Better Stack

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The AI SRE observability stack 30x cheaper than Datadog

ObservabilityPrague, Czech Republic11–50 employeesFounded 2021

#19 of 45 in Observability7,000 customers (per betterstack.com)50% positive in AI answers

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Visibility score

3.1%

New vs last week

Weekly run · Nov 3

Data collected Nov 3, 2026·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run Nov 9, 2026

Better Stack ranks #19 of 45 in Observability with an AI visibility score of 3.1 (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
Better Stack is most visible on ChatGPT (6.7) and least on Google AI Mode (0).
AI engines name Better Stack in 5 of the 30 Observability buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
grafana.com is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Better Stack, with 7 citations.

About

Company details for Better Stack

Better Stack is an observability platform that combines logs, metrics, traces, error tracking, real user monitoring, uptime monitoring, incident management, on-call and status pages. It uses eBPF and OpenTelemetry to collect telemetry without code changes, and includes an AI SRE agent and an MCP server. The vendor says its pricing is up to 30x cheaper than Datadog for comparable data volumes. It ranks #19 of 45 in Observability on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 3.1 in the latest weekly run.

Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, the company employs 11–50 people. It has raised about $29M. Its differentiator: predictable pricing that the vendor states is up to 30x cheaper than Datadog, with telemetry ingestion sized for the same budget.

Website: betterstack.com
Categories: Observability
Company size: 11–50 employees
Headquarters: Prague, Czech Republic
Founded: 2021
Company type: Private, venture-backed
Funding: Series A-II · $29M raised
Customers: 7,000 · per betterstack.com
Pricing: Free; paid from $29 per seat / mo · per seat
Free trial: Free plan available
Deployment: Cloud-hosted SaaS with data stored by default in EU regions, and US, Europe and Singapore data regions offered; custom cluster and custom VPC deployment available for enterprise accounts.
Compliance: SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR
Support: Email: hello@betterstack.com, Migration assistance and bespoke onboarding included

Twitter · twitter.com/betterstackhq Instagram · instagram.com/betterstackhq/LinkedIn · linkedin.com/company/betterstack GitHub · github.com/BetterStackHQ/YouTube · youtube.com/@betterstack

Read from pitchbook.com, linkedin.com, betterstack.com, g2.com, twitter.com, techcrunch.com · refreshed Nov 3, 2026.

AI visibility

Latest weekly run · Nov 3 · next run Nov 9

Visibility score

3.1%

across Observability answers, weighted by position

ChatGPT6.7%

AI Mode0%

Perplexity2.6%

Change

New

vs last week’s run

Category rank

#19 of 45

in Observability

Mentions

in this week’s run

Share of voice

0.9%

of AI mentions in Observability

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.

Now3.1%

30-day change—

High · low3.1% · 3.1%

Rank#19

Changes appear after the second weekly run in Observability. Datadog leads the category at 69.5%.

Media

Website and product screenshots for Better Stack

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Pricing page

AI mentions & citations

Recent answers that name Better Stack

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Which observability platform has the best reviews?

Based on the latest available customer reviews (November 2026), Dynatrace and New Relic are the strongest overall contenders, while Better Stack has one of the highest ratings on G2.

ChatGPT · run of Nov 3

Best observability platform for startups

Choose Better Stack if the main need is straightforward logs, uptime, and incident response.

Perplexity · run of Nov 3

Is there a free observability platform for small teams?

ChatGPT · run of Nov 3

Best observability platform for startups

ChatGPT · run of Nov 3

Most affordable observability platform that is still reliable

Simple uptime and log monitoring: Better Stack.

ChatGPT · run of Nov 3

Official website of the top observability platform vendors

Better Stack – Monitoring, logging and incident management.

ChatGPT · run of Nov 3

Products & features

What Better Stack sells

Log management

Ingests raw logs, supports SQL, PromQL and drag-and-drop queries, and can store logs in the customer's own S3 bucket.

Tracing

OpenTelemetry-native tracing with an eBPF-based service map and automatic database instrumentation.

Metrics

Dashboards built from metrics collected by Prometheus or OpenTelemetry, or generated from logs.

Infrastructure monitoring

Anomaly detection alerts on logs and metrics, without manually set thresholds.

Incident management

Slack and Teams-based incident management with on-call scheduling, smart incident merging and AI post-mortems.

AI SRE

Slack-native AI agent that investigates incidents using logs, metrics, traces and errors, with an MCP server.

Uptime monitoring

External monitoring with multi-location checks, screenshots of errors, traceroute and Playwright transaction checks.

Status pages

Branded public status pages with subscriber notifications and integrations.

Error tracking

Sentry SDK-compatible exception tracking with release tracking and Linear and Jira integrations.

Session replay and web events

Session replays and auto-captured web events for product and website analytics.

Strengths engines cite

straightforward logs, uptime, and incident response
one of the highest ratings on G2

Target market & buyers

Engineers and DevOps teams

Notable customers include Time Magazine, Salesforce, ESET, Accenture, Decathlon, Rakuten.

Industry	Primary use case
Software Development	Observability, incident management, on-call and status pages for engineering teams

Funding & recent developments

Funding

Round	Year	Amount
Series A	2022	$19M
Series A-II	2024	$10M

Latest known round	Total raised
Series A-II	$29M

Recent developments

Oct 2026CompanyExhibiting at KubeCon (Booth 228)
Better Stack exhibited at KubeCon and presented a platform built on ClickHouse with OpenTelemetry support.

Competitive landscape

How Better Stack compares with its top three alternatives

All alternatives

Better Stack most often appears alongside Datadog, Grafana, New Relic in AI answers.

vsBetter Stack vs Datadog3.1% vs 69.5% visibility · Datadog leadsFull comparison vsBetter Stack vs Grafana3.1% vs 47.8% visibility · Grafana leadsFull comparison vsBetter Stack vs New Relic3.1% vs 47.1% visibility · New Relic leadsFull comparison

Brand	Visibility	Share of voice	vs last week	Starting price
Better Stack	3.1%	0.9%	New	Free plan
Datadog	69.5%	11%	New	$0.05 / mo
Grafana	47.8%	9.8%	New	Free plan
New Relic	47.1%	10.7%	New	Free plan
OpenTelemetry	37.4%	8.2%	New	Pricing not available