Your customers deserve to know what's happening
When your SaaS goes down, customers flood support with "is it just me?" tickets. Without a status page, silence erodes trust, increases churn, and costs you revenue. CheckStatus gives your customers a single source of truth.
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The problem
Why SaaS companies need a status page
Customer churn
When users hit an issue, they check your status page before contacting support. If there's no page or no update, silence feels like neglect — and neglect drives customers to competitors.
Support ticket overload
A single outage generates hundreds of duplicate "is it down?" tickets. A status page deflects 60%+ of these tickets, freeing your support team to focus on real issues instead of copy-pasting the same reply.
Revenue impact
Downtime costs an average of $5,600 per minute (Gartner). You can't prevent every outage, but proactive communication retains 95% of customers who would otherwise churn from the experience.
Real-time updates
Keep customers informed the moment something breaks
Post incident updates with a clear timeline from investigation to resolution. Subscribers get email notifications automatically — no manual outreach needed.
- Incident timeline with status progression
- Automatic email notifications to subscribers
- Component-level subscriptions for targeted updates
Branded experience
Your brand, your domain, your status page
Use a custom domain like status.yourapp.com with automatic SSL. Add your logo, brand colors, and choose light or dark themes. Custom CSS included at $39/mo — not $399/mo.
- Custom domain with automatic SSL provisioning
- Logo, brand colors, and light/dark themes
- Custom CSS on Growth plan ($39/mo), not $399/mo
Developer-friendly
API-first with private pages for internal teams
Integrate CheckStatus into your existing workflows with our REST API, available on every plan including free. Create private status pages for internal stakeholders and enable component-level subscriptions.
- REST API on all plans, including free
- Private pages for internal teams
- Webhook integrations for Slack, Teams, and more
By the numbers
The case for transparent communication
$5,600
Avg cost per minute of downtime
60%
Reduction in support tickets
95%
Customer retention with transparent comms
79%
Cheaper than StatusPage.io
Pricing comparison
Save thousands vs StatusPage.io
Get the same features SaaS companies need at a fraction of the cost.
StatusPage.io
Atlassian's status page product
$99 /mo per page
- 1 status page
- Custom CSS at $399/mo
- Private pages +$79/mo
- 3 pages = $297/mo
CheckStatus
Everything SaaS teams need
$39 /mo for 3 pages
- Up to 3 status pages included
- Custom CSS included
- Private pages included
- Saves $3,096/year
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
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CheckStatus offers the same core features at a fraction of the price. Our Growth plan at $39/month includes custom domains, custom CSS, private pages, and up to 3 status pages — features that cost $399+/month on StatusPage.io. We focus on what SaaS teams actually need without enterprise bloat.
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Yes! All paid plans include custom domain support with automatic SSL certificate provisioning. Point status.yourcompany.com to CheckStatus and your branded status page is live in minutes.
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CheckStatus provides a REST API on all plans, including the free tier. You can integrate with your existing monitoring, CI/CD, and alerting tools. Webhook support lets you push updates to Slack, Microsoft Teams, or any HTTP endpoint.
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Absolutely. Our Growth plan supports up to 3 status pages, and our Pro plan supports up to 10. Each page can have its own custom domain, branding, and component structure — perfect for multi-product SaaS companies.
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CheckStatus is hosted on independent infrastructure, so your status page stays online even when your product is down. Create an incident, post updates as you investigate, and subscribers are automatically notified at every step.
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Yes! Our free plan includes 1 status page, up to 5 components, email notifications, and full API access. It's a great way to get started with transparent incident communication before upgrading as you grow.
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