[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":569},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002Fstatuscake-pricing-2026":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":8,"category":541,"date":542,"description":543,"extension":544,"faq":545,"howTo":561,"image":561,"lastUpdated":542,"meta":562,"navigation":563,"path":564,"readingTime":565,"seo":566,"stem":567,"__hash__":568},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fstatuscake-pricing-2026.md","StatusCake Pricing 2026: Plans, Costs, and What You Actually Get",{"name":7},"Theo Cummings",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":514},"minimark",[11,15,18,23,26,140,143,147,152,155,171,174,177,181,184,214,217,221,224,241,244,247,251,255,258,262,265,269,272,276,279,283,287,290,294,297,301,304,308,316,320,444,447,451,454,458,461,481,484,504,508,511],[12,13,14],"p",{},"StatusCake launched in 2012 and is one of a handful of uptime monitoring tools with a genuinely useful free plan. It's UK-based, independently operated, and used by tens of thousands of teams. The product covers website uptime, SSL monitoring, domain expiry, page speed, and server monitoring across three paid tiers.",[12,16,17],{},"This article breaks down what you get at each price point, where the limitations are, and how StatusCake compares to cheaper alternatives.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"statuscake-plans-at-a-glance","StatusCake Plans at a Glance",[12,24,25],{},"StatusCake's current pricing structure has one free tier and three paid tiers:",[27,28,29,54],"table",{},[30,31,32],"thead",{},[33,34,35,39,42,45,48,51],"tr",{},[36,37,38],"th",{},"Plan",[36,40,41],{},"Monthly",[36,43,44],{},"Uptime Monitors",[36,46,47],{},"Check Interval",[36,49,50],{},"SSL Monitoring",[36,52,53],{},"Server Monitors",[55,56,57,80,102,122],"tbody",{},[33,58,59,66,69,72,75,78],{},[60,61,62],"td",{},[63,64,65],"strong",{},"Free",[60,67,68],{},"$0",[60,70,71],{},"10",[60,73,74],{},"5 min",[60,76,77],{},"❌",[60,79,77],{},[33,81,82,87,90,93,96,99],{},[60,83,84],{},[63,85,86],{},"Team",[60,88,89],{},"$24.49",[60,91,92],{},"300",[60,94,95],{},"1 min",[60,97,98],{},"✅",[60,100,101],{},"5",[33,103,104,109,112,115,118,120],{},[60,105,106],{},[63,107,108],{},"Business",[60,110,111],{},"$66.47",[60,113,114],{},"800",[60,116,117],{},"30 sec",[60,119,98],{},[60,121,71],{},[33,123,124,129,132,134,136,138],{},[60,125,126],{},[63,127,128],{},"Enterprise",[60,130,131],{},"Custom",[60,133,131],{},[60,135,117],{},[60,137,98],{},[60,139,131],{},[12,141,142],{},"Annual billing discounts are available. Monthly billing runs roughly 20% higher on paid plans.",[19,144,146],{"id":145},"what-each-plan-includes","What Each Plan Includes",[148,149,151],"h3",{"id":150},"free-plan","Free Plan",[12,153,154],{},"Ten uptime monitors at 5-minute check intervals. The free plan includes:",[156,157,158,162,165,168],"ul",{},[159,160,161],"li",{},"HTTP\u002FHTTPS uptime checks from global test nodes",[159,163,164],{},"Email alerting only",[159,166,167],{},"Basic on-call scheduling",[159,169,170],{},"Public status page",[12,172,173],{},"The 5-minute interval is the standard floor for free monitoring tools — UptimeRobot's free tier matches it. It's adequate for catching extended outages. A site down for 4 minutes may never trigger an alert.",[12,175,176],{},"Ten monitors runs out fast. A typical SaaS with a production API, staging environment, a handful of external endpoints, and SSL monitoring on two domains hits 10 before accounting for any redundancy.",[148,178,180],{"id":179},"team-2449month","Team — $24.49\u002Fmonth",[12,182,183],{},"Three hundred