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The betterest alternative to Better Stack Uptime.

Phare is a bootstrapped, cost-effective alternative to Better Stack uptime, with no feature gating, and refreshingly VC-free.

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Trusted by 1,000+ teams that ship websites and APIs every day

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The seriously unbiased review of Better Stack:

“Better Stack Uptime is delightful to use, with an extensive feature set. If you can pay the hefty price tag, it’s a great choice.”

Nicolas Beauvais, Founder, Phare

Feature comparison between Phare and Better Stack

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Uptime monitoring
Website monitoring Included Included
TCP port monitoring Included Included
SSL certificate monitoring Included Included
Multi-region monitoring 4 continents 12 regions
Minimum interval 30 seconds with paid plan 30 seconds
Incident management
Automated incident creation Included Included
Incident collaboration Included Included
Incident timeline Included Included
Postmortems Included Included
Status pages
Public status pages One free, more for $12 per month Unlimited
Custom domain Free Free
Incident subscription Email RSS, Atom & Slack
Status page carbon rating C source A+ source
Platform
Free plan Included Included
Projects Unlimited Unlimited
Team members $29 per additional seat Unlimited
Integrations > 10 Discord, Email, Pushover, Slack, SMS, Telegram, Webhooks
Privacy
Ad trackers 10 source 0 source
Third-party cookies 14 source 0 source
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Why teams choose Phare over Better Stack

Real reasons from real customers who made the switch.

Anny
“Phare provides a nice and clean UI, actually the best that I have seen for a monitoring tool so far. But you got many more features, like a status page with custom domain, own alert rules and alerting from different regions.”

Adriaan Wind, CTO & Co-Founder, Anny

Industry
Software as a Service
Team size
10–50
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Frequently asked questions

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  • Is Phare cheaper than Better Stack?

    Better Stack’s pricing scales granularly with features and seats. Phare has a genuinely free plan and a usage-based paid tier with unlimited team members and no artificial feature gating. If your budget is limited, Phare is likely the better choice.

  • Does Phare offer the same 30-second monitoring intervals?

    Both platforms check as frequently as every 30 seconds. Better Stack requires a paid plan to access this. On Phare, 30-second intervals are available on the free plan.

  • Does Phare have a feature-gating problem like Better Stack?

    No, all core features are unlocked on all plans including the free one. No status pages hidden behind enterprise tiers, no per-seat team member costs.

  • Can I expect the same level of service from Phare compared to Better Stack?

    Absolutely not, Phare is a bootstrapped business run by a single guy. Better Stack is a VC-funded company with dozens of employees.

  • How do the status pages compare?

    Phare allows for fast, unlimited status pages, for free, without any ad trackers or third-party cookies. Better Stack charges extra for additional status pages, and sprinkles a few cookies and trackers at no additional cost.

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