# StatusCake: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 22 judge labels across 2 categories by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/statuscake

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Website and synthetic monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/website-and-synthetic-monitoring/index.md) | 2% | 9 | 0% | 21 |
| [Application performance monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/application-performance-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 70 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "it is safer to stick to transparent, enterprise-focused tools such as Statuscake, Freshping, Datadog, or Pingdom" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Uptime monitoring)
- "Top Recommendation: StatusCake" (Kimi K2, Uptime monitoring)
- "Best pick for teams that need URL-level uptime validation with real-time escalation and webhook-ready routing" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Uptime monitoring)
- "Worth considering if you need broader website checks and more monitors on a low-cost paid plan." (Perplexity Sonar, Uptime monitoring)

## And against it

- "Pure Uptime Monitors (e.g., Pingdom, StatusCake, UptimeRobot): Why avoid" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, APM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named StatusCake, from 47 of the 63 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- uptimerobot.com: 26
- g2.com: 23
- capterra.com: 16
- softwareadvice.com: 14
- hyperping.com: 12
- notifier.so: 12
- github.com: 11
- motadata.com: 11
- bootstrap.build: 10
- dev.to: 9

### Pages cited

- https://uptimerobot.com/knowledge-hub/comparisons-and-alternatives/13-best-website-monitoring-tools: 12
- https://motadata.com/blog/best-website-monitoring-tools: 11
- https://softwareadvice.com/website-monitoring: 11
- https://bootstrap.build/articles/best-website-monitoring-tools: 10
- https://g2.com/software/website-monitoring: 9
- https://ioriver.io/blog/best-website-monitoring-tools: 9
- https://notifier.so/guides/best-uptime-monitoring-for-startups: 9
- https://uxcam.com/blog/website-monitoring-tools: 9

## In its own words

What StatusCake's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Website Monitoring solution that drives revenue & keeps you online. (https://statuscake.com/)
- For: For individuals and small businesses; small businesses; larger companies and Dev Ops teams (https://statuscake.com/)
- Price stated: Free plan $0/mo; Superior $24.49/mo; Business $79.99/mo; Custom pricing - only pay for what you need (https://statuscake.com/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://statuscake.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Free plan; 7 day free trial (https://statuscake.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 15 (https://www.statuscake.com/pricing); 14 (https://www.statuscake.com/integrations) (pages disagree)
- Hosting: 43 locations in 30 countries, 30 countries worldwide, over 30 countries worldwide
- Customers named: Love Sudo - Digital Agency

## What it publishes

Every page statuscake.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 745 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 425 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-26
- case study: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 17 pages, 8 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-20
- comparison: 29 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-18
- template or tool: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-09
- glossary or explainer: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2018-05-10
- podcast or video: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-08-26 blog: Namecheap outage dns recovery https://www.statuscake.com/blog/namecheap-outage-dns-recovery
- Recent: 2026-08-21 blog: Monzos stand in held up on wednesday some customers still had a bad day https://www.statuscake.com/blog/monzos-stand-in-held-up-on-wednesday-some-customers-still-had-a-bad-day
- Recent: 2026-08-20 report or ebook: StatusCake CLI | StatusCake Developers Portal https://developers.statuscake.com/guides/cli/introduction
- Recent: 2026-08-20 report or ebook: Examples https://developers.statuscake.com/guides/examples
- Recent: 2026-08-20 report or ebook: Alpha https://developers.statuscake.com/guides/sdks/alpha
- Recent: 2026-08-20 report or ebook: Backoff https://developers.statuscake.com/guides/sdks/backoff

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.