Better Stack

Uptime, logs and on-call

Free tier + paidMonitoring & error trackingbetterstack.com

What it is

A combined uptime monitoring, status page, incident management and log platform. The free tier covers ten HTTP or heartbeat monitors, a hosted status page and Slack plus email alerts, along with a small telemetry allowance. Paid bundles raise log, trace and metric volume and extend retention to 30 days.

Why it earns a slot

It collapses three separate free tiers, uptime pings, a public status page and cron heartbeats, into one account, and ten free monitors covers a solo builder's whole portfolio.

Know before you commit

Free log and trace retention is only three days and free checks run at three-minute intervals. Phone and SMS alerting, 30-second checks and longer retention all require a paid plan.

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Pricing snapshot

Free: 10 monitors and heartbeats, 1 status page, 3GB logs and 3GB traces at 3-day retention, 30GB metrics. Paid from $25/mo annual for 50 extra monitors or the Nano telemetry bundle.

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Evaluate Better Stack (https://betterstack.com) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Uptime, logs and on-call. A combined uptime monitoring, status page, incident management and log platform. The free tier covers ten HTTP or heartbeat monitors, a hosted status page and Slack plus email alerts, along with a small telemetry allowance. Paid bundles raise log, trace and metric volume and extend retention to 30 days.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): It collapses three separate free tiers, uptime pings, a public status page and cron heartbeats, into one account, and ten free monitors covers a solo builder's whole portfolio.
Watch out for: Free log and trace retention is only three days and free checks run at three-minute intervals. Phone and SMS alerting, 30-second checks and longer retention all require a paid plan.
Pricing: Free: 10 monitors and heartbeats, 1 status page, 3GB logs and 3GB traces at 3-day retention, 30GB metrics. Paid from $25/mo annual for 50 extra monitors or the Nano telemetry bundle.
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