Better Stack has been rebranded
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Better Stack
FreemiumUnified uptime monitoring, status pages, on-call, and logs — formerly Better Uptime
📊Monitoring & ObservabilityAbout Better Stack
Better Stack (rebranded from Better Uptime) combines uptime monitoring, beautiful public status pages, on-call incident management, and log management in one unified observability platform. Monitors check your URLs every 30 seconds from multiple global locations. The status page builder creates professional pages customers can subscribe to for incident updates, and the on-call scheduler rotates alerts across team members with escalation policies, integrating with Slack, PagerDuty, and Opsgenie. The rebrand merged the original Better Uptime monitoring product with the Logtail logging product into a single platform, so you can pivot from an alert straight to the underlying logs without switching tools. Pricing: a free tier with 10 monitors, with paid plans from around $29/month. Compare to Uptime Robot (simpler, cheaper) and PagerDuty (enterprise incident management). Best for: SaaS companies that want monitoring, status pages, and logs in one product.
What's Great
- ✓Beautiful, professional status pages customers can subscribe to
- ✓On-call scheduling with escalation policies
- ✓1-minute check intervals from multiple global locations
- ✓Free tier with 10 monitors
Watch Out For
- !$24/month can be steep for very small teams
- !Less powerful than PagerDuty for complex enterprise incident workflows
Common Use Cases
A SaaS company publishes a public status page so customers can check incident status without emailing support
A team sets up on-call rotation that pages the on-call engineer for P1 incidents
Pricing Model
Freemium
From $29/mo. Free plan available. Paid plans unlock advanced features.
Category
Monitoring & Observability
Infrastructure monitoring, APM, and observability platforms for production systems.
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