Does Better Stack have a free plan?

Yes. It includes 10 monitors, 3-minute checks, one status page, and a small allowance of logs, error tracking, and session replay. Statixoup's Free plan also checks every 3 minutes at no cost, using a 1,000 token monthly allowance instead of a fixed monitor count.

How much does Better Stack cost?

Better Stack's paid Uptime plan starts around $29 to $34 a month, priced per responder license, so the bill can grow with your on-call team. Extra monitors, additional status pages, and telemetry are separate add-ons. Statixoup's plans are flat, $12, $29, or $79 a month, regardless of team size.

How fast are Better Stack's checks compared to Statixoup?

Both check every 3 minutes for free. On paid plans, Better Stack reaches 30 seconds, the same speed as Statixoup's $12 Pro plan. Statixoup's Enterprise plan goes further to 15 seconds, which Better Stack doesn't publicly offer.

Does Better Stack reduce false positive alerts?

Yes, genuinely. It checks from multiple regions by default and requires consensus before flagging a failure, a real answer to single-location false positives, and it captures a screenshot and timeline with every alert. Statixoup does the same multi-step verification and adds a plain-language root cause on the alert itself, on every plan.

FLAT PRICING, NOT PER SEATWHATSAPP + VOICE ALERTS

Statixoup vs Better Stack

Better Stack is a genuinely well-built, well-reviewed platform, this isn't a case where the competitor has an obvious weak spot. Here's where it actually pulls ahead, and where it doesn't.

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Both free plans check every 3 minutes

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Better Stack's G2 rating. We're honest about that

The short version

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The full breakdown, plan by plan, is below.

Statixoup, in short

Flat pricing that doesn't grow with your team, WhatsApp and voice alerting, Request Call, and a plain-language root cause attached to every alert, on every plan, by default.

Better Stack, in short

A genuinely excellent, top-reviewed platform that bundles uptime with logs, tracing, error tracking, and RUM, priced per on-call responder plus usage-based add-ons as you grow.

Statixoup plans, in full

So you're not taking our word for it in the table below. These are the live plans.

Starter

Free

Basic uptime monitoring for individuals and small teams.

$0/month

300 tokens per month.
3-minute check interval.
Alerts via email.
Basic incident management.
Custom headers, expected status codes, timeouts, and SSL toggle.
Failure thresholds and recovery alerts.
30-day history retention.

7 days free

Growth

Feature by feature comparison

Better Stack is priced modularly, so figures below reflect its published pricing and independent reviews at the time of writing. Prices change, so double check both before you commit.

Feature	Statixoup	Better Stack
Free plan check interval	3 minutes	3 minutes
Fastest check interval	15 seconds, Enterprise upgrade	30 seconds, paid plans
Cost for 30-second checks	$12/mo, Pro plan	Available with paid uptime monitoring
Failure confirmation	Yes, failure thresholds and verification before alerting	Yes, multi-step verification and multi-location checks
Incident diagnostics	Yes, incident lifecycle and diagnostic information	Yes, screenshots, error logs, traceroute and MTR diagnostics
WhatsApp alerts	Yes, available from the Pro plan	Native WhatsApp alerts not listed
SMS or voice call alerts	Yes, SMS/voice credits from the Pro plan	Yes, unlimited SMS and phone alerts with Responder
On-call scheduling and escalation	Yes, Request Call from Team plan	Yes, built-in scheduling and advanced escalation
SSL, DNS, port and API monitoring	Yes	Yes, SSL, DNS, TCP/UDP, API and other checks
Branded status pages	Yes	Yes, custom-domain status pages
History retention	30 to 365 days, depending on plan	Unlimited incident history listed with incident management and pay $0.05 per GB per month
Free plan volume	300 tokens/month	10 monitors, 10 heartbeats and 1 status page
Starting price	$0 Free, $12/mo Pro	$0 Free, paid Responder listed at $29/license/month with annual pricing
Better Stack's pricing depends heavily on team size and add-ons, so treat its figures as directional. Check statixoup.com/pricing and betterstack.com directly before you decide.

