Cronitor vs Status.io: Features, Pricing and User Reviews 2026

Cronitor offers three pricing levels to fit different needs.

The Hacker Plan is completely free and good for small projects and home labs. You get 5 monitors, email and Slack alerts, and a basic status page. However, SMS alerts and premium integrations are not included.

The Business Plan uses simple pay-as-you-go pricing based on what you actually use. It costs $2 per month for each monitor and $5 per month for each user. This plan includes unlimited API requests, 10 alert integrations, 12-month data storage, automatic email reports, and volume discounts. You can add SAML SSO for an extra $5 per month per user. Email and chat support are included.

The Enterprise Plan starts at $6,000 per year and provides enterprise-grade service. It includes custom features, custom integrations, a dedicated engineer, priority support, and flexible invoice billing for larger teams.

Status.io offers three main pricing tiers to fit different organization sizes and needs:

• Basic Plan ($79/month): Supports 500 subscribers and 5 team members with 10 metrics. Includes incident management, status badges, and basic notifications. Does not include custom branding or ChatOps features.

• Standard Plan ($149/month): Accommodates 2,000 subscribers and 20 team members with 20 metrics. Adds ChatOps integration with Slack and Teams, SMS notifications, custom email domain, and white-label branding with custom CSS.

• Plus Plan ($349/month): Designed for larger teams with 5,000 subscribers and 50 team members. Includes all Standard features plus custom SSL certificates, SSO authentication, private mode with IP restrictions, audit trail, and compliance tools.

Annual billing provides a 5% discount on all plans. All plans include one public status page, custom domain support, incident templates, and the developer API.