PulsAPI vs StatusGator: Which Status Aggregator Is Right for Your Team?
Both tools aggregate vendor status into one dashboard. StatusGator wins on catalog size (7,400+ services). PulsAPI goes deeper on SLA history, stack auto-discovery, and alert routing, with a free Starter tier.
The verdict
Pick StatusGator if you need the widest vendor list. Pick PulsAPI if you care about SLA and MTTR tracking, downtime budgets, stack mapping, and MCP access. PulsAPI's free plan covers 25 monitors, the same count StatusGator charges $79/mo for.
Feature-by-feature comparison
An honest look at how PulsAPI and StatusGator stack up across the features that matter most.
| Feature | Our pickPulsAPI | StatusGator |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage & Monitoring | ||
| Services monitored | 2463+ | 7,400+ |
| Included monitors | Unlimited (Pro and above) | 25 (Starter, as published) |
| Component-level monitoring | ||
| Incident timeline & history | 90 days | 90 days |
| Analytics & SLA | ||
| SLA tracking & MTTR | ||
| Stack Impact Intelligence | ||
| AWS/GitHub stack auto-discovery | ||
| Downtime budget tracking | ||
| Response time percentiles (P50/P95/P99) | ||
| Alerts & Integrations | ||
| Alert channels (Slack, Discord, Teams, etc.) | ||
| Custom alert routing | ||
| Webhooks | ||
| Collaboration & Platform | ||
| Team collaboration & shared boards | ||
| API access | ||
| AI / MCP integration | ||
| Status page publishing | Coming soon | |
| SSO / SAML | Business plan | Enterprise |
| Pricing | ||
| Starting price / month | Free | $79 |
| Free plan | 25 monitors, Slack + email | 3 monitors |
Comparison based on publicly available information as of 2026. Features may vary by plan tier.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about PulsAPI vs StatusGator.
Both PulsAPI and StatusGator aggregate cloud service statuses into a single dashboard. The key difference is depth vs breadth: StatusGator monitors 7,400+ services with broad coverage, while PulsAPI focuses on deeper analytics with AWS/GitHub stack auto-discovery, 90-day SLA tracking, MTTR calculations, downtime budget management, AI/MCP integration, and team collaboration. Price is the other difference: StatusGator's free plan covers 3 monitors and its paid plans start at $79/month for 25, while PulsAPI's free plan covers 25 and Pro is $29/month for unlimited.
It depends on what you need. PulsAPI fits teams that want SLA history, downtime budgets, and shared boards without paying StatusGator prices. StatusGator fits teams that need the biggest vendor catalog (7,400+ vs 2463+). Most teams find PulsAPI covers the vendors they actually run.
PulsAPI, at every tier. StatusGator's paid plans start at $79/month ($72 billed yearly) for 25 monitors; PulsAPI's free Starter plan covers those same 25 monitors for nothing. PulsAPI Pro at $29/month ($23 billed yearly) includes unlimited services, SLA tracking, and team collaboration, features that require higher-tier plans on StatusGator or are not offered at all.
PulsAPI is one StatusGator alternative for teams that need SLA tracking, MTTR analytics, and team collaboration at a lower price point. Other alternatives include Better Stack (focused on synthetic monitoring), Instatus (focused on status page publishing), and Atlassian Statuspage (focused on customer-facing status pages).
No, StatusGator monitors 7,400+ services compared to PulsAPI's 2463+. However, PulsAPI covers the most widely used cloud services across 8 categories (Cloud, DevTools, CI/CD, Payments, Communication, Monitoring, CDN, and SaaS) and adds new services regularly. Most teams find PulsAPI covers their entire vendor stack.
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