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Uptime monitoring

Replaces Better Stack. 3 ways out. Best: Better Stack (free tier) (cheaper plan), about $396 saved in year one.

Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. No verified migrations yet. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

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.

3 ways out, best first

Cheaper planBetter Stack (free tier)Saves $396 in year one
$34/mo today → $0/mo · setup 0.25 h · then $408/yr · payback 0.4 mo
1 seat. If your use fits the free tier (10 monitors & heartbeats, 1 status page, 100k exceptions/mo).
Covers 100% of the core features
Free: 10 monitors, 1 status page, Slack/email alerts; pay only for responder licenses ($29-34).
Sources: betterstack.com
Switch vendorUptimeRobot (free tier)Saves $358 in year one
$34/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $408/yr · payback 1.5 mo
1 seat. If your use fits the free tier (Free plan with 5-minute checks).
Covers 100% of the core features
UptimeRobot Free covers basic uptime checks and a status page.
Sources: betterstack.comuptimerobot.com
Open sourceUptime KumaCosts $1,052 more in year one
$34/mo today → $5/mo + 2 h upkeep · setup 4 h
1 seat. Free self-hosted monitor with 90+ notification services; no phone-call on-call.
Covers 100% of the core features
Free self-hosted monitor with 90+ notification services; no phone-call on-call.
License: open_source
Sources: betterstack.comgithub.com

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