COMPARE
Status Portal vs the alternatives.
The only status page built natively for Azure DevOps.
| FEATURE | STATUS PORTAL | FRESHSTATUS | INSTATUS | STATUSFY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price / org / month | $19 | $0 – $199 | $20 – $100 | Self-hosted |
| Free trial | 30 days | Free tier | 14 days | Open source |
| No credit card for trial | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| ADO / Azure DevOps integration | ✓ Native | Webhook only | Webhook only | Manual |
| Azure AD authentication | ✓ Native | ✗ Separate login | ✗ Separate login | ✗ |
| Pipeline-triggered incidents | ✓ YAML task | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Multi-region component groups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom domain (CNAME) | ✓ | Paid plans | Paid plans | ✓ (self-hosted) |
| Teams notifications | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Slack notifications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email subscriber alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SMS alerts | Roadmap | ✓ (paid) | ✓ (paid) | ✗ |
| Webhook outbound | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 90-day incident history | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited components | ✓ | Plan-limited | Plan-limited | ✓ |
| Azure subscription billing | ✓ Azure invoice | ✗ Separate billing | ✗ Separate billing | N/A |
| Hosted (no server needed) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ Self-hosted |
| Status widget embed | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduled maintenance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Historical uptime display | 90 days | 90 days | 90 days | 90 days |
| Subscriber management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| White-label option | Roadmap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Setup time | < 60 seconds | ~30 minutes | ~30 minutes | Hours (self-hosted) |
| Built for ADO teams | ✓ Native | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Support | Email + docs | Email + chat | Email + chat | Community |
| Compliance (via infrastructure) | ✓ Via Microsoft | Limited | Limited | Your responsibility |
| MSP / multi-org pricing | $19/org | $19+/org | $20+/org | Self-hosted |
| Winner for... | ADO teams | Small teams (non-ADO) | Startups (non-ADO) | Dev self-hosters |
Pricing data sourced from public pricing pages as of April 2026. Features verified against published documentation.