Better Stack Alternative
AppSignal is the better alternative to Better Stack.
Looking for a better way to monitor your app? AppSignal keeps things simple with affordable pricing, amazing human support, simple setup, and an interface that just makes sense.
AppSignal makes monitoring simple
- Simple, flat pricing
- Developer-focused UI
- Free dev-to-dev support
- All-in-one APM solution
- No hard limits or feature walls
- No surprise billing
Better Stack is complex and costly
- Pricing that spikes
- Analytics focused UI
- Support varies per plan
- Complex tooling
- Hard limits and feature walls
- Overage fees and bill shock
APM tools comparison
Why developers choose AppSignal over Better Stack.
AppSignal APM is the all-in-one Better Stack alternative that helps teams focus on writing great code. Your team will have all the tools they need in one easy-to-use interface.
Features | Better Stack | AppSignal |
|---|---|---|
| Error tracking | Requires Better Stack's Uptime tool. | A simple solution-focused UI with all the data you need to fix errors fast. |
| Performance monitoring | Requires Better Stack's Uptime tool, designed for alerting not debugging. | Makes issue management easy. Get detailed insights, including stack traces and impact. |
| Host monitoring | Track critical host metrics in real-time. | |
| Anomaly detection | For metrics and logs. | |
| Uptime monitoring | Requires Better Stack's Uptime tool. | Don't ping us, we'll ping you. Easily add monitors via our app with a simple overview. |
| Metric dashboards | ||
| Log management | Requires Better Stack's Telemetry tool. | All plans come with 1GB free logging. |
| Automated dashboards | Referred to as ready-made dashboards. | Generated automatically based on the data you send us. |
| Background job and process monitoring | Limited depending on plan, then $21 per 50 monitors. | Create unlimited monitors for cron jobs, background processes and more with Check-ins. |
Core functionality | Better Stack | AppSignal |
|---|---|---|
| Deploy markers | Universally supported with a simple setup. | |
| Namespace monitoring | Simple, no-fuss namespace setup for all of our packages. | |
| Tagging | ||
| Filter data | Data obfuscation must be implemented manually from the data source. | Easily filter data, and exclude sensitive data via denylist. |
| Custom metrics | Only for logs. |
Benefits | Better Stack | AppSignal |
|---|---|---|
| Free 30-day trial | No free trial. | Includes all of our features. |
| Free plan | Hard feature usage caps, and only for personal use. | Access to all features, including 1GB of logging and 50K requests per month, free forever. |
| Simple pricing | Pricing varies depending on tooling and usage, and can drastically spike month-to-month. | Flat, predictable pricing. |
| Relaxed upgrade policy | Better Stack requires its customers to manage their usage proactively, which can often lead to bill shock and limited insights. | No surprise bills, or manual metric management. We'll reach out when you're due an upgrade, and work with you to find the best plan. |
| Free support | Free email support, but additional support may be limited depending on your SLA. | Always talk to a human! You can reach out to us via email and chat, we'll even jump into calls to debug problems with you in real-time. |
| Straightforward docs | Lacks explainers and examples that developers can relate to. | Optimized for solving problems. |
| Free stroopwaffles | You send us metrics, and we'll send you FREE stroopwaffles, deal? |
Simple Pricing with AppSignal
Straightforward all-in-one pricing.
One simple, request-based plan covering unlimited users, apps, teams, and access to all observability features. With AppSignal, you always know what you're paying for, there are no hidden fees or complex bundles.
Free plan
Our free plan is perfect for startups, hobby, or side-projects
- 50K requests
- 1GB logging
- 5-day retention
Built for developers, not analysts
AppSignal gives developers a clean UI with the tools they need to monitor, debug, and improve their app, including logging and incident management.
Real devs, real support
No chasing AI bots for answers. Every AppSignal customer gets free support from real developers who actually understand your stack.
Predictable pricing, no penalties
Better Stack hits you with surprise charges when you go over limits. AppSignal's pricing is transparent, we promise smooth scaling.
Customer Stories
What our customers think
We love our customers, and they love us back. Over 1500+ development teams rely on AppSignal to ship code with confidence. Here's why AppSignal is a great alternative to Better Stack if you ask our customers.
Read customer stories →Thimo
Developer, SportCityAppSignal has been a tremendous help to us, so thanks for this service!
Jacob
CEO, LevelAppSignal has become indispensable to our operations at Level. They provide us with comprehensive visibility into our application's performance and stability, enabling our team to address potential issues before they impact our end-users. This proactive approach has dramatically improved our service reliability and customer satisfaction.
Selim
CTO, SapiologieI'm extremely happy with AppSignal! It has solved many issues in 30 minutes of configuration and given me great peace of mind. We're a very small team tackling hard challenges so good tools like AppSignal are HUGE time savers.
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