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StatusCaster — Beautiful hosted status pages with incident management

One-liner: Hosted status pages with real-time updates via SSE/Datastar.

🔍 Competitor Research (Feb 2026)

Competitor	Pricing	Notes
Statuspage (Atlassian)	$29/mo Hobby → $399+/mo Business	Market leader. Enterprise. Expensive.
Instatus	Free / $20/mo Pro / $300/mo Business	Indie darling. 10x faster than Statuspage. Flat pricing. Strong.
Better Stack	Bundled with monitoring	All-in-one monitoring platform.
Statuspal	Mid-range	Smaller player.
UptimeRobot	$7/mo with status pages	Budget option, basic.
Cachet	Free, self-hosted, open source	Abandoned project but still used.

Gap: Instatus already nailed the "affordable Statuspage alternative" play. They're at $20/mo and fast. Hard to undercut meaningfully. StatusCaster could differentiate with: (1) real-time SSE-powered live updates (Datastar showcase), (2) bundled cron monitoring (CronPilot), (3) API-first approach.

Domain: statuscaster.com TAKEN but registered (might be ours from earlier).

Verdict: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5) — Crowded. Instatus is strong. Best angle is the Datastar real-time showcase + bundled monitoring.

## StatusCaster — Beautiful hosted status pages with incident management **One-liner:** Hosted status pages with real-time updates via SSE/Datastar. --- ### 🔍 Competitor Research (Feb 2026) | Competitor | Pricing | Notes | |---|---|---| | **Statuspage (Atlassian)** | $29/mo Hobby → $399+/mo Business | Market leader. Enterprise. Expensive. | | **Instatus** | Free / $20/mo Pro / $300/mo Business | Indie darling. 10x faster than Statuspage. Flat pricing. Strong. | | **Better Stack** | Bundled with monitoring | All-in-one monitoring platform. | | **Statuspal** | Mid-range | Smaller player. | | **UptimeRobot** | $7/mo with status pages | Budget option, basic. | | **Cachet** | Free, self-hosted, open source | Abandoned project but still used. | **Gap:** Instatus already nailed the "affordable Statuspage alternative" play. They're at $20/mo and fast. Hard to undercut meaningfully. StatusCaster could differentiate with: (1) real-time SSE-powered live updates (Datastar showcase), (2) bundled cron monitoring (CronPilot), (3) API-first approach. **Domain:** statuscaster.com TAKEN but registered (might be ours from earlier). **Verdict: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/5)** — Crowded. Instatus is strong. Best angle is the Datastar real-time showcase + bundled monitoring.