# Instatus privacy rating

Hosted status pages.

## Summary

Instatus scores 31 out of 100 (grade F) on the status pages and uptime monitoring criteria. It meets 3 of 7 criteria: no ads or data sales, no visitor tracking and public uptime history. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit and runs on your own infrastructure.

- Website: https://instatus.com
- Home page trackers: Google Tag Manager
- Category: [Status pages and uptime monitoring](https://privacyratings.com/status-pages/)
- Grade: F (31/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The home page loads Google Tag Manager (automated test). |  |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by subscriptions, and the privacy policy says personal information is never sold. | https://instatus.com/policies/privacy |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |
| Runs on your own infrastructure | No | Hosted by the vendor only. |  |
| No visitor tracking | Yes | Hosted status pages load no third-party trackers by default; owners can add their own scripts. | https://status.instatus.com |
| Public uptime history | Yes | Status pages show uptime and past incident history. | https://status.instatus.com/history/1 |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/status-pages/instatus/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/status-pages/instatus.md