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Better Stack

30x cheaper than Datadog. Predictable pricing. Exceptional customer support.·betterstack.com

From $34/user/mo · Free plan See pricing ↓

Better Stack is an AI-native observability and incident response platform that combines uptime monitoring, log management, infrastructure monitoring, distributed tracing, error tracking, real user monitoring, status pages, and Slack/Teams-based incident management with on-call scheduling. It includes an 'AI SRE' chat-based site reliability assistant and an MCP server for integrating telemetry data into LLM workflows. The platform positions itself as a lower-cost alternative to tools like Datadog, Sentry, PostHog, and Amplitude.

What it's for

Incident management and on-call schedulingUptime and transaction monitoringLog management and querying with SQL/PromQLInfrastructure and metrics monitoringDistributed tracing without code changesError tracking compatible with Sentry SDKsReal user monitoring and session replayWebsite/product analytics and funnel trackingStatus page communication with customersCron job / scheduled task monitoring (heartbeats)AI-assisted root cause analysis and post-mortems

Features 20

AI SRE agentic root cause analysis
AI-written post-mortems
Branded, customizable status pages
Call routing to on-call responders
eBPF-based OpenTelemetry-native tracing
Error tracking compatible with Sentry SDKs
Heartbeats for cron job / scheduled task monitoring
Infrastructure monitoring with anomaly detection alerts
Log management with SQL/PromQL/drag-and-drop querying
MCP server for LLM/telemetry integration
On-call scheduling and escalation policies
Playwright-based transaction/browser checks
Product analytics with event funnels
Session replay with rage-click filtering
Slack/Microsoft Teams-native incident management
Smart incident merging
Terraform provider and REST API
Traceroute & MTR diagnostics for timeouts
Uptime monitoring with 30-second check frequency
Web vitals tracking (LCP, CLS, INP)

At a glance

free tierAPI

TypeWeb app

DeploymentCloud

PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android

Forengineering teams

Integrations

FrontGoogle CalendarIntercomCursorOpenTelemetryOutlookSlackMixpanelTerraformAWSNotionGoogle CloudSentryDatadogOktaPrometheusZapierClaude CodeNew RelicJiraZabbixDriftLinearAzureGrafanaGitHubMicrosoft Teams

Complianceself-reported

SOC 2GDPRISO 27001

Resources

Pricing

60-day money-back guarantee. Telemetry bundle pricing displays multiple overlapping tiers (e.g., Nano at $25/$30, $38/$45, and $88/$105), likely reflecting different regions or add-on combinations. Enterprise pricing is quote-based via sales contact.

FreeFree

Free for personal projects.

10 monitors & heartbeats, 1 status page; 100,000 exceptions per month; 5,000 session replays; 3 GB logs/traces/web events retained for 3 days; 30 GB metrics

Responder$34/user/mo

Priced per responder license per month; unlimited team members can be added at no cost with free Telemetry access.

Includes a single responder with unlimited phone call alerts

Team memberFree

Unlimited team members at $0 per member per month.

Pay as you go (Telemetry)Quote

Referred to in the changelog as the 'Pay as you go' plan; usage-based pricing beyond plan-included telemetry volumes.

EnterpriseQuote

Custom quote-based plan; contact sales / book a demo.