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TigerUp vs Better Stack
Better Stack is an observability platform whose uptime product covers monitors, heartbeats, status pages and on-call. TigerUp monitors websites, APIs and TCP ports, warns before certificates and domains expire, alerts by email, Slack and webhooks, and publishes public status pages.
50 monitors, 60-second checks, $9/month flat. Paid plans are coming soon; the free plan is open now.
Better Stack details were last checked on , from the pages linked in each row. Prices are in US dollars as each company lists them.
| Feature | TigerUp | Better Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | TigerUpYes: 5 monitors, checks every 5 minutes, commercial use allowed | Better StackYes, for personal projects: 10 monitors and heartbeats, 1 status page, Slack and email alertsSource: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
| Paid plans from | TigerUp$9/month (Pro): 50 monitors, checks every minute | Better Stack$29/month per responder billed yearly, or $34 monthly, with 10 monitors included; 50 more monitors are $21/month yearly or $25 monthlySource: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
| Fastest check interval | TigerUp30 seconds (Business) | Better Stack30 seconds on paid plans; 3 minutes on free plansSource: Better Stack docs: check frequency, last checked |
| HTTP(S) and keyword checks | TigerUpYes, on every plan: up when the page contains, or doesn't contain, a keyword | Better StackYesSource: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
| Custom method, headers and body | TigerUpYes, on every plan: GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, PATCH or DELETE, custom headers (secret values encrypted at rest) and a request body | Better StackYes: method, headers and request bodySource: Better Stack docs: request parameters and headers, last checked |
| TCP port checks | TigerUpYes, on every plan | Better StackYes (TCP and UDP)Source: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
| Ping (ICMP) checks | TigerUpNo | Better StackYesSource: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
| Heartbeat (cron job) monitoring | TigerUpNo | Better StackYes: 10 included, 10 more for $17/month yearly or $20 monthlySource: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
| SSL certificate expiry alerts | TigerUpYes, on every plan: alerts 30, 14, 7 and 1 day before expiry, and for invalid certificates | Better StackYesSource: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
| Domain expiry alerts | TigerUpYes, on every plan, where the registry publishes an expiry date (RDAP); read daily | Better StackYes (TLD expiration monitoring)Source: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
| Checks from several locations | TigerUpNo, checks run from one location | Better StackYes, with geo-specific checksSource: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
| Public status pages | TigerUp1 on Free, 3 on Pro, 20 on Business | Better Stack1 included; each additional public page $12/month yearly or $15 monthlySource: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
| Status page on your own domain | TigerUpNo | Better StackYes (custom sub-domain, e.g. status.yourdomain.com)Source: Better Stack pricing, last checked |
| Maintenance windows | TigerUpNo | Better StackYesSource: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
| Alert channels | TigerUpEmail, Slack and webhooks on every plan. No SMS or phone calls | Better StackFree: Slack and email. Paid: phone calls, SMS, push, email, Slack, Teams, Zapier and webhooksSource: Better Stack pricing (machine-readable), last checked |
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