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Cloudprober vs Statping-ng

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted monitoring & status options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

Not the right match-up?
CL Cloudprober Active probing for distributed systems and network reliability VS ST Statping-ng Status page and monitoring server
FeatureCloudproberStatping-ng
Deploy effortUnder-an-hour setupUnder-an-hour setup
Health score81 · Excellent30 · At risk
CategoryMonitoring & StatusMonitoring & Status
LicenseApache-2.0GPL-3.0
LanguageGoGo
Setup difficultyMediumEasy
Min. RAM128 MB128 MB
Deploymentdocker, kubernetes, binarydocker, binary
GitHub stars★ 703★ 1,992
First released20172018
ReplacesPingdom, CatchpointUptimeRobot, Pingdom

What are Cloudprober and Statping-ng?

Cloudprober

Cloudprober is an active monitoring tool that runs probes against your services to measure availability and latency from an external perspective. It auto-discovers targets, exports Prometheus metrics, and supports HTTP, ping, DNS, gRPC, and UDP probes.

  • Black-box probing for many protocols
  • Automatic target discovery
  • Native Prometheus metrics
  • Low memory footprint

Statping-ng

Statping-ng is a community-maintained status page and uptime monitoring server that tracks services and publishes a public status page. It targets teams wanting a self-hosted status page. It is deployed via Docker or a binary.

  • Public status pages
  • Service uptime tracking
  • Notifier plugins
  • Mobile app available

Read the full Statping-ng guide →

Cloudprober vs Statping-ng: key differences

Both projects are written in Go. Licensing differs — Apache-2.0 for Cloudprober versus GPL-3.0 for Statping-ng. Statping-ng has the considerably larger community, at 1,992 GitHub stars versus 703.

Why pick each one

Choose Cloudprober if…

  • Cloud-native target discovery
  • Single static binary

Watch out for

  • YAML configuration required
  • No bundled dashboard
Cloudprober details

Choose Statping-ng if…

  • Nice status pages
  • Single binary
  • Easy to host

Watch out for

  • Slower development
  • Fewer checks than Uptime Kuma
Statping-ng details

Frequently asked questions

Is Cloudprober or Statping-ng better?

Statping-ng is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider Cloudprober if its specific feature set fits your needs better.

Are Cloudprober and Statping-ng free and open-source?

Yes. Cloudprober is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Statping-ng under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Cloudprober and Statping-ng with Docker?

Cloudprober: yes. Statping-ng: yes.

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