uptime monitors at 1-minute intervals. The Team plan adds:",[156,185,186,189,192,195,198,201,204,211],{},[159,187,188],{},"SSL certificate monitoring (with expiry alerts)",[159,190,191],{},"Domain expiry monitoring",[159,193,194],{},"Page speed monitoring (6 tests\u002Fday)",[159,196,197],{},"Server monitoring (5 servers)",[159,199,200],{},"SMS and push notification alerts",[159,202,203],{},"Integrations: PagerDuty, Slack, Opsgenie, webhook",[159,205,206],{},[207,208,210],"a",{"href":209},"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-set-up-maintenance-windows","Maintenance windows",[159,212,213],{},"13 monitoring locations globally",[12,215,216],{},"At $24.49\u002Fmonth, the Team plan is the most common entry point for small engineering teams. Three hundred monitors covers most products comfortably. The 1-minute interval is the category standard at this price point, though Vantaj offers 30-second intervals starting at $9\u002Fmonth.",[148,218,220],{"id":219},"business-6647month","Business — $66.47\u002Fmonth",[12,222,223],{},"Eight hundred monitors at 30-second check intervals. The Business plan adds:",[156,225,226,229,232,235,238],{},[159,227,228],{},"30-second check intervals (the main upgrade over Team)",[159,230,231],{},"Server monitoring for 10 servers",[159,233,234],{},"24 monitoring locations globally",[159,236,237],{},"Higher SMS allowance",[159,239,240],{},"Priority support",[12,242,243],{},"The 30-second interval is where faster detection starts to matter. The difference between a 1-minute and 30-second interval during an incident is the difference between a 1-minute and 2-minute maximum detection gap. For SLAs with tight MTTD requirements, this matters. For most teams, 1-minute is sufficient.",[12,245,246],{},"At $66.47\u002Fmonth, the Business plan sits between Team and Enterprise. The main buyers are teams that have outgrown 300 monitors or need the faster check interval.",[19,248,250],{"id":249},"what-statuscake-does-well","What StatusCake Does Well",[148,252,254],{"id":253},"free-tier-with-real-value","Free Tier With Real Value",[12,256,257],{},"The free plan is one of the more honest in the category. Ten monitors at 5-minute intervals is enough to monitor a small production site. The limit is real, but it's not artificially restrictive — you can evaluate the product and migrate later.",[148,259,261],{"id":260},"page-speed-monitoring","Page Speed Monitoring",[12,263,264],{},"StatusCake bundles page speed testing from multiple locations into paid plans. The reports show load time, page size, and waterfall data. Most competitors in this price range don't include this — it's an add-on or separate product elsewhere.",[148,266,268],{"id":267},"domain-and-ssl-expiry-monitoring","Domain and SSL Expiry Monitoring",[12,270,271],{},"Both domain expiry and SSL certificate expiry are included in Team and Business plans. Getting a page down alert 30 days before a domain expires is the kind of feature that saves incidents, not just monitors them.",[148,273,275],{"id":274},"price-transparency","Price Transparency",[12,277,278],{},"StatusCake publishes its pricing openly with no \"contact sales for pricing\" gating on Team and Business plans. You can evaluate, compare, and sign up without speaking to anyone.",[19,280,282],{"id":281},"where-statuscake-falls-short","Where StatusCake Falls Short",[148,284,286],{"id":285},"free-plan-is-too-limited-for-real-monitoring","Free Plan is Too Limited for Real Monitoring",[12,288,289],{},"Ten monitors at 5-minute intervals works for a personal project. A production environment with an API, staging, external dependencies, and SSL needs