Our take
Pick Better Stack if on-call teams who will stay on Free at $0 (10 monitors, 1 status page, 3 GB logs) while they open a first Status page Structure, then buy a Responder seat at $29/month billed yearly ($34 monthly) when someone has to be paged. Pick Healthchecks if operators who will stay on Hobbyist at $0 while they add a first Product Sync check, then Supporter at $5 (same limits, support the project) or
Best for
Better Stack A public status page you start at $0
Healthchecks A cron ping list you start at a public $
Free plan
Better Stack $0 · /month. 10 monitors & heartbeats. 1 status page. Slack & email alerts. 100,000 exceptions/month. 5,000 session replays. 3 GB logs and traces retained 3 days. 30 GB metrics. 3 GB web events / 3 days
Healthchecks $0
Lowest paid
Better Stack Uptime overage $25/mo
Healthchecks Supporter $5/mo
Next step up
Better Stack Telemetry Nano (Europe) $30/mo
Healthchecks Business $20/mo
Runs where
Better Stack Hosted
Healthchecks Local or hosted
Watch out
Better Stack Free is 10 monitors and 3 GB / 3 days
Healthchecks Hobbyist is the free hosted tile
Last checked
Better Stack 2026-10-23 · betterstack.com/pricing
Healthchecks 2026-10-23 · healthchecks.io/pricing
on-call teams who will stay on Free at $0 (10 monitors, 1 status page, 3 GB logs) while they open a first Status page Structure, then buy a Responder seat at $29/month billed yearly ($34 monthly) when someone has to be paged.
Read the Better Stack pageoperators who will stay on Hobbyist at $0 while they add a first Product Sync check, then Supporter at $5 (same limits, support the project) or Business at $20 — not Business Plus $80 unless they need that printed tier.
Read the Healthchecks page
