COMPARISON · VS INSTATUS

HowlOps vs Instatus

Instatus is a clean status page solution, but it stops there. HowlOps adds the monitoring, heartbeats, and on-call layer so you don't need multiple tools to know when something breaks and who to call.

Feature

HowlOps

Instatus

Public Status Pages
White-label Status Pages
Component Groups
Incident History
HTTP/HTTPS Monitoring
Multi-region Monitoring
Heartbeat Monitoring
On-Call Schedules
Escalation Policies
Alert Routing Rules
PagerDuty Integration
Slack / Teams Integration
Custom Roles & Permissions
SAML/SSO
SLO Tracking
EU Data Residency
Free tier
Open API

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Frequently Asked Questions

Does Instatus include uptime monitoring?

No. Instatus is a status page platform, so you still need a separate monitoring tool to detect outages. HowlOps includes HTTP monitoring, multi-region checks, and heartbeat monitoring natively.

Can I replace Instatus + monitoring tool with HowlOps?

Yes. HowlOps provides both public status pages and uptime monitoring, so you can consolidate your tooling and reduce costs by switching from Instatus + a separate monitor to HowlOps alone.

Does Instatus support on-call scheduling?

No. Instatus has no on-call or escalation features. HowlOps includes full on-call schedules with rotation and escalation policies, so the right person is always notified.