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SiteGuardian vs Statuspage. SG ships the monitor and the status page; Statuspage ships only the status page.
Statuspage is the most mature configurable public status surface in the category — public + private + audience-specific pages, custom domain, branding, Slack/Microsoft Teams subscribers, incident templates, scheduled maintenance, post-mortem, and Atlassian Guard SSO on paid. Statuspage does not run probes, does not crawl your site for broken links, does not watch your checkout, and does not ship SSL expiry alerts. SiteGuardian ships uptime, SSL expiry, broken-link coverage, checkout-failure monitoring, and form-failure monitoring on every paid plan, in one inbox.
- One loud email when your site, checkout, or forms go down. No dashboard login.
- Permanent minutely probe cadence on the paid SiteGuardian plan.
- SSL expiry alerts on every paid SiteGuardian plan, included — not an add-on.
- Watches the URL list you configured and re-probes it for broken links, in the same email.
- Watches your checkout and your contact form — alerts in the same email when either breaks.
- No free tier on SiteGuardian. You pay for the watch, by the month.
- Custom slow threshold per URL, set in plain English.
- Built for one founder, one inbox, one storefront.
When Statuspage is the right fit
Statuspage is the right fit when you have an existing monitor (Pingdom, Datadog, New Relic, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Squadcast, FireHydrant) and need the most configurable public status surface in the category — custom domain, branding, scheduled maintenance, incident templates, post-mortem, Atlassian Guard SSO on paid, and audience-specific pages.
When SiteGuardian is the right fit
SiteGuardian is the right fit when you have a storefront, a URL list, and a checkout or form that you want watched from the outside — uptime, SSL expiry, broken-link coverage on the URL list, checkout-failure monitoring, form-failure monitoring — in one loud email.
Quick answer
SiteGuardian vs Statuspage, in one paragraph.
SiteGuardian wins for the watch; Statuspage wins for the public status surface. Statuspage is the most mature configurable public status surface in the category — public + private + audience-specific pages, custom domain, branding, Slack/Microsoft Teams subscribers, scheduled maintenance, incident templates, post-mortem, and Atlassian Guard SSO on paid tiers (Startup $99/mo, Business $399/mo, Enterprise $1,499/mo). Statuspage does not run probes, does not crawl your site for broken links, does not ship a checkout-path probe, does not ship a form-path probe, and does not ship SSL expiry alerts. SiteGuardian ships uptime, SSL expiry, broken-link coverage, checkout-failure monitoring, and form-failure monitoring on every paid plan, in one loud email. The realistic pairing for a one-founder shop is SiteGuardian Starter at $19/mo for the URL-side checks and Statuspage Free at $0/mo for the public status surface.
What is SiteGuardian vs Statuspage?
SiteGuardian is a paid URL-side monitor (uptime, SSL expiry, broken-link coverage, checkout, forms) that emails one inbox per outage. Statuspage is Atlassian’s status-page SaaS — public + private + audience-specific pages, custom domain, branding, Email/SMS/Webhook/Slack/Microsoft Teams subscribers, scheduled maintenance, incident templates, and Atlassian Guard SSO on paid. Statuspage does not run probes; it integrates with Pingdom, Datadog, New Relic, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Squadcast, FireHydrant. The categories are complementary: SG ships the monitor, Statuspage ships the public-facing surface.
Is Statuspage better than SiteGuardian?
Statuspage is better when the buy is a public-facing status surface and you already have a monitor (Pingdom, Datadog, New Relic, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Squadcast, FireHydrant). SiteGuardian is better when the buy is the URL-side checks — uptime, SSL expiry, broken-link coverage, checkout-failure monitoring, form-failure monitoring — in one loud email at three flat tiers in USD. They are not overlapping products; they are complementary. The realistic pairing is SG Starter at $19/mo + Statuspage Free at $0/mo.
Which is cheaper for one storefront?
Statuspage Free is $0/mo and is the cheapest entry point if the buy is a public status surface — 100 subscribers, 25 components, REST API. SiteGuardian Starter is $19/mo and ships one site, ten URLs, every-five-minute probes, plus SSL expiry, broken-link coverage, checkout-failure monitoring, and form-failure monitoring. The price comparison depends on whether the buy is a status surface (Statuspage) or a monitor + status surface in one (SiteGuardian). The realistic pairing is SiteGuardian Starter + Statuspage Free, which covers both halves without paying for two monitoring products.
