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Okayline: a one-time-price alternative to Instatus
Instatus is a hosted status page with monitoring. Okayline is a status page you host on GitHub Pages and pay for once, with a free MIT version too.
Okayline vs Instatus, side by side
From Instatus's public pricing page. An honest look, including where Instatus does more.
| Okayline | Instatus | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99 one-time (Pro) · $0 (Lite) | Free Starter plan; Pro $20/mo ($15/mo billed yearly); Business $300/mo ($225/mo yearly) |
| Custom domain | Yes, through GitHub Pages | Not on the free plan; paid plans |
| Check interval | About every 5 minutes (Pro) | 2 minutes on free; 30 seconds on paid |
| Subscribers | RSS feed | 200 on free; more on paid plans |
| SMS / call alerts | No | Paid plans |
| Hosting | Your GitHub repo + GitHub Pages | Vendor-hosted |
| Your data | Plain files in your repo | In the vendor's account |
What a status page subscription costs you over time
Pick the plan you pay for now, or the one you were about to buy. List prices from each vendor's own pricing page, checked October 17, 2026.
Okayline Pro is $99 once per organization, with lifetime updates and a 14-day refund. The Lite version is free (MIT).
What's counted: list price × years, nothing else. Not counted: intro or promo discounts, taxes, currency conversion, and:
- Instatus: Billing is per status page; yearly rates are the per-month price when you pay for a year up front. Leaves out its free Starter plan (15 monitors, 200 subscribers, public page, no custom domain) and the free Pro it offers non-profits and open-source projects on request.
- Okayline: The $99 assumes free GitHub Pages and Actions on a public repo. Pages on a private repo needs a paid GitHub plan, and a custom domain costs whatever your registrar charges. Higher-tier plans include things Okayline doesn't do (email/SMS subscribers, on-call, 30-second checks), so only compare a plan whose features you'd actually drop.
Sources: instatus.com/pricing (checked October 17, 2026). Prices can change; check each vendor's site. Orvian Market isn't affiliated with Instatus.
Which one fits you?
Both are good tools. Here's how to pick.
Pick Okayline if…
- You want your own domain without a monthly plan
- You're comfortable with a GitHub repo
- RSS updates are enough
Stay with Instatus if…
- You need email/SMS subscriber notifications or 30-second checks
- You'd rather not manage a repo
FAQ
Is Okayline a one-time payment?
Yes. $99 once for the Pro template. Hosting on GitHub Pages is free for public repos.
Is there a free version?
Yes. Okayline Lite is MIT-licensed on GitHub.
Are there free alternatives to Instatus?
Yes. Instatus has a free Starter plan (15 monitors, 2-minute checks, 200 subscribers, public page, no custom domain). Open-source options are worth a look too: Upptime (MIT) also runs on GitHub Actions and Pages and is the closest free match; Gatus (Apache-2.0) and Uptime Kuma (MIT) are self-hosted apps you run on your own server or container; cState (MIT) is a static Hugo status page you update yourself. Our own Okayline Lite (MIT) is a free manual-status page. What the $99 gets you: a dependency-free template (Node 20, no npm install) set up from one config file, automatic checks about every 5 minutes, 90-day uptime bars, Markdown incidents and scheduled maintenance, a fill-in form at /admin for posting incidents, RSS, a JSON API and a status badge, plus a 14-day refund. If a free tool already does what you need, use it.
Does Okayline cost anything beyond $99?
Not if your status repo is public: GitHub Pages and Actions are free there. GitHub Pages on a private repo needs a paid GitHub plan, and a custom domain costs whatever your registrar charges.
Is Okayline affiliated with Instatus?
No. It's an independent product built from scratch.
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Instatus pricing is from its public pricing page (https://instatus.com/pricing), checked October 17, 2026, and may change. Always confirm on the vendor's site. Orvian Market is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Instatus or its owners. Instatus is a trademark of its owner, used here only to describe and compare.
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