SaaS●Mid
StatusDrop – Status page and live widget for your SaaS in 30 seconds
Statuspage and Instatus already dominate this space with more enterprise features.
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razvanmac
203mo ago
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I Built StatusDrop
by razvanmac·Mar 17, 2026·2 points·0 comments
AI Analysis
●●SolidSlickSolve My Problem
Embeddable widget shows vendor outages so users don't blame your app.
Strengths
- •550+ pre-integrated vendor services save manual configuration time.
- •One-line embed widget reduces support tickets during third-party outages.
Weaknesses
- •Relies on third-party status pages being accurate and public.
- •Crowded status page market requires strong differentiation to survive.
Category
Target Audience
SaaS founders, DevOps engineers, Support teams
Similar To
Statuspage · Instatus · Freshstatus
Post Description
Hi HN, I built StatusDrop, a tool for tracking the status of outside services like Stripe, AWS, GitHub, and other vendors your product depends on.
I built it after running into the same problem a few times: customers would report that “the app is down,” but the real issue was a third-party provider having trouble. I wanted a simple way to show that dependency status in one place and share it publicly without setting up a full status system from scratch.
You create a stack, add services from a catalog of 550+ providers or plug in custom status URLs, and get a hosted status page plus a small embeddable widget for your site.
Under the hood, it watches public vendor status pages and supports custom health checks, alerts, and a REST API. It also supports custom domains via CNAME.
Would love to hear what you think or what’s missing.
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