Does Statuspage monitor checkout failures?
No. Statuspage is a status-page SaaS — it does not run a probe engine, does not ship a checkout-path probe, and does not flag a checkout that is slow but technically up. Statuspage will display the status of a checkout component if you have wired it to a monitor that emits a component-status update via API; Statuspage itself does not detect checkout failures. SiteGuardian probes the checkout URL on the same cadence as your uptime checks and emails you when it goes slow or returns errors — no separate monitor required.
Does Statuspage have a free tier?
Yes — Statuspage Free is $0/mo and ships 100 subscribers, 25 components, 2 team members, 2 metrics, Email/Slack/Microsoft Teams notifications, and REST API access as of August 2026. Statuspage Free does not ship Atlassian Guard SSO (SSO ships on Startup, Business, and Enterprise), custom CSS/HTML/JS (custom CSS ships on Startup, full HTML/JS on Business+), or SMS/Webhook subscribers (SMS/Webhook ships on Startup+). SiteGuardian does not run a free tier; it is paid from the first URL at $19 a month for Starter.
Feature-by-feature
Where each one differs, side by side.
The rows below are the axes a small shop should care about most when choosing a monitor. Anything outside this list is something most small shops do not use.
| Feature | SiteGuardian | Competitor |
|---|---|---|
| Probe cadence (paid) | Every minute | No probe engine — integrates with monitors |
| Probe cadence (free tier) | Status pages only | |
| Alert destination | One inbox | Email, SMS, Webhook, Slack, Microsoft Teams subscribers (plus Twitter on Free) |
| Public status page | ||
| Custom slow threshold per URL | ||
| Maintenance windows | Pause via dashboard | Scheduled maintenance, native |
| Free tier | Free, up to 100 subscribers, 25 components, REST API access | |
| Pricing model (paid) | $19/mo Starter, $39/mo Pro, $299 once Lifetime | Hobby $29/mo; Startup $99/mo; Business $399/mo; Enterprise $1,499/mo |
| AI-powered root cause | Not yet available | |
| SSL expiry alerts | ||
| Broken-link coverage | Watches your configured URL list | |
| Checkout-failure monitoring | ||
| Form-failure monitoring |
Pricing, line by line
Statuspage’s real public pricing, next to SiteGuardian’s.
Each row is one tier the competitor publishes on their pricing page, plus SiteGuardian Starter / Pro / Lifetime. The verification trail below the table names the source URL and the date we re-checked it.
| Tier | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
SiteGuardianSiteGuardian Starter | $19/month | 1 site, 10 URLs, every-5-min probes |
SiteGuardianSiteGuardian Pro | $39/month | 3 sites, 50 URLs, every-1-min probes |
SiteGuardianSiteGuardian Lifetime | $299 once | 1 site, 50 URLs, every-5-min probes, all future updates included |
CompetitorStatuspage Free | $0/month | 100 subscribers, 25 components, 2 team members, 2 metrics, Email/Slack/MS Teams, REST API |
CompetitorStatuspage Hobby | $29/month | 250 subscribers, 5 team members, 5 metrics, basic customization, custom domain, REST APIs |
CompetitorStatuspage Startup | $99/month | 1,000 subscribers, 10 team members, 10 metrics, Email/SMS/Webhook, custom CSS, Atlassian Guard SSO |
CompetitorStatuspage Business | $399/month | 5,000 subscribers, 25 team members, 25 metrics, custom CSS/HTML/JS, component subscriptions, RBAC |
CompetitorStatuspage Enterprise | $1,499/month | 25,000 subscribers, 50 team members, 50 metrics, yearly purchase orders + invoicing |
Verification trail
- SiteGuardian — SiteGuardian Starter: https://siteguardian.app/pricingverified 2026-08-23
- SiteGuardian — SiteGuardian Pro: https://siteguardian.app/pricingverified 2026-08-23
- SiteGuardian — SiteGuardian Lifetime: https://siteguardian.app/pricingverified 2026-08-23
- Statuspage — Statuspage Free: https://www.atlassian.com/software/statuspage/pricingverified 2026-08-04
- Statuspage — Statuspage Hobby: https://www.atlassian.com/software/statuspage/pricingverified 2026-08-04
- Statuspage — Statuspage Startup: https://www.atlassian.com/software/statuspage/pricingverified 2026-08-04
- Statuspage — Statuspage Business: https://www.atlassian.com/software/statuspage/pricingverified 2026-08-04
- Statuspage — Statuspage Enterprise: https://www.atlassian.com/software/statuspage/pricingverified 2026-08-04
Honest pros & cons
What each tool genuinely does well — and where it’s rough.
