Cachet alternative
Cachet is a well-known open-source, self-hosted status page. m0nitor is the fit when you would rather not run, patch and scale your own status-page server: a hosted status page with the monitoring that feeds it, operated by a German company under GDPR.
A hosted status page with automatic SSL and custom domains - no PHP app, database or upgrades to operate yourself, and it stays up when your own infrastructure does not.
Cachet displays status you push to it from elsewhere. m0nitor runs the checks and creates the incidents that appear on the page.
Operated by NETARO UG (haftungsbeschränkt) in German data centres under GDPR, with a company behind it rather than a self-run deployment.
| Feature | m0nitor | Cachet |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting model | Fully hosted SaaS | Self-hosted - you run and maintain it |
| Monitoring included | Yes - full multi-protocol monitoring | No - status display only, push your own data |
| Cost | Free plan, flat paid tiers | Free software + your own server, ops and time |
| SSL + custom domain | Automatic | You configure and renew |
| Upgrades + maintenance | Handled for you | Your responsibility |
| Stays up during your outage | Yes - independent infrastructure | Only if hosted separately from your stack |
| Data control | German-hosted SaaS | Full control - your servers |
Where Cachet is stronger: it is free and fully self-hostable with complete control over your data and stack and no vendor at all. If you want to own the deployment end to end and are happy to run, secure and upgrade it (and forks like Cachet 3 / cachet-ng keep it current), it is a strong choice. m0nitor trades that control for zero operations and integrated monitoring.
No. m0nitor is a hosted SaaS, not self-hostable open-source software. If self-hosting and full source control are requirements, Cachet (or an active fork) is the better fit.
You avoid running, securing, upgrading and scaling a status-page server yourself, get automatic SSL and custom domains, and the page runs on infrastructure independent of your own so it stays up during your outage.
Yes. m0nitor runs the uptime checks and publishes incidents to the page. Cachet only displays status you push to it from another source.
In German data centres, operated by the German company NETARO UG (haftungsbeschränkt), aligned with GDPR.