BetterStack (formerly Better Uptime) is a monitoring platform combining uptime monitoring, incident management, status pages, and log management in one. It monitors websites every 30 seconds from 14+ global locations, sends multi-channel alerts (email, SMS, Slack, calls), and provides a beautiful public status page. Logtail (now part of BetterStack) adds structured log management with live tail, search, and dashboards.
BetterStack
Uptime monitoring and log management platform
Best for: Development teams needing uptime monitoring, alerts, and log management in one place
- Free plan
The editorial note
What to know about BetterStack
Is it right for you?
Who BetterStack suits
Choose it if
- Development teams needing uptime monitoring, alerts, and log management in one place
Look elsewhere if
- Enterprise APM use cases needing distributed tracing
What you get
Key features
- Uptime monitoring (30s intervals)
- Multi-channel alerting
- Public status pages
- On-call scheduling
- Log management (Logtail)
- Incident management
Works with
Integrations7
The trade-off
Pros and cons
Pros
- Uptime + logs in one platform
- Beautiful status pages
- 30-second monitoring intervals
- On-call scheduling
- Free tier generous
Cons
- Advanced APM not covered
- Log retention limits on free tier
- Newer platform than PagerDuty
Quick read
At a glance
- Category
- Development & Coding
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Free plan
- Available
- Free trial
- Not listed
- Website
- betterstack.com
The verdict
Our take on BetterStack
The most complete monitoring platform for modern development teams. Combining uptime monitoring and log management in one tool is genuinely useful.
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