[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":560},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002Fstatuscake-pricing-2026":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":8,"category":532,"date":533,"description":534,"extension":535,"image":536,"lastUpdated":533,"meta":537,"navigation":554,"path":555,"readingTime":556,"seo":557,"stem":558,"__hash__":559},"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":505},"minimark",[11,15,18,23,26,140,143,147,152,155,171,174,177,181,184,210,213,217,220,237,240,243,247,251,254,258,261,265,268,272,275,279,283,286,290,293,297,300,304,307,311,435,438,442,445,449,452,472,475,495,499,502],[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:",[156,185,186,189,192,195,198,201,204,207],{},[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],{},"Maintenance windows",[159,208,209],{},"13 monitoring locations globally",[12,211,212],{},"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.",[148,214,216],{"id":215},"business-6647month","Business — $66.47\u002Fmonth",[12,218,219],{},"Eight hundred monitors at 30-second check intervals. The Business plan adds:",[156,221,222,225,228,231,234],{},[159,223,224],{},"30-second check intervals (the main upgrade over Team)",[159,226,227],{},"Server monitoring for 10 servers",[159,229,230],{},"24 monitoring locations globally",[159,232,233],{},"Higher SMS allowance",[159,235,236],{},"Priority support",[12,238,239],{},"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.",[12,241,242],{},"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.",[19,244,246],{"id":245},"what-statuscake-does-well","What StatusCake Does Well",[148,248,250],{"id":249},"free-tier-with-real-value","Free Tier With Real Value",[12,252,253],{},"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.",[148,255,257],{"id":256},"page-speed-monitoring","Page Speed Monitoring",[12,259,260],{},"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.",[148,262,264],{"id":263},"domain-and-ssl-expiry-monitoring","Domain and SSL Expiry Monitoring",[12,266,267],{},"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.",[148,269,271],{"id":270},"price-transparency","Price Transparency",[12,273,274],{},"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.",[19,276,278],{"id":277},"where-statuscake-falls-short","Where StatusCake Falls Short",[148,280,282],{"id":281},"free-plan-is-too-limited-for-real-monitoring","Free Plan is Too Limited for Real Monitoring",[12,284,285],{},"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.",[148,287,289],{"id":288},"_1-minute-intervals-on-team-plan","1-Minute Intervals on Team Plan",[12,291,292],{},"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.",[148,294,296],{"id":295},"limited-monitoring-locations-on-team","Limited Monitoring Locations on Team",[12,298,299],{},"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.",[148,301,303],{"id":302},"no-multi-region-consensus-alerting","No Multi-Region Consensus Alerting",[12,305,306],{},"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 false positive. Tools like Vantaj and Better Stack require consensus from multiple regions before alerting, which reduces noise without configuration.",[19,308,310],{"id":309},"statuscake-vs-alternatives-price-comparison","StatusCake vs. Alternatives: Price Comparison",[27,312,313,330],{},[30,314,315],{},[33,316,317,320,323,326,328],{},[36,318,319],{},"Tool",[36,321,322],{},"Free Tier",[36,324,325],{},"Paid Starts At",[36,327,47],{},[36,329,50],{},[55,331,332,351,368,386,403,419],{},[33,333,334,339,342,345,348],{},[60,335,336],{},[63,337,338],{},"StatusCake",[60,340,341],{},"10 monitors",[60,343,344],{},"$24.49\u002Fmo",[60,346,347],{},"1 min (30 sec on Business)",[60,349,350],{},"✅ Team+",[33,352,353,358,361,364,366],{},[60,354,355],{},[63,356,357],{},"Vantaj",[60,359,360],{},"20 monitors",[60,362,363],{},"$9\u002Fmo",[60,365,117],{},[60,367,98],{},[33,369,370,375,378,381,383],{},[60,371,372],{},[63,373,374],{},"UptimeRobot",[60,376,377],{},"50 monitors",[60,379,380],{},"$7\u002Fmo",[60,382,95],{},[60,384,385],{},"✅ Pro+",[33,387,388,393,396,399,401],{},[60,389,390],{},[63,391,392],{},"Pingdom",[60,394,395],{},"❌ None",[60,397,398],{},"$15\u002Fmo",[60,400,95],{},[60,402,98],{},[33,404,405,410,412,415,417],{},[60,406,407],{},[63,408,409],{},"Better Stack",[60,411,341],{},[60,413,414],{},"$24\u002Fmo",[60,416,117],{},[60,418,98],{},[33,420,421,426,428,430,432],{},[60,422,423],{},[63,424,425],{},"Freshping",[60,427,377],{},[60,429,363],{},[60,431,95],{},[60,433,434],{},"❌ Free",[12,436,437],{},"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.",[19,439,441],{"id":440},"annual-vs-monthly","Annual vs. Monthly",[12,443,444],{},"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.",[19,446,448],{"id":447},"who-statuscake-is-for","Who StatusCake Is For",[12,450,451],{},"StatusCake makes sense for:",[156,453,454,460,466],{},[159,455,456,459],{},[63,457,458],{},"Teams that want SSL and domain monitoring bundled"," — paying separately elsewhere adds up",[159,461,462,465],{},[63,463,464],{},"Small teams testing the waters"," — the free plan works for basic evaluation",[159,467,468,471],{},[63,469,470],{},"Teams that need page speed data alongside uptime"," — not common at this price in competing tools",[12,473,474],{},"StatusCake is harder to justify for:",[156,476,477,483,489],{},[159,478,479,482],{},[63,480,481],{},"Teams that prioritize 30-second detection on a budget"," — Vantaj delivers that at $9\u002Fmonth",[159,484,485,488],{},[63,486,487],{},"Teams with large free monitoring needs"," — UptimeRobot's 50-monitor free tier is more generous",[159,490,491,494],{},[63,492,493],{},"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",[19,496,498],{"id":497},"the-bottom-line","The Bottom Line",[12,500,501],{},"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.",[12,503,504],{},"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":506,"searchDepth":507,"depth":507,"links":508},"",2,[509,510,516,522,528,529,530,531],{"id":21,"depth":507,"text":22},{"id":145,"depth":507,"text":146,"children":511},[512,514,515],{"id":150,"depth":513,"text":151},3,{"id":179,"depth":513,"text":180},{"id":215,"depth":513,"text":216},{"id":245,"depth":507,"text":246,"children":517},[518,519,520,521],{"id":249,"depth":513,"text":250},{"id":256,"depth":513,"text":257},{"id":263,"depth":513,"text":264},{"id":270,"depth":513,"text":271},{"id":277,"depth":507,"text":278,"children":523},[524,525,526,527],{"id":281,"depth":513,"text":282},{"id":288,"depth":513,"text":289},{"id":295,"depth":513,"text":296},{"id":302,"depth":513,"text":303},{"id":309,"depth":507,"text":310},{"id":440,"depth":507,"text":441},{"id":447,"depth":507,"text":448},{"id":497,"depth":507,"text":498},"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",null,{"faq":538},[539,542,545,548,551],{"q":540,"a":541},"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":543,"a":544},"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":546,"a":547},"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":549,"a":550},"Can StatusCake monitor SSL certificates?","Yes. SSL monitoring is included on all paid plans. The free plan does not include SSL monitoring.",{"q":552,"a":553},"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.",true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fstatuscake-pricing-2026",9,{"title":5,"description":534},"blog\u002Fstatuscake-pricing-2026","tQhDs_RHVrB0gHk4oU0QVc2D5oPmuLxEX7T-wpD_Vqs",1782825210117]