Better Stack watches your site from the outside and tells you the moment it goes down, then gives you a public status page to keep users in the loop. It also collects logs and errors. The free plan covers ten monitors and a status page, which is plenty for most side projects.
✓Good for
Knowing your site is down before your users tell you
A status page without building one
Logs and errors next to your uptime checks
!Watch out for
Phone and SMS alerts need a paid responder licence
Free logs are only kept for 3 days
Paid plans are per responder, so costs grow with your team
Free (10 monitors, 1 status page, 100,000 exceptions) or a responder licence at $34/mo, $29 billed yearly
Uptime checks, a public status page, error tracking and logs together, with a free plan that covers ten monitors.
Free alerts come by email and Slack; phone calls and texts need a paid responder licence. Free logs are kept for 3 days. Prices are per responder, so they add up as your team grows.
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