Observability platform combining logs, metrics, traces, uptime monitoring, incident management and an AI SRE.
Better Stack is a hosted observability platform for engineering and on-call teams. It brings together log management, OpenTelemetry-native tracing, infrastructure and uptime monitoring, real user monitoring, error tracking and status pages, plus Slack-based incident management and on-call scheduling. An AI SRE adds agentic root cause analysis, incident merging, AI-written post-mortems and an MCP server for connecting telemetry to LLM workflows. It is aimed at teams replacing or supplementing tools like Datadog. The product is sold as a free start with paid plans and a money back guarantee.
Free
$34/mo per license
$29/mo billed yearlysave 15%
$30/mo
$25/mo billed yearlysave 17%
$120/mo
$100/mo billed yearlysave 17%
$250/mo
$210/mo billed yearlysave 16%
$500/mo
$420/mo billed yearlysave 16%
Customcontact sales
Prices in USD, as shown by betterstack.com. Source: pricing page. Last checked October 29, 2026.
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I want to decide whether Better Stack (betterstack.com) is the right tool and which plan to pick. Below is what the StableMRR pricing directory read from Better Stack's own pricing page (last checked 2026-10-29). It can be out of date, so treat it as a starting point. Category: Developer tools / Monitoring and observability What it does: Observability platform combining logs, metrics, traces, uptime monitoring, incident management and an AI SRE. Plans: - Free: Free. Limits: Monitors 10, Heartbeats 10, Status pages 1, Exceptions 100,000 per month, Session replays 5,000, Logs 3 GB retained for 3 days. Includes: 10 monitors & heartbeats, 1 status page, Slack & email alerts, 100,000 exceptions per month, 5,000 session replays - Responder: $34/mo per license ($29/mo billed yearly). Limits: Team members Unlimited, Status pages 1 included, Subscribers 1,000 included. Includes: Incident management, On-call scheduling, Unlimited phone call alerts, Unlimited SMS, Status pages - Nano: $30/mo ($25/mo billed yearly). Limits: Traces 40 GB, Logs 40 GB, Metrics 40 GB. Includes: 40 GB traces, 40 GB logs, 40 GB metrics, 30 day logs retention - Micro: $120/mo ($100/mo billed yearly). Limits: Traces 160 GB, Logs 160 GB, Metrics 160 GB. Includes: 160 GB traces, 160 GB logs, 160 GB metrics, 30 day logs retention - Mega: $250/mo ($210/mo billed yearly). Limits: Traces 340 GB, Logs 340 GB, Metrics 340 GB. Includes: 340 GB traces, 340 GB logs, 340 GB metrics, 30 day logs retention - Tera: $500/mo ($420/mo billed yearly). Limits: Traces 700 GB, Logs 700 GB, Metrics 700 GB. Includes: 700 GB traces, 700 GB logs, 700 GB metrics, 30 day logs retention - Enterprise: Contact sales. Includes: Custom quote, Enterprise-ready, Reporting & analytics, Security, SSO Alternatives in the directory: AgentGov, ActivityProof, Adadot, Adversemonitor Pricing page: https://betterstack.com/pricing Directory listing: https://stablemrr.com/p/betterstack-com First ask me three short questions about my team size, budget and what I need it for. Then recommend one plan, tell me what could make it a bad fit, and compare it with the alternatives. Finish with what I should check on the vendor's site before I pay.
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