Statuspage
Pros
- Most mature configurable public status surface in the category — public + private + audience-specific pages on every tier.
- Deep subscriber integrations: Email, SMS, Webhook, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Twitter (Free), with component subscriptions on Business+.
- Custom domain plus branding (CSS/HTML/JS + logo + color + cover) on every paid tier; cover image and full HTML control on Business and Enterprise.
- Scheduled maintenance, incident templates, post-mortem, page analytics, activity/audit log, and third-party components shipped natively on every plan.
- Atlassian Guard SSO included on Startup, Business, and Enterprise at no additional charge for Statuspage team members; SAML 2.0-compatible with any IDP (Okta, Ping Identity, OneLogin, Bitium, ADFS).
- REST API on every tier, including Free; yearly purchase orders and invoicing on Enterprise for procurement-friendly buying.
Rough edges
- Statuspage is a status-page SaaS — it does not run a probe engine of its own and ships no monitor for uptime, broken-link coverage, checkout-failure monitoring, or form-failure monitoring.
- No SSL expiry alerts on any tier (Free, Hobby, Startup, Business, or Enterprise) — SSL is included for the status page itself, not as a monitoring product.
- No dedicated checkout-path probe and no dedicated form-path probe; you have to wire each component to an external monitor that emits a status update via API.
- Statuspage is the most expensive category on the cluster once you move past the Free tier — Business is $399/mo and Enterprise is $1,499/mo, both with annual billing implicit.
SiteGuardian
Pros
- One inbox, one email per outage — uptime, SSL expiry, broken-link coverage, checkout-failure monitoring, and form-failure monitoring all stack into the same loud email.
- Per-URL slow thresholds on every plan, set in plain English.
- No per-monitor, per-seat, or per-check math. Three flat tiers in USD.
- Minutely probe cadence on Pro, paid from day one.
Rough edges
- No public status page in the boxed product; pair with Statuspage Free if the buy is a public-facing status surface.
- No on-call rotation or incident timeline; no post-mortem surface.
- No SSO on any tier; SSO is the buyer profile the Statuspage team serves.
Who it’s for
The two buyer profiles — and which one you are.
Statuspage is for
A team with an existing monitor (Pingdom, Datadog, New Relic, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Squadcast, FireHydrant) that needs the most configurable public status surface in the category — custom domain, branding, scheduled maintenance, incident templates, post-mortem, Atlassian Guard SSO, and audience-specific pages.
SiteGuardian is for
A one-founder Shopify, WordPress, Squarespace, or Wix shop that wants uptime, SSL expiry, broken-link coverage, checkout-failure monitoring, and form-failure monitoring in one loud email without paying for two products.
The verdict
Statuspage for the public surface; SiteGuardian for the watch underneath it.
Pick SiteGuardian if
A one-founder Shopify, WordPress, Squarespace, or Wix shop that wants uptime, SSL expiry, broken-link coverage, checkout-failure monitoring, and form-failure monitoring in one loud email — without instrumenting the storefront and without paying for two products.
Pick Statuspage if
A team with an existing monitor (Pingdom, Datadog, New Relic, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Squadcast, FireHydrant) that needs the most configurable public status surface in the category, with custom domain, branding, scheduled maintenance, incident templates, post-mortem, Atlassian Guard SSO, and audience-specific pages.
Frequently asked
The buying-time questions, answered flat.
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Mega comparison
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Nineteen alternatives, side by side in one decision matrix.
Try it
If Statuspage feels heavier than you need. Try SiteGuardian.
Starter is $19 a month. One site, ten URLs, every-five-minute checks. Pro is $39 a month. Three sites, fifty URLs, every-minute checks. Lifetime is $299 paid once and stays yours with every future update included.
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