Better Stack
Logs + uptime + status pages + incident management in one. Cleaner UX than the Datadog/PagerDuty combo for small/mid teams.
What is Better Stack?
Better Stack is engineering infrastructure — tooling that helps developers ship, host, monitor, or scale software.
Logs + uptime + status pages + incident management in one. Cleaner UX than the Datadog/PagerDuty combo for small/mid teams.
What to look for in engineering
The questions you should ask before committing to Better Stack or any alternative.
- Time-to-deploy from zero
- Build performance and cold-start latency
- Pricing predictability — does it scale gracefully or spike on traffic?
- Vendor lock-in vs self-host options
- Status page reliability and incident track record
- SDK / framework quality
Better Stack cost at scale
Modelled monthly cost as you grow. Estimates only — final pricing varies on plan discounts, volume tiers, and any negotiated enterprise SKU. Team / traffic scale is the axis we vary.
Forex assumed at ₹85/USD. Actual cost includes 2–3.5% forex markup unless paying with a low-fx card.
Better Stack is great for
Web teams shipping production apps, especially Jamstack / serverless / modern-stack workloads.
Probably not ideal if
Heavily-regulated workloads requiring on-prem, or one-off static sites that a $5/mo host would handle.
Better Stack appears in 1 curated stack
Browse all stacksHand-picked tool bundles that include Better Stack. Each stack is opinionated about when this tool is the right pick, with monthly burn estimates and tradeoffs.
Alternatives to Better Stack
Other tools in the engineering category we cover.
Postman
API platform for designing, testing, documenting, and monitoring APIs. The default for backend teams.
Sentry
Application error monitoring + performance tracing. Catches exceptions in production with full stack traces.
Cloudflare
CDN, DDoS protection, DNS, edge workers, and zero-trust security. Free tier covers most small sites.
DigitalOcean
Predictable-pricing cloud compute. Droplets from $4/mo, App Platform for managed deploys, managed Postgres + Redis.
Jira
Enterprise issue tracking from Atlassian.
Vercel
Hosting platform optimized for Next.js with edge functions.
Better Stack head-to-head
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›What does Better Stack cost?
Entry plan starts around $25 per user per month. Annual plans typically discount 15-20%. Better Stack bills in USD; Indian businesses incur ~3.5% forex markup unless paying with a forex-friendly card (see below).
›Who is Better Stack a good fit for?
Web teams shipping production apps, especially Jamstack / serverless / modern-stack workloads.
›Who should NOT use Better Stack?
Heavily-regulated workloads requiring on-prem, or one-off static sites that a $5/mo host would handle.
›Are there cheaper alternatives to Better Stack?
Yes — popular engineering alternatives include Postman, Sentry, Cloudflare. Compare them side-by-side via the head-to-head comparisons we maintain.
Pay for Better Stack with the right card
Picking Better Stack is half the decision. The other half is the card you swipe — at $25/mo the right pick recovers 1.5–4% in forex savings + rewards compared to a default retail card.
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Amex Hilton Honors
No-fx US card — pay USD with USD, zero markup; 3% rewards on engineering spend
IDFC FIRST Wow
0% forex markup vs 3.5% on retail Indian cards
ICICI MMT Signature
1.5% rewards on engineering spend