Better Stack
Uptime, logs, and incident management
Better Stack (formerly Logtail) provides uptime monitoring, log management, and incident response in one platform.
Our Verdict
Better Stack is the modern alternative to legacy monitoring tools. Great value for uptime, logs, and incident management.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +Beautiful, modern interface
- +All-in-one monitoring
- +Great status pages
- +Affordable
Cons
- -Newer platform
- -Less integrations than Datadog
- -No APM yet
Build vs Buy with AI
It DependsModerate Difficulty2-4 weeks for uptime, 1-2 months for full platform
Uptime monitoring is straightforward to build with AI. Status pages and incident management add complexity but are achievable. Log aggregation requires storage infrastructure.
Key Considerations
- •Uptime checks are simple cron jobs with alerting
- •Status pages can be built in a weekend with AI
- •On-call scheduling requires PagerDuty-like complexity
- •For simple monitoring, building is viable
Features
Uptime monitoringYes
Log managementYes
Incident managementYes
Status pagesYes
AlertingYes
Self-hosted optionNo
On-call schedulingYes
Best For
StartupsStatus page needsUptime + logs combo
Pricing
Free tier available
Free$0
- - 10 monitors
- - 1GB logs
- - 3-day retention
Team$24/mo
- - Unlimited monitors
- - 30GB logs
- - 30-day retention
Business$83/mo
- - 100GB logs
- - 90-day retention
- - SSO
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Last updated: 2026-01-15