isDown

Lisbon, Portugal
2020
  |  By Nuno Tomas
Digital operations are now the backbone of almost every business. The ability to respond to and manage incidents is more critical than ever. Incident management tools like FireHydrant, Opsgenie, SquadCast, and PagerDuty have become essential in helping companies minimize downtime and maintain operational efficiency. However, when vendor outages occur, integrating these incidents seamlessly into your management tools can be a challenge. This is where IsDown steps in.
  |  By Nuno Tomas
In today's digital world, we rely a lot on third-party services. These services are great because they help us grow, be more flexible, and work more efficiently. However, they also make things more complicated and risky. If a service we depend on stops working, it can cause big problems. To deal with this, we're excited to introduce a new feature that connects Opsgenie with IsDown.
  |  By Nuno Tomas
Managing RSS feeds in Slack for outage updates is getting harder. Teams rely on them to track the health of their service dependencies. Integrating RSS feeds into Slack channels might seem like a simple way to keep everyone informed. However, this approach has significant drawbacks. It can cause confusion and inefficiency. It doesn't provide clarity and timely updates.
  |  By Nuno Tomas
Once you set up an on-call team, the next step is to decide their compensation. There might be several questions in your mind right now: "How do we fairly value on-call time?" "Is it a flat rate or hourly?" and a few others. So we are here to help you set up an on-call compensation system because we know compensating people fairly lays the foundation of a healthy business. Are you still stuck on setting up an on-call team? Read this guide first: 7 steps to set up an on-call team.
  |  By Nuno Tomas
When the process of an application malfunctions, it can have a negative impact on users and the business. Companies need a way to identify and resolve the root cause of problems smartly. This is where monitoring and observability come in. Monitoring and observability are two methods for identifying the underlying cause of problems. Observability in IT is a concept that goes further than simple monitoring.
  |  By Nuno Tomas
In search of a Statusgator alternative? You've landed in the right place! Rather than listing reasons why IsDown surpasses Statusgator, we believe you're best equipped to judge. Your needs are unique, and it's your call to compare. IsDown shares many core features with Statusgator as a status page aggregator. This space is dedicated to showcasing what IsDown brings to the table, aiding your decision-making process.
  |  By Nuno Tomas
Gone are the days of juggling multiple monitoring tools and piecing together fragmented data. The modern IT landscape demands a holistic approach known as unified monitoring when it comes to streamlining all your mission-critical services and vendors. Partner your business infrastructure with a status page aggregator and establish a health dashboard with all your dependencies.
  |  By Nuno Tomas
Today, businesses are heavily reliant on online systems and platforms. But how would you communicate with users if you encounter downtime or an incident? This is where a status page comes in. A status page acts as a real-time communication hub, providing updates on system status, incidents, and maintenance activities. What’s even better is that you can find tons of free, self-hosted, and open-source status page systems to choose from online.
  |  By Nuno Tomas
In today's fast-paced business environment, it's crucial for companies to monitor and address system health issues immediately. Internal status pages are tools designed for this purpose. They display up-to-date information about the company's internal and external systems and services, proving valuable not only for IT professionals but also for the overall efficiency and response capacity of a business.
  |  By Nuno Tomas
We hope this post finds you well and thriving. It's that time again when we share the latest advancements and features based on what you, our valued customers, have suggested. Here's what's new: Dive in for the exciting details.

IsDown is a status page aggregator & outage monitoring tool for all your business-critical dependencies. Easily monitor with a health dashboard with all your external services. Instant notifications on outages. All in one place.

It has never been easier to understand the outages in your external cloud services.

  • Birds-eye view over all your services statuses: Check the status page aggregated of all your services in one place. No more going to each of the status pages and managing them individually.
  • Outage monitoring in real time: We monitor 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will notify you if there is an incident. No more wasting time trying to figure out why something isn't working.
  • Alerts in your favorite channels: Get instant notifications in your email, Slack, Teams, or Discord when we detect a service outage. Outage monitoring where you are already doing your work.
  • Avoid notifications clutter: Configure which notifications you want to receive from each service. Filter notifications by service components. You can opt to receive notifications only when a specific component is affected. You can also choose to receive notifications with a certain severity.
  • Easily integrate with your current tools and workflows: Using Zapier or Webhooks, you can easily integrate notifications into your processes. PagerDuty integration is also available.
  • Dedicated dashboard for each team's services: Create one dashboard for each of your teams. Monitor only the services that each teams uses. Dedicated dashboard with custom notification settings.
  • Prepare for scheduled maintenances: Never again be caught off guard by unexpected maintenance from your services. A feed of the next scheduled maintenances is available.
  • Weekly Digest of the services' outages: Every Monday, you'll receive a weekly summary of what happened the previous week as well as the maintenance schedule for the following week.

Easily Monitor Outages In All External Services. From One Place.