--- title: Status Pages for Incidents & Uptime description: Status pages by WatchFor. Publish a branded page that updates itself from your monitors, with a live uptime heatmap, incident updates, scheduled maintenance and RSS. Free plan available. canonical: https://watchfor.io/status-pages --- # Status Pages Your Customers Can Rely On Publish a status page that answers 'is it just me, or is it down?' in one click. Components update themselves from your monitors, while you stay in control of the customer-facing story. [Get started for free](/auth/sign-up)[View pricing](/pricing) ## A Status Page That Runs Itself Automatic where it should be, manual where it matters ### Always Up to Date Components reflect their monitors automatically and the page updates itself as incidents open and resolve — no one has to remember to flip a switch. ### Components Backed by Monitors Build the page from the services your customers recognize, each backed by one or more of your monitors. ### Live Uptime Heatmap Visitors see recent history at a glance with an at-a-glance uptime heatmap, plus per-component history. ### Updates in Your Words Post customer-friendly incident updates as things develop, and override a component's state manually whenever you need to. ### Scheduled Maintenance Announce planned work ahead of time so expected downtime never looks like an outage to your customers. ### Multiple Pages Run separate status pages for different products, regions or audiences — each with its own components and visibility. ### Public, Private or Password-Protected Choose visibility per page: open to the world, internal-only, or behind a shared password. ### RSS & Built for Spikes An RSS feed lets people subscribe to changes, and the page is cached so it stays fast even under a traffic spike during an outage. ## Why Run Your Status Page on WatchFor? During an outage, your support inbox fills with 'is it down?' the moment customers notice. A status page answers that question for everyone at once, without a ticket. Because components are wired straight to your monitors, the page is honest and current by default — and when something needs a human touch, you post updates in your own words and set states manually. One page, far fewer tickets, and a lot more trust. [Start monitoring now](/auth/sign-up) Cut 'is it down?' support tickets during incidents Components update automatically from your monitors Live uptime heatmap and per-component history Post incident updates in your own words Announce scheduled maintenance in advance Run multiple pages for different products or audiences Public, private, or password-protected visibility RSS feed and cached delivery that stays fast under load ## How Status Pages Work Live in minutes, maintained automatically 1 ### Start a Page Give it a name and description. You can run multiple pages for different products, regions or audiences. 2 ### Add Components Build the page out of components your customers recognize, each backed by one or more monitors. 3 ### Choose Visibility Make it public, private, or password-protected — whatever fits the audience. 4 ### Publish & Share Share the link. The page updates itself as incidents open and resolve, and you can post updates anytime. ## Status Page Use Cases One page, many audiences ### Public Incident Communication Give customers a single trusted link during outages. They self-serve the current state instead of opening tickets, and you communicate once to everyone. ### Internal / Team Status Keep a private or password-protected page for staff and stakeholders, so internal teams always know the state of every service. ### Multi-Product & Multi-Region Run separate pages per product, brand or region, each scoped to the components and audience that matter for it. ### Scheduled Maintenance Announce planned work ahead of time so expected downtime is communicated clearly and never mistaken for an incident. ## Frequently Asked Questions Everything you need to know about status pages What is a status page? A status page is the customer-facing side of your monitoring — a single public place that answers 'is it just me, or is the service down?' without anyone having to open a ticket. It shows an overall status, each component's state, recent uptime history, and any ongoing incidents or maintenance. Do components update automatically? Can I run more than one status page? Can I control what customers see? Can I make a status page private? Is there an RSS feed? Will the page stay up during a big outage? How do status updates differ from internal notes? ## From our blog Guides, deep-dives, and best practices from the WatchFor team [Monitoring ### The complete status page guide: from bare green dots to a page customers actually trust Aug 23, 2026·7 min readRead article](/blog/status-page-complete-guide)[Monitoring ### Status Page Best Practices: turning your worst day into trust Jun 24, 2026·4 min readRead article](/blog/status-page-best-practices)[Monitoring ### What is 99.9% Uptime? The downtime hiding behind the nines May 30, 2026·3 min readRead article](/blog/what-is-99-9-percent-uptime) ## Ready to Keep Customers in the Loop? Join the teams who use our platform to communicate clearly during incidents and cut support load. Get started in minutes with our free plan — no credit card required. 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