Free status page
The Free plan gives you one status page, three components, checks every 5 minutes, 100 subscribers, and a Powered by Status Page Builder footer. No card required.
What the Free plan includes
The Free plan gives you 1 status page with 3 components. Each component is checked every 5 minutes at the fastest, and up to 100 visitors can subscribe to email alerts. The page shows a Powered by Status Page Builder footer.
You can create the page, add components, set intervals, create manual incidents, and schedule maintenance windows. Subscribers confirm their email and receive alerts when incidents open, update, or resolve. The same check engine and SSRF guard run the free plan as the paid plans.
How to start
Sign up with an email address and a password. No card is required. Go to the dashboard, create a status page with a slug and title, then add components. Each component needs a URL and an interval. The fastest interval on Free is 5 minutes.
After adding components, the page starts checking them. The public view is at statuspagebuilder.com/s/your-slug. You can share that link or embed it in your own site. Visitors can subscribe by entering their email and confirming the link they receive.
Two failed checks before an incident
An incident opens only after a component fails two checks in a row. This rule prevents false alarms from a single bad check. A temporary network blip or a slow response does not trigger an incident unless the problem persists.
When the second failure arrives, the incident is created and subscribers are notified. The incident stays open until the component passes two checks in a row, at which point it is marked as resolved and another email is sent. This pattern keeps alerts meaningful and reduces noise in subscriber inboxes.
Why the two-failure rule prevents false alarms
A single failed check can happen for many reasons that are not a real outage: a temporary DNS issue, a slow upstream service, or a brief network glitch. If an incident opened on the first failure, subscribers would get alerts for problems that resolve themselves before anyone can act.
By waiting for two failures in a row, the system gives the component a chance to recover on its own. Most transient issues clear up within a single check interval. When the second failure arrives, the problem is more likely to be real and worth reporting.
Free plan caps and what happens when you hit them
The Free plan caps at 3 components. If you try to add a fourth, the API returns a 403 error with the cap. The same applies to subscribers: 100 is the maximum. When you upgrade to Pro, the caps lift to 20 components and 2,000 subscribers.
The Free plan also caps the check interval at 5 minutes. Pro allows 1 minutes, and Business also allows 1 minutes. 30 days of history on Free, 180 days on Pro and 400 days on Business.
Powered by footer
The Free plan shows a Powered by Status Page Builder footer on the public status page. This footer is removed on Pro and Business. The footer is a small attribution that lets visitors know which tool is powering the page.
If you prefer not to show the footer, upgrade to Pro for 15 dollars a month. The upgrade keeps all your pages, components, and subscribers, and removes the footer immediately.
Try a page before you sign up
The preview tool on the home page (/) needs no account. Paste a public page address, add a selector if you want one, and read the exact text that would be watched. Up to 20 previews a day are allowed from one address.
The pricing page (/pricing) lists the plans, the interval each one allows and what each one costs. It reads the same plan configuration the server enforces, so the numbers match.
Free status page questions
Do I need a card to start?
No. The Free plan needs no card. You sign up with an email and password, create a page, add components, and share the public link. You can upgrade to Pro or Business later if you need more components, faster intervals, or to remove the footer.
What does two failed checks before an incident mean?
An incident opens only after a component fails 3 checks in a row. A single failed check does not trigger an incident. This prevents false alarms from temporary issues. When the component recovers and passes two checks in a row, the incident is marked as resolved.
Can I upgrade later?
Yes. At any time you can upgrade to Pro or Business from the dashboard. Your pages, components, subscribers, and history are preserved. The new caps apply immediately, and the Powered by footer is removed on paid plans.
What is the fastest check interval on Free?
Every 5 minutes. Pro and Business allow checks every 60 seconds at the fastest. Checks are never counted, so a component runs at its own interval all month.