Go from Better Stack to Better Stack (free tier)
The job: Uptime monitoring (Uptime monitoring, Status pages). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.
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Switch app
Open source
Agent skill
Keep it and pay less
The money
$34/mo today , then $0/mo
Better Stack Responder license
Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math
Does it do the job? 2 of 2 covered
- Covered: Uptime monitoring
- Covered: Status pages
The work
- Setup
- About 15 min
- Upkeep
- None
- Watch out
- Check first: You only rely on: Uptime monitoring, Status pages
Make the move in four steps
Export from Better Stack
Logs and metrics. Format: JSON, JSONEachRow, CSV, TSV or a readable table
Export stepsCheck what Free plan keeps
10 monitors & heartbeats, 1 status page, 100,000 exceptions/mo, 5,000 session replays, 3 GB logs and 3 GB traces (3-day retention)
DetailsSwitch to Free plan
Change the plan in Better Stack's billing settings before your renewal date.
Check the next bill
Your next Better Stack invoice should show the lower price. Check that your data and links still work.
The whole recipe: 4 ways out, best first
What you use
- Uptime monitoring
- Status pages
Not covered
- On-call scheduling
- Phone and SMS alerts
- Log management
- Error tracking
- Incident management
Check before switching
- You only rely on: Uptime monitoring, Status pages
- Export your data from Better Stack before canceling
Agents: get_recipe("replace-better-stack") on the Stackcut MCP server.
4 ways out, best first
How we got this
| You pay now: Better Stack Responder license | $34/user/mo × 1 user | $34/mo |
|---|---|---|
| New cost: Better Stack (free tier) | free plan | $0/mo |
| Difference each month | $34 − $0 | +$34/mo |
| Over 12 months | +$34 × 12 | +$408 |
| Setup, once | 0.25 h × $50/h | −$12 |
| Year one | +$408 − $12 | +$396 |
- Not counting your time (0.25 h in year one): saves $408 in year one.
Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team
How we got this
| You pay now: Better Stack Responder license | $34/user/mo × 1 user | $34/mo |
|---|---|---|
| New cost: UptimeRobot (free tier) | free plan | $0/mo |
| Difference each month | $34 − $0 | +$34/mo |
| Over 12 months | +$34 × 12 | +$408 |
| Setup, once | 1 h × $50/h | −$50 |
| Year one | +$408 − $50 | +$358 |
- Not counting your time (1 h in year one): saves $408 in year one.
Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team
How we got this
| You pay now: Better Stack Responder license | $34/user/mo × 1 user | $34/mo |
|---|---|---|
| New cost: Uptime Kuma | a small server (modeled) | $5/mo |
| Your upkeep time | 2 h/mo × $50/h | $100/mo |
| Difference each month | $34 − $5 − $100 | −$71/mo |
| Over 12 months | −$71 × 12 | −$852 |
| Setup, once | 4 h × $50/h | −$200 |
| Year one | −$852 − $200 | −$1,052 |
- Not counting your time (28 h in year one): saves $348 in year one.
Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team
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