# Public status pages In times of crisis, a public status page allows you to communicate to your clients. We'll host your status page so it's always available. You can focus on providing updates to your users. [ Start monitoring ](https://ohdear.app/register) 10 day free trial No credit card required ## Set up your status page(s) Create as many pages as you like You're free to create as many status pages as you'd like. On each status page, you determine which websites should be included. You can create a status page per website and give it to your end users. Or you can create one big status page with every site on it, and use it as your office dashboard. The choice is yours. Status pages can be multilingual as well. So you can keep your audience informed in their own language. RUN A STATUS PAGE ON YOUR OWN DOMAIN- You can run your own status page on your own domain. Setup is as simple as changing a single DNS record. Want to set it up? Have a look at [our documentation on custom domains](/docs/status-pages/add-a-custom-domain-to-your-oh-dear-status-page). ## Customize the looks to match your brand Make it look like a natural part of your website **Among other things, you can pick:**- Your status page title & welcome message - The text for when things go down - Your logo & favicon - The background & text colors, border colors & width - The URL to link back to in the top-left navigation ## Set up updates: control what you share and how it’s shared Manual messaging or fully automated, you’re in control When tied to our uptime monitoring, we can automatically update your status pages for you with a message of your choosing. Brutally honest or tactfully careful? You control the tone of voice and how much information you want to share. Prefer to keep things under control and post only select messages to your status page? No problem, disable the auto-updates and every message should be posted manually - either through the dashboard or with [our API](https://ohdear.app/docs/api/introduction). ## Make the difference by keeping your users up-to-date Downtime happens. It's how you communicate and keep your users up-to-date that makes the difference. Our flexible messages-system lets you post updates and mark incidents as resolved. They get published to the status page and the RSS feed, keeping everyone informed. ## Healthy websites, happy clients If you’re an agency or developer, Oh Dear is your perfect partner in crime. If you launch multiple sites each year, a great many things can break over time without anyone noticing instantly. Oh Dear is your second pair of eyes to keep all of these websites healthy, and your clients happy. ## Stop worrying, start monitoring Start a no-strings-attached 10-day free trial. You're all set in less than a minute. (No credit card needed.) Not convinced yet? Need help? Get in touch via . ### Really into the nitty gritty details? Want to get into the nitty gritty details of our uptime monitoring? Have a look at [our documentation](/docs/features/uptime-and-performance-monitoring). ## Frequently asked questions ### Can I host a status page on my own domain? Yes. Your status page lives on your own domain (status.yourcompany.com), fully branded, and is served from Oh Dear's infrastructure, so it stays online even when your own site is down. ### Does the status page update automatically? Yes. It can update straight from your monitoring results, and you can post manual incident updates alongside the automatic ones. ### Can I create a public status page? Yes. Make your status page public so customers can check it during an incident instead of filing tickets, or keep it private behind a password if it's only for your team. ### Can I brand my status page? Yes. Your logo, your colours, your domain. Visitors see your brand, not ours. ### Does Oh Dear host the status page for me? Yes. Status pages are hosted on Oh Dear's own infrastructure, separate from your stack, so an outage on your side can't take your status page down with it. ### Is a status page included for free? Status pages are included on every Oh Dear plan. There's no separate status-page subscription to buy. [See all other FAQ items →](https://ohdear.app/docs/faq) ## Start monitoring instantly Start a no-strings-attached 10-day free trial. You're all set in less than a minute. (No credit card needed.) Not convinced yet? Need help? Get in touch via .