Better Stack
Uptime monitoring, incident management, and log management — beautifully done.
About Better Stack
Better Stack (formerly Better Uptime + Logtail) is a modern observability platform combining uptime monitoring, incident management, on-call scheduling, status pages, and log management. It provides a beautiful, opinionated experience with fast setup — positioning itself as the modern alternative to legacy monitoring tools.
Key Features
- Uptime monitoring (30-second checks)
- Incident management and on-call scheduling
- Beautiful status pages
- Log management (Logtail)
- Alerting via Slack, SMS, email, phone calls
- Screenshot capture on downtime
- Multi-region monitoring
- Heartbeat (cron job monitoring)
Pros
- Beautiful, modern UI — much nicer than legacy tools
- Combines uptime, logs, and incident management in one platform
- 30-second monitoring intervals even on lower tiers
- Screenshot on downtime is a useful debugging feature
Cons
- Pricing adds up when using multiple products
- Log management (Logtail) is less powerful than Datadog Logs
- Newer product — smaller community than established alternatives
Integrations
Best Use Cases
- Modern uptime monitoring
- Incident management and on-call rotation
- Public status pages
- Log aggregation and analysis
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Quick Info
- Website
- betterstack.com
- Founded
- 2020
- Company
- 50-100
- Pricing
- freemium
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