StatusDrop vs incident.io

incident.io alternative for Status Pages: StatusDrop vs incident.io

incident.io is an incident management platform, and its status pages are part of that bigger product. If what you need is a public status page and live status of your vendors, StatusDrop does that on its own at a flat price.

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StatusDrop vs incident.io: features and price

Feature	StatusDrop	incident.io
Price	$9.99/mo or $49.92/yr, one plan	Per-user pricing (from about $16/user/mo)
Try before paying	14-day free trial, no credit card	Check vendor
Hosted status page	Yes, with incidents, maintenance, subscribers and uptime	Yes, part of the incident platform
Custom domain	Included (CNAME, one-click on Cloudflare)	Yes
Embeddable widget for your site	Visual builder, 3 templates, one script tag	Check vendor
Third-party services monitored for you	550+ (Stripe, AWS, Vercel, OpenAI...)	Check vendor
Checks on your own endpoints	HTTP health checks	Via integrations
On-call and escalation	Not included	Yes

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Honest take

Who should pick which

Pick StatusDrop if...

You only need public status, not a full incident response platform.
You want vendor status (Stripe, AWS, OpenAI...) on your page automatically.
You want pricing that does not grow per seat.

Pick incident.io if...

Full incident response. If you need Slack-native incident workflows, on-call, post-incident reviews and automation, incident.io covers far more than StatusDrop does.
Enterprise requirements. Organizations that need SSO, audit trails and enterprise support around incident response may prefer incident.io's offering.

Switching

Why teams switch from incident.io to StatusDrop

Purpose-built for status communication

StatusDrop is only about status: a hosted page, an embeddable widget and automatic monitoring of 550+ third-party services.

Flat price regardless of team size

Per-seat pricing grows with your team. StatusDrop is $9.99/mo whatever your headcount.

Embeddable widget

Show live status inside your product or landing page with one script tag and a visual builder.

Migration

Switch from incident.io in 2 minutes

1Start the 14-day free trial (no credit card) and create a stack.
2Add the third-party services you depend on from the catalog.
3Embed the widget or share the hosted page, and point your status domain CNAME to StatusDrop.
4Keep incident.io for incident response if you use it; StatusDrop handles public status.

The widget is one script tag, with no build step or npm package:

<script
  src="https://statusdrop.dev/widget.js"
  data-embed-id="your-embed-id"
  async
></script>

FAQ

incident.io alternative: frequently asked questions

Should I replace incident.io with StatusDrop?

Only if you mainly use incident.io for the status page. They solve different problems: incident.io runs incident response, StatusDrop handles public status and third-party dependency monitoring. Many teams could use both.

Does StatusDrop handle on-call scheduling?

No. StatusDrop focuses on status monitoring and communication. Keep incident.io, PagerDuty or another on-call tool for paging.

How does pricing compare?

incident.io prices per user (from about $16/user/mo on paid plans; check their site). StatusDrop is a flat $9.99/mo or $49.92/yr regardless of team size.

Can I use StatusDrop alongside incident.io?

Yes. Use incident.io for internal incident response and StatusDrop to show customers the live health of your dependencies.

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