Checky vs Steady (Status Hero)
Status Hero is now Steady, a credit-priced “teamwork OS” with AI agents. Checky is a focused check-in tool with flat prices and a self-host option.
Status Hero is now Steady: it was renamed in January 2024 and statushero.com redirects to runsteady.com. This page compares Checky with Steady as it is today.
In short
Status Hero was renamed Steady in January 2024. Steady sells monthly credit packs (from 500 credits for $25 a month) instead of per-user plans; each added user brings 100 free credits. It doesn't publish how many credits a user uses, so we can't compute a price for 25 or 100 users.
Steady includes smart check-ins, a daily digest, activity integrations such as GitHub and AI agents called Echoes. Checky is narrower: scheduled check-ins with expected answers, KPIs, absences and holidays, compliance tracking and anonymous wellbeing – at a flat price or with a one-time self-host licence.
Checky fits better if …
- You want a predictable price per team size
- Self-hosting or a one-time licence matters
- Absences and holidays should pause check-ins
- People should answer by email or from ChatGPT/Claude
Steady (Status Hero) fits better if …
- You want check-ins combined with activity from GitHub, Jira and similar tools
- You want AI agents that summarise work across tools
- You buy through the Atlassian or AWS Marketplace
Checky and Steady (Status Hero) side by side
| Feature | Checky | Steady (Status Hero) |
|---|---|---|
| Price for 25 users / year | $100 / yearHosted, billed yearly · self-host: $200 one-time | Unknown: Credit packs from $25/month; credit use per user not published |
| Price for 100 users / year | $300 / yearHosted Plus, monthly · self-host: $500 one-time | Unknown: Credit packs from $25/month; credit use per user not published |
| Self-host | Yes: Docker or your own Cloudflare account | No |
| One-time purchase | Yes: Self-host licence, update renewal optional | No |
| SSO included | Yes: Google, Microsoft, OIDC, SAML – every plan | Partly: SSO, SAML, SCIM mentioned; plan unclear |
| EU hosting / own server | Yes: Self-host anywhere, e.g. in the EU; hosted runs on Cloudflare | Unknown |
| Answer inside Slack/Teams | No: Not yet – web app, email, ChatGPT/Claude | Yes: Slack, Microsoft Teams |
| Answer by email | Yes: Reply to the reminder or tap a one-click answer | Unknown |
| ChatGPT/Claude (MCP) | Yes: Answer and ask about your team from ChatGPT and Claude | Unknown: AI agents (Echoes); MCP not confirmed |
| API | Yes: REST API with OpenAPI docs, webhooks | Unknown |
| Anonymised wellbeing | Yes: Group aggregates only, with a minimum group size | Unknown |
| Absences & public holidays | Yes: Absences and public holidays pause check-ins | Unknown |
| Export / data portability | Yes: Whole organisation as one SQLite file, import anywhere | Unknown |
As of October 2026. Source: Steady (Status Hero) pricing page · “Unknown” means we couldn't verify it from public sources – if something is wrong, tell us and we'll fix it.
Costs over 3 years
List prices in USD without tax, for 10, 25 and 100 users. Steady (Status Hero) on its cheapest published plan with check-ins.
| Team size | Checky hosted | Checky self-host, licence only | Checky self-host + 2 renewals | Steady (Status Hero) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 users | $300 | $200 | $360 | unknown |
| 25 users | $300 | $200 | $360 | unknown |
| 100 users | $900 | $500 | $900 | unknown |
- Checky hosted: up to 50 users $100 per year (billed yearly), up to 200 users $25 × 12 per year (Hosted Plus, monthly). 3 years = 3 × yearly price.
- Checky self-host: $200 one-time up to 25 users, $500 up to 100 users, including 1 year of updates. It keeps working without renewal; with updates in years 2 and 3: licence + 2 × 40% of the licence.
- Steady (Status Hero): no fixed per-user list price is published, so we can't compute a total.
- No discounts, add-ons or taxes. Your real price may differ – check the vendor's pricing page.
Switching from Steady (Status Hero) to Checky
- 1
Export what you need from Steady and keep it as an archive (we couldn't verify Steady's export options). Checky can't import Steady or Status Hero data.
- 2
Pick where Checky runs: hosted at yourteam.checky.team (14-day trial, no card), on your own Cloudflare account (one-click deploy) or with Docker on your own server.
- 3
Recreate your questions as checks: schedule (e.g. weekdays at 9:00), type (yes/no, rating, text or KPI), expected answer and reaction window.
- 4
Invite your team or connect SSO (Google, Microsoft, OIDC or SAML) and verify your email domain so colleagues join automatically.
- 5
Add absences and public holidays so nobody gets asked while they're off.
- 6
Run both tools in parallel for a week or two, then switch Steady (Status Hero) off. Your Checky data exports as one SQLite file whenever you want to move between hosted and self-hosted.
Questions
What happened to Status Hero?
Status Hero was renamed Steady in January 2024. Old statushero.com links redirect to runsteady.com.
How does Steady's pricing work?
Steady sells monthly credit packs, from 500 credits for $25 up to 35,000 credits for $1,750; above that it's custom. Each added user brings 100 free credits. How fast credits are used isn't published.
Does Checky pull activity from GitHub or Jira?
No. Checky asks people questions on a schedule; it doesn't collect activity from other tools. With the REST API and webhooks you can connect it to your own systems.
Try Checky with your team
14 days hosted, no card. Or run it on your own server with a one-time licence.