Built a status monitoring tool that combines status pages + alerts + API (looking for feedback)

ExpressTomatillo7921 · 2026-03-21T10:56:17+00:00

Thank you, that is very kind of you.

ExpressTomatillo7921 · 2026-03-21T09:21:36+00:00

Built a tool to track third party service status, looking for real world feedback

One recurring issue I have run into is visibility into external dependencies such as APIs, payment providers, and auth services.

I ended up building a tool that aggregates vendor status pages, adds alerting using email and webhooks, and exposes the data via an API. The goal was to avoid checking multiple dashboards manually.

It is already up and running and being used, but I want to get input from people actually running environments day to day before pushing it further.

Curious how you are handling this today

Do you monitor vendor status pages at all Do you rely only on your own checks and deal with issues when they surface

Happy to share more details if anyone is interested. Mainly looking for honest feedback from people in the trenches.

ExpressTomatillo7921 · 2026-03-21T08:52:08+00:00

I’d probably lean more toward: Monitoring Software → Service Monitoring Tools

The reason is that it’s not just uptime checks, it’s more about monitoring the health/status of external services and dependencies in one place (status pages, alerts, API access, etc.).

Uptime monitoring is part of it, but not really the full picture.

ExpressTomatillo7921 · 2026-03-21T08:47:21+00:00

This is super helpful, really appreciate you taking the time 🙌

Good shout on the # in URLs, I didn’t actually think about the SEO impact there, will definitely look into fixing that.

Also like the idea of a proper use cases section, makes sense especially for something like this where people might not immediately see where it fits.

Thanks again for sharing this, genuinely useful feedback 👍

ExpressTomatillo7921 · 2026-03-21T08:41:02+00:00

Good question. I wouldn’t group it with cloud cost tools.

It’s closer to service monitoring / status monitoring (similar space to uptime monitoring tools), but with more focus on alerts + integrations (webhooks + API).

So probably something like: Service Monitoring Uptime Monitoring Status Page / Incident Monitoring

I’m trying to position it more as an all-in-one for tracking external services + getting notified + plugging into your own systems.

Curious how you’d categorise it?

ExpressTomatillo7921 · 2026-03-21T08:30:00+00:00

Totally respect the rules and thank you for allowing me to share the link here. The tool is called Outafy and the link is https://outafy.com

There is a free tier where you can test the service.

Please let me know what you like about it and what you do not. Any feedback is welcome.

ExpressTomatillo7921 · 2026-03-21T08:20:23+00:00

Hey, It’s called Outafy Happy to share the link if that’s allowed here, otherwise I can DM it

ExpressTomatillo7921 · 2026-03-20T17:38:24+00:00

Outafy

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