significantly more. The free-to-paid jump to $24.49\u002Fmonth is a meaningful step.",[148,291,293],{"id":292},"_1-minute-intervals-on-team-plan","1-Minute Intervals on Team Plan",[12,295,296],{},"The team plan caps at 1-minute intervals. Vantaj charges $9\u002Fmonth for 30-second intervals on all paid plans. For teams where detection speed matters, StatusCake's Team plan costs 2.7x more for slower checks.",[148,298,300],{"id":299},"limited-monitoring-locations-on-team","Limited Monitoring Locations on Team",[12,302,303],{},"Thirteen monitoring locations on the Team plan may miss regional coverage gaps for teams with a global user base. The Business plan's 24 locations covers more ground, but the premium is steep.",[148,305,307],{"id":306},"no-multi-region-consensus-alerting","No Multi-Region Consensus Alerting",[12,309,310,311,315],{},"StatusCake checks from multiple locations, but its default alerting doesn't require agreement from multiple nodes before firing. A single probe anomaly can generate a ",[207,312,314],{"href":313},"\u002Fblog\u002Freduce-false-positive-alerts","false positive",". Tools like Vantaj and Better Stack require consensus from multiple regions before alerting, which reduces noise without configuration.",[19,317,319],{"id":318},"statuscake-vs-alternatives-price-comparison","StatusCake vs. Alternatives: Price Comparison",[27,321,322,339],{},[30,323,324],{},[33,325,326,329,332,335,337],{},[36,327,328],{},"Tool",[36,330,331],{},"Free Tier",[36,333,334],{},"Paid Starts At",[36,336,47],{},[36,338,50],{},[55,340,341,360,377,395,412,428],{},[33,342,343,348,351,354,357],{},[60,344,345],{},[63,346,347],{},"StatusCake",[60,349,350],{},"10 monitors",[60,352,353],{},"$24.49\u002Fmo",[60,355,356],{},"1 min (30 sec on Business)",[60,358,359],{},"✅ Team+",[33,361,362,367,370,373,375],{},[60,363,364],{},[63,365,366],{},"Vantaj",[60,368,369],{},"20 monitors",[60,371,372],{},"$9\u002Fmo",[60,374,117],{},[60,376,98],{},[33,378,379,384,387,390,392],{},[60,380,381],{},[63,382,383],{},"UptimeRobot",[60,385,386],{},"50 monitors",[60,388,389],{},"$7\u002Fmo",[60,391,95],{},[60,393,394],{},"✅ Pro+",[33,396,397,402,405,408,410],{},[60,398,399],{},[63,400,401],{},"Pingdom",[60,403,404],{},"❌ None",[60,406,407],{},"$15\u002Fmo",[60,409,95],{},[60,411,98],{},[33,413,414,419,421,424,426],{},[60,415,416],{},[63,417,418],{},"Better Stack",[60,420,350],{},[60,422,423],{},"$24\u002Fmo",[60,425,117],{},[60,427,98],{},[33,429,430,435,437,439,441],{},[60,431,432],{},[63,433,434],{},"Freshping",[60,436,386],{},[60,438,372],{},[60,440,95],{},[60,442,443],{},"❌ Free",[12,445,446],{},"StatusCake's free tier is more limited than UptimeRobot's (10 vs. 50 monitors), and paid plans start at a higher price than Vantaj or UptimeRobot for equivalent or slower check intervals.",[19,448,450],{"id":449},"annual-vs-monthly","Annual vs. Monthly",[12,452,453],{},"Annual billing saves roughly 20% on Team and Business plans. There's no lock-in penalty beyond the contract term. The free plan has no billing at all.",[19,455,457],{"id":456},"who-statuscake-is-for","Who StatusCake Is For",[12,459,460],{},"StatusCake makes sense for:",[156,462,463,469,475],{},[159,464,465,468],{},[63,466,467],{},"Teams that want SSL and domain monitoring bundled"," — paying separately elsewhere adds up",[159,470,471,474],{},[63,472,473],{},"Small teams testing the waters"," — the free plan works for basic evaluation",[159,476,477,480],{},[63,478,479],{},"Teams that need page speed data alongside uptime"," — not common at this price in competing tools",[12,482,483],{},"StatusCake is harder to justify