A status page that actually knows your status.
Atlassian Statuspage charges $29–$399/mo for status pages that don't monitor anything. You still need a separate tool to detect outages, and someone on your team to manually update the page. Larm bundles monitoring and status pages together — automatic updates, from $0/mo.
The short version
Atlassian Statuspage is the most widely used status page product. Slack uses it. Dropbox uses it. If you've ever checked whether a service was down, you've probably seen a Statuspage page. It earned that position by being early and reliable.
But Statuspage is just a status page. It doesn't monitor anything. You need a separate monitoring tool to know when something goes down, and then someone has to manually log in and update the page. During an outage, when your team is already stressed, adding a manual communication step is exactly what you don't need. And for that privilege, you're paying $29/mo on the low end, or $399/mo if you have a real team and a real subscriber list.
Larm is monitoring and status pages in one product. Your monitors detect the outage, your status page reflects it automatically. Free tier includes 15 monitors and a status page. Pro at $19/mo gives you 100 monitors, 3 status pages with custom domains, and 10 team seats. Less than what Statuspage charges for a single page that can't tell if your service is up.
And if you don't need monitoring, Larm works as a standalone status page too. Create incidents, post updates, manage component state through the dashboard, API, or MCP. Either way, the page re-renders and deploys to CDN automatically.
Where Larm wins
MONITORING INCLUDED
A status page that actually knows your status
Statuspage is a status page. That's it. It doesn't monitor anything. You need a separate monitoring tool to detect outages, and then you manually update Statuspage to tell your users about it. In practice, this means your status page shows "All Systems Operational" while your users are staring at a 500 error, because nobody has updated the page yet.
Larm bundles monitoring and status pages together. Your monitors detect the problem, your status page reflects it. Same product, same dashboard, no manual step in between. The free tier gives you 15 monitors and a status page. Pro gives you 100 monitors and 3 status pages with custom domains. All for less than what Statuspage charges for a single page with no monitoring.
Don't need monitoring? Larm also works as a standalone status page. Create incidents, post updates to your status page, manage component state through the dashboard, REST API, or MCP. The page re-renders and deploys to CDN on every update.
AUTOMATIC UPDATES
Status pages that update themselves
The number one complaint about Statuspage in G2 reviews? The status page doesn't reflect reality. That's because every update requires someone to log in, write an incident update, and publish it. During an outage, when your team is already stressed and scrambling, adding "update the status page" to the list is exactly the wrong time for a manual process.
Larm status pages are tied directly to your monitors. When a monitor detects a problem and confirms it across multiple locations, the corresponding component on your status page updates automatically. Your team can focus on fixing the problem. Your users can see what's happening without waiting for someone to write a post. And when you do want to communicate manually, incidents let you post updates that flow to the status page the same way.
PRICING
Status pages shouldn't cost $399/mo
Statuspage's pricing scales by subscribers and team members. A public status page with 5,000 subscribers and 25 teammates costs $399/mo. For a page that doesn't monitor anything. Their free plan limits you to 100 subscribers with Atlassian branding. Even their Starter plan at $29/mo caps you at 250 subscribers and a single page.
Larm Pro is $19/mo. Three status pages, custom domain, removable branding, 1,000 subscribers, and you get 100 monitors and 10 team seats on top. The monitoring that Statuspage doesn't include? It's the core of what Larm does. You're paying less and getting more.
RESILIENCE
Status pages that survive your outage
Your status page matters most when things are broken. If your status page depends on the same infrastructure that's having problems, you have a status page that goes down when you need it most. Statuspage runs on Atlassian's infrastructure. Atlassian has had its own high-profile outages.
Larm's status pages are pre-rendered static HTML served from a CDN, completely independent of Larm's own infrastructure. Your monitoring platform can be on fire and your status page will still be up, showing your users exactly what's happening. That's how a status page should work.
NO SUBSCRIBER TAX
Subscribers shouldn't be a pricing lever
Statuspage charges more as your subscriber count grows. 100 subscribers on free, 250 on Starter, 1,000 on Business, 10,000 on Enterprise. Your status page is a public communication tool. Penalizing you for having more people who care about your uptime is a strange incentive.
Larm's subscriber limits are generous and not the primary pricing axis. Free includes 100, Pro includes 1,000. We don't think the number of people following your status page should be the thing that pushes you to a higher tier.
EU INFRASTRUCTURE
European data, European infrastructure
Atlassian is an Australian-American company. Your status page data and subscriber information live on their US infrastructure, subject to US jurisdiction. For teams handling European customer data, that's a compliance conversation you'd rather not have.
Larm runs on EU-owned infrastructure under EU jurisdiction. Your monitoring data and status page subscriber lists stay in Europe. One less thing to document in your GDPR records of processing.
Where Statuspage wins
Statuspage didn't become the default for no reason. Here's where they still have a real advantage:
Pricing comparison
Statuspage prices do not include monitoring. A separate product is required.
Larm Free
SP Free
Larm Pro
SP Starter
Price
Larm Free
$0/mo
SP Free
$0/mo
Larm Pro
$19/mo
SP Starter
$29/mo
Uptime monitors
Larm Free
15
SP Free
0
Larm Pro
100
SP Starter
0
Status pages
Larm Free
1
SP Free
1
Larm Pro
3
SP Starter
1
Custom domain
Larm Free
No
SP Free
No
Larm Pro
Yes
SP Starter
No
Removable branding
Larm Free
No
SP Free
No
Larm Pro
Yes
SP Starter
No
Auto-updates from monitoring
Larm Free
Yes
SP Free
N/A (no monitoring)
Larm Pro
Yes
SP Starter
N/A (no monitoring)
Subscribers
Larm Free
100
SP Free
100
Larm Pro
1,000
SP Starter
250
Team seats
Larm Free
1
SP Free
1
Larm Pro
10
SP Starter
Limited
Infrastructure
Larm Free
EU
SP Free
US
Larm Pro
EU
SP Starter
US
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