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Switch from Oh Dear

Import your Oh Dear status page into Instatus and migrate everything that matters:

  • Uptime monitors
  • Incident history with updates
  • Scheduled maintenances
  • Templates

How the import works

  1. Log in to Instatus or create a free account. The Oh Dear importer opens automatically in your dashboard.
Importing from Oh Dear into Instatus
  1. Paste your Oh Dear API token. You can create one in Oh Dear under your profile → API tokens.
  2. Choose what to bring over: incidents, maintenances and templates.
Choosing what to import from Oh Dear
  1. To move your uptime checks too, open Monitors and import from Oh Dear with the same token.
Importing Oh Dear monitors into Instatus
  1. Pick the checks you want to bring over. Uptime checks and cron checks both come across.
Selecting Oh Dear monitors and cron checks to import
  1. Your monitors start checking right away and can update your status page automatically.

Why switch from Oh Dear to Instatus?

  • Oh Dear combines uptime checks with a simple status page. Instatus does both too
  • 30-second checks, a faster page and unlimited subscribers at a flat price
  • The importer moves your status page history and your uptime checks in one connection