Are We Working vs Instatus
Instatus and Are We Working both publish a status page with subscriber alerts. They are made for different jobs.
What Instatus does
Instatus is a status page service aimed at software teams reporting downtime for websites and apps. It is built around monitoring and incident updates, and it offers a free plan at the time of writing.
How they differ
| Instatus | Are We Working | |
|---|---|---|
| What the status means | Whether a website or app is up, with incident updates. | Whether the plant is Open, Partially open, or Closed, plus why: weather, a line down, a delayed start. |
| Language | Built for engineers: monitors, incidents, uptime. | Built for shift leads: crew, plant, delayed start, early release. |
| Alerts | Subscriber notifications for incidents. | Unlimited email on every plan, text messages on the text plans, and subscriber groups so you only alert the people who need to know. |
| Getting started | Check its site for its current plans and sign-up steps. | Free 14-day trial. A card is required to start, and you pay nothing if you cancel before the trial ends. Plans start at $9.95 a month. |
Pick Instatus if
- You need to report uptime for a website or app.
- You want monitoring tied to the status page.
Pick Are We Working if
- Your “outage” is a plant closing, a delayed start, or one department running.
- Your audience is employees who need to know before they leave the house.
- You want your crew’s AI assistants to be able to look up your live status.
See what a status page looks like at areweworking.org/mikes-hardware, or read about replacing the phone tree.
Information about Instatus comes from its public website as of November 2026 and may have changed. Check its site for current details.
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