Status page for small B2B deals (without enterprise Statuspage)
A $2K–$20K contract still asks for operational maturity. Enterprise Statuspage pricing feels heavy when you have ten customers and one health URL. A hosted StillOnline page plus honest uptime history often satisfies procurement without a six-figure ops stack.
Buyers compare you to vendors who publish uptime — NIST SP 800-61 recommends consistent stakeholder updates during disruptions. A bookmarkable status URL is the lightweight version of that practice for micro-deals.
Quick answer
Add one line to your RFP appendix or security pack: “Public service status: https://stillonline.tech/s/{id}.” StillOnline shows external probe history — 24 hours on Free, 90 days on Pro ($9/mo) — and incident timelines. Pair with B2B trust and questionnaire answers. You are not selling a contractual SLA unless legal added one — uptime % guide.
What small buyers actually check
| They ask | You show |
|---|---|
| “Status page?” | StillOnline /s/... link |
| “How do we hear about outages?” | Subscribe on page + your incident posts |
| “Historical uptime?” | Screenshot or live link — Pro for 90d |
| “Who gets paged?” | Your owner alerts — not their problem |
| “SOC 2?” | Answer truthfully; status page helps narrative, not cert |
RFP snippet (copy-paste)
Service availability. We publish real-time availability and incident updates at [status URL]. Monitoring uses independent external HTTP checks on our production health endpoint. Historical probe results are visible on that page.
Buyers may compare to vendors like Stripe Status — you do not need their budget; you need the same bookmarkable transparency.
StillOnline vs “do nothing”
| No status page | StillOnline Free | |
|---|---|---|
| Setup time | — | ~5 min + health URL |
| Cost | $0 | $0 (1 project, 1 URL) |
| Buyer trust | “DM us on Telegram” | Bookmarkable URL |
| Incident comms | Ad hoc tweets | Timeline + subscriber email |
Upgrade Pro when you need private page, API/MCP, or 90-day history in evaluations — pricing.
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FAQ
Is StillOnline enough for Fortune 500 RFP?
It covers many indie and SMB security forms; huge enterprises may ask for more certs — answer honestly.
Should we mention StillOnline by name in contracts?
Optional. “Third-party availability monitoring” is enough; link is what matters.
Can we white-label the page?
Custom domain not offered — hosted stillonline.tech/s/... only.
One customer wants a dedicated page?
Separate StillOnline project per product on Pro (up to 10 projects) — agency guide.