The free Better Stack alternative
Status by OpenApps is a free Better Stack alternative: Free. No limit on pages or incidents. Better Stack's free plan: 10 monitors and heartbeats and 1 status page with 1,000 subscribers, for personal projects.
What each one costs
| App | Free plan | Paid plans |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Free. No limit on pages or incidents. | None |
| Better Stack | 10 monitors and heartbeats and 1 status page with 1,000 subscribers, for personal projects. | Better Stack's free plan includes 10 monitors and 1 status page. The Responder license is $34 a month, or $29 billed yearly, and status page extras are priced per page, such as $15 a month for another public page or $250 a month to remove branding (2026). |
Past the one free page, extras cost per page, such as $250 a month to remove branding.
Switching from Better Stack
Claim a page in Status for each service. Keep any monitor or scheduled job that can send a web request with your owner key, and point it at the uptime hookup so incidents open and close on their own.
Questions
Is there a free alternative to Better Stack?
Yes. Status by OpenApps does what Better Stack does for status pages, for free, with no sign-up.
Does Better Stack have a free plan?
10 monitors and heartbeats and 1 status page with 1,000 subscribers, for personal projects. That is from Better Stack's own site, checked October 19, 2026.
What does Better Stack cost?
Better Stack's free plan includes 10 monitors and 1 status page. The Responder license is $34 a month, or $29 billed yearly, and status page extras are priced per page, such as $15 a month for another public page or $250 a month to remove branding (2026).
How do I switch from Better Stack?
Claim a page in Status for each service. Keep any monitor or scheduled job that can send a web request with your owner key, and point it at the uptime hookup so incidents open and close on their own.
Can an AI assistant use Status instead of Better Stack?
Yes. Status has a public API that needs no key, so an assistant can do the job for you.
Better Stack is a trademark of its owner. OpenApps is not affiliated with it. Better Stack's paid prices above are approximate and change often; check its site for current pricing.