers; check instatus.com/pricing before buying.
What changes when you move to Convot
Status beside support
Each app's status page sits on the same help center as its docs and changelog, and the widget links to it, so customers find outage news where they look for help.
One bill for the stack
Chat, a help center, changelog, roadmap, scheduling and status for each app, from $49 a month, instead of a separate tool for each.
Your domain on every plan
Each app's status page runs on your own domain. Instatus's free plan has no custom domain.
Monitoring included
Convot checks each component every 2 to 30 minutes, opens an incident when it fails and resolves it when it recovers.
Convot as an Instatus alternative
How much does Convot cost compared to Instatus?
As of 1 October 2026, Instatus has a free plan with 15 monitors, 2-minute checks and 200 subscribers but no custom domain, then Pro at $20 a month and Business at $300. Convot is free under $1,000 MRR, then $49 a month for 1 app with a status page, uptime monitoring, chat, help center, changelog and roadmap. For a status page alone, Instatus costs less.
What does Convot do that Instatus doesn't?
Convot puts each app's status page on the same help center as its docs, changelog and roadmap, links it from the chat widget, and bills all of it by app count. Instatus is a dedicated status and monitoring product with faster checks, on-call alerts and customer subscriptions, which Convot does not offer.
Does Convot have uptime monitoring like Instatus?
Yes. Convot checks every 2 to 30 minutes and opens and resolves incidents automatically, on every plan including free. Instatus checks as fast as every 30 seconds on Pro, with up to 1,000 monitors on Business, and it also offers customer subscriptions to status updates, which Convot does not.
Is Instatus free?
Yes. As of 1 October 2026, Instatus Starter is free with 15 monitors checked every 2 minutes, email alerts, 5 team members and 200 subscribers, on a public page without a custom domain. Pro, at $20 a month, adds 30-second checks, SMS alerts, 5,000 subscribers and a custom domain. Convot is free while your product earns under $1,000 a month, with a status page, uptime monitoring and a custom domain for 1 app.
Further reading
Put status where your customers already are.
A status page per app with built-in uptime monitoring, on the same help center as your support. Free under $1k MRR, no credit card.