Free plan check interval

Statixoup3 minutes

Better Stack3 minutes

Fastest check interval

Statixoup15 seconds, Enterprise upgrade

Better Stack30 seconds, paid plans

Cost for 30-second checks

Statixoup$12/mo, Pro plan

Better StackAvailable with paid uptime monitoring

Failure confirmation

StatixoupYes, failure thresholds and verification before alerting

Better StackYes, multi-step verification and multi-location checks

Incident diagnostics

StatixoupYes, incident lifecycle and diagnostic information

Better StackYes, screenshots, error logs, traceroute and MTR diagnostics

WhatsApp alerts

StatixoupYes, available from the Pro plan

Better StackNative WhatsApp alerts not listed

SMS or voice call alerts

StatixoupYes, SMS/voice credits from the Pro plan

Better StackYes, unlimited SMS and phone alerts with Responder

On-call scheduling and escalation

StatixoupYes, Request Call from Team plan

Better StackYes, built-in scheduling and advanced escalation

SSL, DNS, port and API monitoring

StatixoupYes

Better StackYes, SSL, DNS, TCP/UDP, API and other checks

Branded status pages

StatixoupYes

Better StackYes, custom-domain status pages

History retention

Statixoup30 to 365 days, depending on plan

Better StackUnlimited incident history listed with incident management and pay $0.05 per GB per month

Free plan volume

Statixoup300 tokens/month

Better Stack10 monitors, 10 heartbeats and 1 status page

Starting price

Statixoup$0 Free, $12/mo Pro

Better Stack$0 Free, paid Responder listed at $29/license/month with annual pricing

Better Stack's pricing depends heavily on team size and add-ons, so treat its figures as directional. Check statixoup.com/pricing and betterstack.com directly before you decide.

One price versus a growing list of add-ons

Better Stack's base price looks close to ours. Where it grows is responder seats and extras, worth mapping out before you commit.

Just starting out

Statixoup Free$0/mo

Better Stack Free$0/mo

30-sec checks, one responder

Statixoup Pro$12/mo

Better Stack, 1 responder~$29-34/mo

More monitors needed

Statixoup Enterprise$79/mo

Better Stack + 50 monitorsbase + $25/mo

How Statixoup verifies before it alerts you

This is the mechanical reason our alerts carry a "why," not just a "what."

First check fails

A scheduled check comes back with an error instead of a healthy response.

Failure is verified

We re-check before treating it as real, cutting down the single-blip false alarms other monitors send.

Reason is attached

We log the network diagnostics and root cause, an expired cert, a 403, a DNS change, in plain language.

Team is notified

Alert goes out on the channel your team actually watches: WhatsApp, voice call, Slack, Discord, SMS, or email.

Where each one genuinely wins

No monitoring tool wins every row, and a comparison that claims otherwise isn't one you should trust.

Where Statixoup wins

Flat pricing that doesn't grow with your team size

WhatsApp alerting, which Better Stack doesn't offer natively

A plain-language root cause on every alert, every plan, no separate AI add-on required

15-second checks on Enterprise, faster than Better Stack's fastest published interval

Simpler to price out, one number per plan, not a base fee plus a list of add-ons

Where Better Stack wins

An outstanding reputation: 4.8 out of 5 on G2 from 328+ reviews

Multi-region consensus checking by default, a real, already-solved answer to false positives

One platform for uptime, logs, tracing, error tracking, and Real User Monitoring

A 60-day money-back guarantee on paid plans, unusually generous for the category

A free plan that already includes a slice of logs, session replay, and error tracking

Who each one actually suits

Being clear about who we're not for is part of being honest about who we are for.

Choose Statixoup if...

You want one flat number per month, not a base fee that grows with responder seats and add-ons

Your team needs alerts on WhatsApp, not just email, Slack, or a phone call

You want the root cause written out in plain language on the alert itself, by default

You need focused uptime monitoring, not a full observability platform to learn and manage

Choose Better Stack if...

You want uptime, logs, tracing, error tracking, and RUM in one platform instead of stitching tools together

You have a dedicated on-call team and want deep rotation and escalation workflows

Top-tier reviews and a polished, modern interface matter to your buying decision

A 60-day refund window gives you the room to properly evaluate before committing

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Common questions

If flat pricing, WhatsApp alerting, and a plain-language cause on every alert matter more to you than a full observability platform, yes. Better Stack is genuinely strong if you want uptime bundled with logs, tracing, error tracking, and RUM in one place, and it has outstanding reviews to back that up.