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Better Stack pricing
Better Stack publishes 5 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 29 August 2026, Better Stack pricing is free, then $25/month across 5 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $25/month
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 5
- Free tier
- Yes
Better Stack plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Nano | $25/month | 4 | +$25/month, 4 more features |
| Micro | $100/month | 2 | +$75/month, 2 more features |
| Mega | $500/month | 2 | +$400/month, 2 more features |
| Tera | $1470/month | 2 | +$970/month, 1 more feature |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 10 monitors and heartbeats, 1 status page, limited log, trace, metric and web event allocations, email and slack alerts.
Nano
$25/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Core telemetry bundle
- Log management
- Trace management
- Infrastructure monitoring
Micro
$100/monthOver Nano, this tier adds:
- Higher telemetry limits than Nano
- All Nano features
Mega
$500/monthOver Micro, this tier adds:
- Premium telemetry allocation
- All lower-tier features
Tera
$1470/monthOver Mega, this tier adds:
- Maximum telemetry allocation
Where Better Stack stops being free
Free, Free
- 10 monitors and heartbeats
- 1 status page
- Limited log, trace, metric and web event allocations
- Email and Slack alerts
Nano, $25/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Core telemetry bundle
- Log management
- Trace management
- Infrastructure monitoring
How that compares in Logging
Across the 5 logging tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $20/month. Better Stack starts at $25/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Better Stack (this page) | Free, then $25/month | freemium | - | |
| Cronitor | Free, then $2/monitor/month | Pay-per-monitor plus user seats | - | vs Better Stack |
| Uptime.com | On request | subscription | - | vs Better Stack |
| Traceloop | Free | Freemium with pay-as-you-go enterprise option | - | vs Better Stack |
| Openstatus | Free, then $30/month | - | - | vs Better Stack |
| Healthchecks | Free, then $5/month | Per-job monitoring with fixed tiers | - | vs Better Stack |
| incident.io | Free | subscription | - | vs Better Stack |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Better Stack badges page.
Before you pay for Better Stack
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 5 tiers between Free and $1470/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Better Stack runs on web, ios, android, api, self-hosted. The full record is on the Better Stack review, and the rest of the category is under best logging tools.
Better Stack pricing questions
- How much does Better Stack cost?
- Better Stack publishes 5 tiers, from Free for Free up to $1470/month for Tera. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Better Stack have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 10 monitors and heartbeats, 1 status page, limited log, trace, metric and web event allocations. Paying starts at $25/month for Nano.
- What is the difference between Free and Nano on Better Stack?
- Nano costs $25/month against Free, and adds core telemetry bundle, log management, trace management, infrastructure monitoring.
- Is the Tera plan on Better Stack worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is maximum telemetry allocation. It costs $1470/month against $25/month for Nano. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Better Stack expensive for a logging tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 5 logging tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $20/month; Better Stack starts at $25/month.
- Which logging tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 logging tools listed alongside Better Stack have a free tier: Cronitor, Traceloop, Openstatus, Healthchecks, incident.io.
- What am I actually paying for with Better Stack?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Better Stack review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Better Stack charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 5 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Better Stack prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Better Stack against before paying?
- The closest logging tools in this directory are Cronitor, Uptime.com, Traceloop, Openstatus. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Better Stack covering price, platforms and features.