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If you don't have the resources to build and host your own status page, then you're probably too small for people to care about your status.
But it adds operational overhead, as now you need to set up a second hosting provider, manage another environment, etc. An internally-hosted status page isn't very useful when your datacenter goes down. This is the perfect thing to pay someone else to run for you. I'd gladly pay $50/mo for it.
Agreed. It's the perfect thing to pay someone else to run for you. Someone who's very focused on making this service great.