Better Stack pricing: tiers, seat costs, and hidden fees

Short answer

Uptime, logs, errors, and status pages bundled. Telemetry bundles start at $25/mo annual; status pages and SSO billed as add-ons.

Last verified: 2026-05-17 Model: month Official pricing

Public pricing tiers

TierMonthlyAnnual monthly equivalentNotes

Free $0 month $0 month 10 monitors, 1 status page, 100K exceptions, 5K session replays, 30GB metrics.

Nano Telemetry $30 month $25 month 40GB each for logs, traces, metrics; 30-day retention. Europe pricing.

Micro Telemetry $120 month $100 month 160GB each across signals.

Mega Telemetry $250 month $210 month 340GB each, 30-day retention.

Better Stack cost calculator

For 10 seats on Nano Telemetry, current public pricing implies $25 per month when annual pricing is available, or $30 month-to-month.

Sample stack cost at named team sizes

Better Stack monthly cost projection by team size, based on public per-seat pricing.
Tier	10 seats / month	25 seats / month	50 seats / month
Free	$0	$0	$0
Nano Telemetry	$25	$25	$25
Micro Telemetry	$100	$100	$100
Mega Telemetry	$210	$210	$210

Math: per-seat tiers multiplied by seat count. Flat-fee tiers stay constant. Does not include add-ons, support tiers, implementation, or usage overages.

Hidden fees and quote risks

AI SRE billed at $0.00003 per token.
Error tracking $0.000050-$0.000175 per exception by region.
Session replay $0.00150-$0.00525 per replay.
Status pages $15-$250/mo per page on top of telemetry.
SSO (Azure/Okta) is $5/user/month, audit logs $250/mo.

Enterprise notes

60-day money-back guarantee on all plans. Call routing $250/mo per phone number for incidents.

Closest alternatives

Other observability + status tools buyers shortlist when they compare Better Stack.

Datadog Observability

Grafana Cloud Not yet covered

New Relic Observability platform

Sources

Official Better Stack pricing page

Pricing changes frequently. Confirm directly with the vendor before purchase.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Better Stack cost?

Better Stack pricing depends on its Bundles + per-event usage. The page lists public tiers and flags custom or usage-based items that require vendor confirmation.

What is the main hidden fee risk for Better Stack?

AI SRE billed at $0.00003 per token.

Which Better Stack alternatives should buyers compare?

Datadog, Grafana Cloud, New Relic are the closest alternatives most procurement teams compare against Better Stack.