Better Stack
Observability, incident management and status pages for engineering teams
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Pricing
Free · from $25/mo
API
Yes
Company
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What is Better Stack?
Better Stack is an observability platform that combines log management, metrics, tracing, error tracking, uptime monitoring, incident management with on-call, and status pages in one product. It also includes an AI SRE agent that investigates incidents in Slack or Microsoft Teams using your telemetry data.
Data is collected through OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and eBPF-based instrumentation that needs no code changes. Error tracking works with Sentry SDKs. You can query logs, traces and metrics with SQL, PromQL or a drag-and-drop builder, over an HTTP API, or through an MCP server. Logs can be stored in your own S3 bucket.
Pricing combines per-responder licenses for incident management with telemetry bundles or usage-based ingestion. A free tier covers personal projects. The product suits engineering, DevOps and SRE teams that want one tool instead of separate logging, APM, paging and status page services, especially teams trying to reduce Datadog costs.
Key features
- Log management queryable with SQL, PromQL or drag & drop
- eBPF-based OpenTelemetry tracing with service map
- Error tracking compatible with Sentry SDKs
- Uptime and Playwright-based transaction monitoring
- On-call scheduling with unlimited phone and SMS alerts
- Branded status pages on your own subdomain
- Slack-native AI SRE agent and MCP server
- Session replay, web vitals and product analytics
Use cases
Who it's for
Replacing Datadog
Teams can move logs, metrics and traces to Better Stack, with migration assistance offered for Datadog customers.
On-call and incident response
Route alerts by phone, SMS and push to on-call engineers and run incidents in Slack or Teams with AI post-mortems.
Public status communication
Publish a branded status page that customers can subscribe to for incident and maintenance updates.
Debugging production errors
Collect exceptions via Sentry SDKs and correlate them with logs, traces and session replays.
Better Stack pricing
From the vendor's site, checked Nov 11, 2026. Prices change — confirm on their pricing page.
| Plan | Free | Responder | Telemetry Nano bundle | Telemetry Micro bundle | Telemetry Mega bundle | Telemetry Tera bundle | AI SRE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid monthly | Free | $34/moper license | From $25/mostarting price | From $100/mostarting price | From $210/mostarting price | From $420/mostarting price | Consumption-based |
| Paid yearly | Free | $29/mo−15% | $25/mo−17% | $100/mo−17% | $210/mo−16% | $420/mo−16% | — |
| Log storage | 3 GB | — | 40 GB | 160 GB | 340 GB | 700 GB | — |
| Trace storage | 3 GB | — | 40 GB | 160 GB | 340 GB | 700 GB | — |
| Metrics storage | 30 GB | — | 40 GB | 160 GB | 340 GB | 700 GB | — |
| Log retention | 3 days | — | 30 days | — | — | — | — |
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| Cost for a team, per month | 1 person | 5 people | 20 people |
|---|---|---|---|
| Responderper seat | $29 | $145 | $580 |
| Telemetry Nano bundleflat | $25 | $25 | $25 |
| Telemetry Micro bundleflat | $100 | $100 | $100 |
| Telemetry Mega bundleflat | $210 | $210 | $210 |
| Telemetry Tera bundleflat | $420 | $420 | $420 |
Billed yearly where the plan offers it. — means the plan doesn't allow that many people.
Which plan do you need?
- UptimeRobotSolo$12/mo
- Better StackTelemetry Nano bundle$25/mo
The cheapest paid plan with a published price that fits. Custom and sales-quoted plans aren't included.
Get an email when Better Stack changes its prices
One mail per change, a stop link in each. Nothing else.
How Better Stack compares
- Better Stack has a free plan, like 1 of the 2 alternatives below.
| Tool | Starts at | Free plan | Free trial | API | Open source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBetter Stack | $25/mo | — | — | |||
U UptimeRobot | $12/mo | — | — | Better Stack vs UptimeRobot | ||
P Pingdom | $16.5/mo | — | — | Better Stack vs Pingdom |
The closest alternatives in our directory by category. “Starts at” is the cheapest paid plan per month, as each vendor lists it.
Pros and cons
Strengths
- Free tier includes 10 monitors, a status page and 100,000 exceptions a month
- Unlimited phone and SMS alerts included with each responder license
- Option to store logs in your own S3 bucket
- 60-day money-back guarantee
Limitations
- Status page add-ons like white-labeling and SSO cost $208–$250 per page per month
- Free tier retains logs and traces for only 3 days
- Pricing mixes licenses, bundles and usage fees, which takes effort to estimate
Better Stack FAQ
Is there a free plan?
Yes. It is free for personal projects and includes 10 monitors and heartbeats, 1 status page, 100,000 exceptions a month, 5,000 session replays and limited log, trace and metric storage.
How much does a responder license cost?
$29 per license per month billed annually, or $34 monthly. It covers on-call, monitoring and status pages with unlimited phone and SMS alerts.
Does it work with Sentry SDKs?
Yes, error tracking is compatible with Sentry SDKs across 100+ platforms.
Is there a mobile app?
Yes, on-call includes iOS and Android apps.
Can I get a refund?
Better Stack offers a 60-day money-back guarantee.
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Better Stack
Free · from $25/mo