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Is Better Stack still free?
Yes Yes. Better Stack had a free tier on the vendor's public page on 2026-10-05.
The $0 plan, described as free for personal projects, includes 10 monitors, 10 heartbeats, 1 status page and 3 GB of logs per month retained for 3 days.
Free tier limits and listed figures
| Item | Value on the vendor page |
|---|---|
| Monitors | 10 |
| Heartbeats | 10 |
| Status pages | 1 |
| Logs | 3 GB per month, retained for 3 days |
| Traces | 3 GB, retained for 3 days |
| Metrics | 30 GB |
| Exceptions | 100,000 per month |
| Session replays | 5,000 |
| Check frequency | not stated by the vendor |
Card and commercial use
- Credit card required
- not stated by the vendor
- Commercial use allowed
- not stated by the vendor
Gotchas
- Described as "Free for personal projects"; the page does not say whether commercial use is allowed
- Logs and traces are retained for 3 days
- Behaviour after the free limits are reached is not stated on the pricing page
Recent change
No recent change is noted on the vendor page that was read.
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Source
Vendor page read by software on 2026-10-05, written out as text so you can copy it into your browser:
https://betterstack.com/pricing