Outage data you can cite, embed and be alerted to
When a major service goes down, IsItDown.now has an independent answer within minutes: our own checks, from our own network, confirmed twice before anything is called an outage. Quote it, embed it, and get an email the moment it happens.
Measured, not crowdsourced
An outage is two failed checks in a row from our servers. Public reports are shown beside it but can never declare one.
It stays on record
Every outage keeps its start, end, duration and cause, so your link still shows what happened after it is over.
Free to use
Quote the numbers, screenshot the charts, embed the live card. All we ask is a link to the status page as the source.
How to cite us
As IsItDown.now, linking to the service's status page:
According to <a href="https://isitdown.now/status/facebook.com">IsItDown.now</a>, which monitors Facebook from its own network, ...Embed the live status
A card that updates itself: the current verdict, the last 24 hours of reports and the 30-day uptime. The code puts the source link outside the frame as ordinary HTML, so your readers can follow it.
Any service we monitor works: replace the domain in both addresses. The full list.
Outage alerts by email
One email when a major service's outage is confirmed - the service, when it started, what failed, and the link to cite. No newsletters. One click to stop.
Questions
How is an outage decided?
Our own servers check each service on a fixed schedule. An outage is recorded only when two consecutive checks fail. Reports from the public are published alongside, but they can raise a warning and never declare an outage on their own.
How should I cite IsItDown.now?
As "IsItDown.now", linking to the service's status page, for example https://isitdown.now/status/facebook.com. The page keeps the record of the outage after it ends, so the link stays useful to your readers.
Can I embed the live status in an article?
Yes. Every monitored service has an embeddable card that updates itself. Copy the code from the service's section below - it includes the source line.
Can I use your charts and numbers?
Yes, with attribution. The data is free to quote. Screenshots are fine; please link the status page as the source.
How fast are the alerts?
An email goes out within minutes of the second failed check for a major service. You get one email per outage, not a stream of updates.