⚡ SaaS Status — Monitoring & Status Pages for Small SaaS — Preorders Open
Hey Indie Hackers đź‘‹
I’m working on SaaS Status — a simple monitoring + status page tool made for solo founders, indie hackers, and small SaaS teams.
âť“ Why build it?
In my past projects, I ran into the same pain over and over:
I'd find out the API was down from a user (ouch).
I’d scramble to build monitoring, status pages, webhooks, alerts...
And support was blowing up while I was still figuring out what broke.
I wanted something that just works — so I could focus on building the actual product, not duct-taping another monitoring stack together.
That’s what SaaS Status is:
Uptime monitoring + status pages + incident management — all in one place, for teams like mine (and maybe yours?).
💡 What’s the plan?
Right now it’s early — I just started working on it.
Built the landing page in Framer to move fast, keep it simple, and share this idea with you.
I’m validating interest. If this sounds like something you’d pay for — you can preorder now and help shape the roadmap.
If you’ve ever said “I should probably set up monitoring someday,” this might be for you.
Would love any feedback, especially from other builders.
And if this sounds useful — let me know. I’d love to talk.
I am curious was this post written by AI?
learned a lot of these series of posts, so thank you. still getting used to platform.
also, i think your first post generated a fair amount of attention. Would also like to hear more details on the type of marketing you implemented? i notice you said paid marketing, can you elaborate on what you did/tried?
also personally not a fan of the page. i want to see what the product looks like on the applicable platforms. Which will in form me if this is built for android, iphone, or desktop. Images or gifs of people using the tool is another form of validation as well.
Yes, I use AI for the posts. I write my thoughts and provide the context, and AI helps me polish the text to make it more readable and well-structured. But the content and ideas are definitely mine.
Glad the info was helpful!
I'm also new here, don’t have deep knowledge of the platform, just sharing my thoughts. It seems it was useful to many, and I’m happy it helped.
I wrote more about the ads here: link to the post.
Thanks for the feedback on the page, I’ll definitely consider that when I work on it further!
Hi Charlie this is great I'll spread the word
Thanks!
Hi Charlie, the page looks great! Just curious how you decided to price your product, is it based on competitors' rates, estimated cost + margin, or something else?
Hey, thanks! Great question.
There are a few ways to price, but for most classic SaaS (not AI or high-cost-per-request stuff), “cost + margin” doesn’t make much sense — server costs are usually negligible.
For me, pricing starts with understanding customer acquisition cost (CAC). Ideally, the first or second payment should cover CAC. But I don’t know my CAC yet — that’s what this landing page is for. So I picked a middle-ground price based on market research and competitors.
One key thing: don’t go too cheap. Low prices might get you more signups, but if the economics don’t work — you don’t have a business. Better to start with market-level pricing, then experiment.
After launch, I’ll test prices continuously. If raising prices doesn’t hurt conversions — great, now I earn more per user. The product’s value > price.
There’s a saying: “If 20% of users don’t say it’s too expensive, you’re underpricing.” That’s been true in my experience too.
I’ll probably write a full post on pricing later — stay tuned :)
Thank you so much for the detailed explanation, Charlie!