# Better Stack

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/observability/betterstack/

Uptime monitoring, log management and error tracking on one plan, with exceptions and web events metered separately.

## Who it suits

Teams who would otherwise buy uptime monitoring, log management and error tracking separately, and would rather have one bill and one dashboard.

Consider something else if Web event retention is 3 days on the free plan, which is short enough to miss a Monday-morning investigation of a Friday-night incident.

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: Yes ([source](https://betterstack.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Entry paid plan: From $29/month, or $34/month depending on the plan selected; Better Stack advertises both figures as starting prices on the same page. ([source](https://betterstack.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Pricing model: One plan covering uptime monitoring, log management and error tracking together, with exceptions counted per month and web events metered by volume and retention rather than by count. ([source](https://betterstack.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)

### Observability

- Events included: 100,000 exceptions and 5,000 session replays a month on the free personal plan, plus 30 GB metrics and 3 GB each of logs, traces and web events. Six meters, priced separately: exceptions at $0.000050 each, replays at $0.00150, metrics at $0.50 per GB per month. ([source](https://betterstack.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Retention window: 90 days for errors and session replays. Logs, traces and web events are retained 3 days on the free personal plan, where retention is what the 3 GB allowance buys rather than a fixed window. ([source](https://betterstack.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Session replay: Supported ([source](https://betterstack.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)

## Compared with

- [Better Stack vs Sentry](https://inetgeek.com/compare/sentry-vs-betterstack/)
- [Better Stack vs GlitchTip](https://inetgeek.com/compare/glitchtip-vs-betterstack/)