for:",[156,485,486,492,498],{},[159,487,488,491],{},[63,489,490],{},"Teams that prioritize 30-second detection on a budget"," — Vantaj delivers that at $9\u002Fmonth",[159,493,494,497],{},[63,495,496],{},"Teams with large free monitoring needs"," — UptimeRobot's 50-monitor free tier is more generous",[159,499,500,503],{},[63,501,502],{},"Teams that need server monitoring without a paid uptime tool"," — the server monitoring is an add-on to the uptime product, not a standalone product",[19,505,507],{"id":506},"the-bottom-line","The Bottom Line",[12,509,510],{},"StatusCake is a solid mid-market monitoring tool with a genuine free tier and clear pricing. The Team plan at $24.49\u002Fmonth covers most small teams. The Business plan at $66.47\u002Fmonth is worth it if you need 30-second intervals or have outgrown 300 monitors.",[12,512,513],{},"Where StatusCake loses the comparison is on entry price vs. check interval. Vantaj delivers 30-second intervals starting at $9\u002Fmonth. For teams where detection speed matters and budget is tight, Vantaj does the core job better at lower cost. For teams that want the full bundle — uptime, SSL, domain, page speed, server monitoring — StatusCake's pricing is competitive.",{"title":515,"searchDepth":516,"depth":516,"links":517},"",2,[518,519,525,531,537,538,539,540],{"id":21,"depth":516,"text":22},{"id":145,"depth":516,"text":146,"children":520},[521,523,524],{"id":150,"depth":522,"text":151},3,{"id":179,"depth":522,"text":180},{"id":219,"depth":522,"text":220},{"id":249,"depth":516,"text":250,"children":526},[527,528,529,530],{"id":253,"depth":522,"text":254},{"id":260,"depth":522,"text":261},{"id":267,"depth":522,"text":268},{"id":274,"depth":522,"text":275},{"id":281,"depth":516,"text":282,"children":532},[533,534,535,536],{"id":285,"depth":522,"text":286},{"id":292,"depth":522,"text":293},{"id":299,"depth":522,"text":300},{"id":306,"depth":522,"text":307},{"id":318,"depth":516,"text":319},{"id":449,"depth":516,"text":450},{"id":456,"depth":516,"text":457},{"id":506,"depth":516,"text":507},"comparisons","2026-06-30","StatusCake has a generous free tier and paid plans starting at $24.49\u002Fmonth. Here's a full breakdown of every StatusCake plan in 2026, what's included, and where the limits bite.","md",[546,549,552,555,558],{"q":547,"a":548},"Is StatusCake free?","Yes. StatusCake offers a free plan with 10 uptime monitors, 5-minute check intervals, and basic email alerting. Paid plans start at $24.49\u002Fmonth for 300 monitors and 1-minute intervals.",{"q":550,"a":551},"How much does StatusCake cost per month?","StatusCake paid plans start at $24.49\u002Fmonth (Team plan: 300 uptime monitors, 1-min intervals). The Business plan is $66.47\u002Fmonth for 800 monitors and 30-second intervals. Enterprise pricing is custom.",{"q":553,"a":554},"Does StatusCake have 30-second check intervals?","Yes, but only on the Business plan and above ($66.47\u002Fmonth). The free plan checks every 5 minutes. The Team plan checks every 1 minute.",{"q":556,"a":557},"Can StatusCake monitor SSL certificates?","Yes. SSL monitoring is included on all paid plans. The free plan does not include SSL monitoring.",{"q":559,"a":560},"What's cheaper than StatusCake for uptime monitoring?","Vantaj starts at $9\u002Fmonth with 30-second check intervals and multi-region consensus. UptimeRobot starts free with 50 monitors at 5-minute intervals. Both cost less for comparable uptime monitoring coverage.",null,{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fstatuscake-pricing-2026",9,{"title":5,"description":543},"blog\u002Fstatuscake-pricing-2026","nf8m-Xsfju_p3Fk14otEXJ9KR6F_v3fVQI59PhaxIUc",1783446138231]