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Salesforce status page

Shares rank 4 of 8 uptime monitors by recommenders

People recommend it for a detailed, instance-by-instance view that shows which services are affected. The one complaint is that it needs more tabs.

People recommend it for a detailed, instance-by-instance view that shows which services are affected. The one complaint is that it needs more tabs.

5 people gave an opinion

recommend it
5
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 1 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Per-instance status with affected services

    “The status page has: Seemingly meaningful IDs Search Region filter Email update signup Predictable URLs for instance status”

    Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Salesforce Global Outage”

    “It lists all instances, you can drill down into each one of them, see which services are affected”

    Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Salesforce Global Outage”
  • Consistent, useful layout

    “At least they're consistent about UX. My only complaint is that it needs more tabs.”

    Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Salesforce Global Outage”

    “This might actually be one of the most useful status pages ive seen.”

    Comment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Salesforce Global Outage”

Other uptime monitors people recommend

The four most recommended other uptime monitors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Salesforce status page compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Uptime Kuma17289%9—Approved
Healthchecks.io120100%6—Approved
Updog60100%5——
Salesforce status pageThis page50100%1——
UpDown.io50100%4——
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What people said

All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“This might actually be one of the most useful status pages ive seen.”

RecommendsComment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Salesforce Global Outage”

“when I landed on this page I was like, huh. wow. honesty.”

RecommendsComment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Salesforce Global Outage”

“The status page has: Seemingly meaningful IDs Search Region filter Email update signup Predictable URLs for instance status”

RecommendsComment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Salesforce Global Outage”

“It lists all instances, you can drill down into each one of them, see which services are affected”

RecommendsComment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Salesforce Global Outage”

“At least they're consistent about UX. My only complaint is that it needs more tabs.”

MixedComment from 16 Sep 2026 in “Salesforce Global Outage”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.