Uptime
Monitor website availability with Better Stack, including status pages, heartbeats, and alert integrations.
About Uptime
Uptime Monitoring by Better Stack is a web-based tool for tracking the availability of websites, APIs, and other network services. Its free tier includes 10 monitors, 10 heartbeats, and a status page with 3-minute check intervals. The platform supports monitoring for a wide range of services including web pages, APIs, SSL certificates, domain expiration, email protocols, DNS, and cron jobs. Additional capabilities include 30-second global checks with downtime screenshots and error logs, traceroute and MTR outputs for diagnosing timeouts, Playwright transaction monitoring via real Chrome browsers, incident management with smart merging and flexible escalations, unlimited alert channels, and customizable branded status pages hosted on a user's custom subdomain.
Key features
- 30-second global checks with downtime screenshots and error logs
- Traceroute and MTR outputs for connection and request timeouts
- Playwright transaction monitoring via real Chrome browser instances
- Monitoring for SSL, domain expiration, email, DNS, and cron jobs
- Smart incident merging and flexible escalation rules for alerts
- Custom subdomain branded status pages with subscriber update emails
Best for: The tool is best suited for engineering teams, SaaS operators, and organizations that need to monitor service uptime and share public status updates with end users.
Good for
- Free tier includes 10 monitors, 10 heartbeats, and a custom subdomain status page
- Claims no false positives for uptime monitoring
- Unlimited voice, SMS, email, and chat alert channels with no per-alert fees
Watch out for
- Free tier restricts users to 10 monitors, 10 heartbeats, and 3-minute check intervals
- Paid plan pricing is not publicly listed, requiring a demo request for enterprise tiers
Uptime at a glance
- Website
- betterstack.com/uptime
- Category
- Development › Cloud & Web Hosting
- Type
- Online tool
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Uptime FAQ
What is included in the free uptime monitoring tier?
The free tier includes 10 monitors, 10 heartbeats, and a status page with 3-minute check intervals.
What types of services can be monitored with this tool?
The tool supports monitoring for web pages, APIs, ping, SSL, domain expiration, POP3, IMAP, SMTP, DNS, cron jobs, and generic network services.
What alert channels are available for downtime notifications?
Alerts can be sent via SMS, email, Slack, Teams, push notifications, and unlimited voice calls.
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