ProxyKit gives you 50 free monitors, status pages, and incident tracking. Pro is $9/mo for unlimited monitors — not $29. No credit card to start.
Start Monitoring Free →Set up your first monitor in 30 seconds. No account needed.
Better Stack (formerly Better Uptime) bundles uptime monitoring with log management, on-call scheduling, and incident workflows. The free tier gives you just 5 monitors with 3-minute checks. Their Starter plan costs $29/month for 20 monitors. If all you need is uptime monitoring and status pages, you're paying for features you'll never use. ProxyKit gives you 50 monitors free — and unlimited for $9/mo.
Side-by-side comparison of what you actually get on each platform.
| Feature | ProxyKit | Better Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Free monitors | 50 monitors 10x more | 5 monitors |
| Free check interval | 5 minutes | 3 minutes |
| Paid check interval | 1 minute | 30 seconds |
| Status pages | Free ✓ | Free ✓ |
| Incident tracking | Automatic Winner | Manual workflows |
| Email alerts | Pro ($9/mo) | All plans |
| Response time charts | Free ✓ | All plans |
| Signup required | No Winner | Yes + email verification |
| Log management | Not included | Logtail built-in |
| On-call scheduling | Not included | Included |
| Starter price | $9/month 69% less | $29/month |
| Paid monitors | Unlimited Winner | 20 (Starter) |
| Credit card to start | Not required Winner | Required for paid |
Simple pricing. No bundled features you don't need.
Paste a URL, start monitoring. No account creation, no email verification, no credit card. You get a private dashboard link — bookmark it, that's your access. Better Stack requires signup and onboarding before your first monitor.
$0 free, $9 Pro. That's it. Better Stack bundles uptime monitoring with log management and on-call scheduling — powerful if you need it, but most indie devs and small teams just need to know when their site goes down.
ProxyKit's free plan includes 50 monitors. Better Stack's free plan gives you 5. If you're running multiple projects, side hustles, or client sites, 5 monitors runs out fast.
Better Stack is a full observability platform — logs, metrics, on-call, incidents. ProxyKit focuses on one thing: uptime monitoring done right. Less complexity, less configuration, less cost.
Yes. The free plan includes 50 monitors with 5-minute check intervals, public status pages, automatic incident tracking, and response time charts. No credit card required, no time limit, no signup. Better Stack's free plan only includes 5 monitors.
For uptime monitoring specifically, ProxyKit covers what most developers need: ping a URL every 1-5 minutes, get alerted when it's down, show a status page. Better Stack adds log management, on-call scheduling, and incident workflows — useful for larger teams, but overkill for monitoring your SaaS or side project.
Yes. Add your URLs to ProxyKit and you're live in seconds. Run both tools in parallel during your transition. Once you're satisfied, cancel Better Stack and save $240+/year.
Better Stack includes Logtail (log management), on-call scheduling with escalation policies, and incident management workflows. If you need a full observability stack, Better Stack covers more ground. If you just need uptime monitoring, status pages, and alerts — ProxyKit does that for free or $9/mo.
Unlimited monitors, 1-minute check intervals, email alerts, custom status page domains, and priority support. $9/month — 69% less than Better Stack Starter at $29/month.
Yes. Better Uptime rebranded to Better Stack in 2023 after merging with Logtail. If you're searching for a Better Uptime alternative, ProxyKit is a great fit — same uptime monitoring, 10x more free monitors, and 69% cheaper on paid plans.
50 monitors. Status pages. Incident tracking. Zero signup. Zero dollars.