Better Stack
Utilities Free tier (card may be required)
AuthenticationFree tier (card may be required)
Rate limitFree tier: 10 monitors, 3-minute checks, 1 status page
Documentation: betterstack.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
Better Stack combines uptime monitoring, on-call alerting, and status pages in one clean dashboard. The free tier includes 10 monitors with 3-minute checks and one status page. Their REST API lets you create monitors, manage status pages, and pipe incidents into your own tools. With full docs and examples.
Details
Free tier, but a card may be required to sign up.
Auth: Free tier (card may be required)
Rate limit: Free tier: 10 monitors, 3-minute checks, 1 status page
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: business developer
Setup
- Sign up for a free Better Stack account
- Add your first website or API endpoint to monitor
- Create an API token in settings
- Connect alert channels (Slack, email, phone)
- Publish your free status page for your users
Example
Create a monitor group: POST https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2/monitor-groups with an API tokenUse cases
- Get woken up by phone when your website goes down
- Show customers a live status page during an outage
- Automate monitor setup for every new client site you deploy