Best Status Pages · pricing · Updated June 2026
Better Stack pricing (2026)
Better Stack starts at $0/mo (Team Member (Telemetry)), across 2 plans. Best for Engineering teams needing a unified observability + status page platform. Every figure links to Better Stack's own page and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $0/mo (Team Member (Telemetry))
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA No · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: Engineering teams needing a unified observability + status page platform; Startups wanting a generous free monitoring tier with status page included; Teams requiring EU data residency for GDPR compliance; Organizations that want uptime, on-call, and status page under one subscription
Better Stack plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Member (Telemetry) | $0 | — | per_seat | Read-only Telemetry access; cannot manage incidents or edit status pages. | betterstack.com |
| Responder | $34 | −15% | per_seat | $34/seat/month billed monthly; $29/seat/month billed annually (~15% discount). Includes uptime monitoring, on-call scheduling, and 1 status page. Additional pages: $15/month each ($12/year). Custom CSS/JS: $15/page/month. White-label or SSO: $250/page/month ($208/year). | betterstack.com |
Last verified 2026-06-14. Prices read directly from the official Better Stack pricing page (betterstack.com/pricing) on 2026-06-14. Better Stack uses a per-responder-seat model: one status page is included; additional pages and features are metered add-ons. The Responder role at $34/month ($29/year) is the smallest billable unit that unlocks status page editing. White-label, SSO, and IP-allowlisting are each $250/page/month. No HIPAA mention found on the uptime or pricing pages. Cross-checked against betterstack.com.
Capabilities
Integrations: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Linear, Jira, Sentry, Zapier, Terraform, PagerDuty, Datadog, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Vector, Syslog.
Key features: Uptime monitoring: website, API, ping, SSL, domain, DNS, SMTP, TCP; Transaction monitoring with real Chrome/Playwright browser tests; Heartbeat/cron job monitoring; On-call scheduling and escalation rules; Multi-channel alerting: voice, SMS, email, Slack, Teams, push; Status page with subscriber email notifications; Incident management with smart alert consolidation; Log management and error tracking; SOC 2 Type 2 certified; all data stored in EU (ISO/IEC 27001-certified DCs); AES-256 encryption at rest; HTTPS/TLS in transit; 60-day money-back guarantee.
Plan limits: Free tier: 10 monitors, 10 heartbeats, 1 status page, 3-minute check intervals; Free tier: 1,000 status page subscribers; Free tier: 100,000 exceptions/month, 5,000 session replays, 3-day telemetry retention; Additional status pages: $15/month each; White-label or custom SSO per page: $250/page/month; Custom CSS/JS per page: $15/page/month; Responder seat required to manage incidents or edit status pages.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Better Stack cost?
Better Stack starts at $0/mo (Team Member (Telemetry)); it has 2 published plans. Verified 2026-06-14.
Is Better Stack cheaper billed annually?
Yes. Better Stack publishes a 15% discount for paying annually (on the Responder plan). Verified 2026-06-14.
What are cheaper alternatives to Better Stack?
Cheaper status pages than Better Stack (entry $0/mo) include Instatus at $20/mo, Atlassian Statuspage at $29/mo, Hund at $29/mo. Verified 2026-06-14.
Does Better Stack support HIPAA?
Better Stack HIPAA support: No. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does Better Stack have a free plan?
Better Stack free tier: Yes.
Better Stack vs alternatives
Cheaper status pages alternatives
- Atlassian Statuspage from $29/mo
- Hund from $29/mo
- Instatus from $20/mo