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Most teams understand the value of a status page. When users ask "is it down?" there should be somewhere to point them. When incidents happen, there should be a single source of truth. These are obvious benefits.
And yet, many teams put it off. The reasons are usually practical: setup feels like another project, there's uncertainty about what to include, and there's a concern about maintaining yet another system. The result is that status pages get added to the backlog and stay there.
This tool exists to remove that friction. A public status page doesn't need to be a large undertaking. It can start simple: one URL, one monitor, one page. The goal is to get something live quickly, not to build a perfect system from day one.
A status page becomes genuinely useful in specific situations. Not every project needs one immediately, but certain patterns indicate when it's worth prioritizing.
Users ask "is it down?" during incidents. If the same question comes up repeatedly through support channels, email, or social media, a status page gives everyone a single place to check.
You have paying customers. When money is involved, expectations around communication increase. A status page signals that you take reliability seriously and respect their need for information.
Support requests grow during outages. If your team spends incident time answering individual questions instead of fixing the problem, a public status page reduces that overhead.
Communication is scattered. When updates go out through Slack, email, Twitter, and support tickets separately, information gets fragmented. A status page provides one canonical source.
You need a single source of truth. During an incident, multiple people often communicate different things. A public status page clarifies what the official position is.
For a deeper look at why status pages often get postponed and when they genuinely make a difference, we wrote a guide exploring the topic in detail.
Why most small teams still don't have a public status pageA status page is a public webpage that shows the real-time operational status of your website, application, or service. It tells visitors whether your systems are running normally, experiencing issues, or undergoing maintenance.
Companies like GitHub, Stripe, and Slack all use status pages to keep their users informed. When something goes wrong, customers can check the status page instead of flooding your support inbox with "Is it down?" questions.
Customers expect transparency. A status page shows you take reliability seriously and respect their time.
Developers integrating with your API need to know when issues are on their end vs. yours.
When users can self-serve status information, your support team handles fewer repetitive questions.
Enterprise customers often require documented uptime. A status page provides that proof automatically.
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Best practice: Use both. Monitor privately and share status publicly.
When you create a free status page, PerkyDash immediately starts monitoring your website. We check your URL every 5 minutes from our EU region and update your status page automatically.
If your site goes down, the status page reflects this in real-time. When it comes back up, the status updates automatically. No manual intervention required.
With PerkyDash paid plans, you unlock multi-region monitoring (12 global regions), faster check intervals (down to 1 minute), and features like incident management, subscriber notifications, and custom branding.
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