Hund.io vs. Atlassian Statuspage

Manual Communication vs. Integrated Automation

Atlassian Statuspage is primarily a communication endpoint. It typically requires a person to notice an issue, log in, and manually create or update an incident. These manual updates slow the team, as they take away from their ability to address the problem. They also raise the likelihood of late alerts or errors, damaging customers’ confidence.

Hund.io’s design attempts to reduce these risks. At our platform’s core is the “Watchdog,” a first-class object that ties a component’s status to a monitoring check. Our global network can detect downtime and degradations via ICMP, HTTP, DNS, or TCP checks. Whether it’s our native monitoring or an integration, an automated approach ensures prompt and precise communication. This reduces the risk of delayed updates, frees up time, and builds customer trust through proactive transparency.

Ecosystem Lock-In vs. Open Automation

Statuspage benefits from Atlassian brand recognition and integrations within Jira, but it lacks infrastructure-as-code support for more advanced workflows.

Hund.io provides a comprehensive REST API, a first party Terraform provider, and advanced automation features like the “Dead Man’s Switch” for webhook watchdogs. For teams that implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automated pipelines, Hund.io minimizes manual setup efforts and simplifies the alignment of status pages with evolving infrastructure.

Granular Control vs. Simplicity

Statuspage keeps things simple with a flat component structure and fixed status options. This works well for basic systems where you just need to show if something is up or down. But modern businesses run complex, distributed systems that need more nuanced communication.

Hund.io offers deeper control over how you communicate incidents. Your settings flow down to individual status pages, and each page can override these settings when needed. This saves time while still allowing flexibility. More importantly, we separate what your monitors detect from what your customers see. If a monitor is flapping between up and down, you can hold the public status steady while you investigate.

You can also create custom statuses beyond the basic “operational” or “degraded” options. Need to show “Performance Degraded” or “Under DDoS Attack”? You can create these with custom colors and icons to give customers accurate, specific information. Our privacy controls work per-component too, not just per-page. This means you can share specific service statuses with partners while keeping the rest private. Better communication leads to higher customer trust, and a flexible setup means less time wrestling with workarounds.