Better Stack (formerly Better Uptime) starts at $29/mo for uptime monitoring. ProxyKit gives you 50 free monitors, email alerts, public status pages, and incident tracking. No signup. No credit card.
Start Monitoring Free →No account required. Paste a URL, you're live.
What you get on each platform, side by side.
| Feature | ProxyKit (Free) | Better Stack (from $29/mo) |
|---|---|---|
| Free monitors | 50 monitors 10x more | 5 monitors |
| Paid plan price | $9/mo (Pro) 69% less | $29/mo (Team) |
| Monitors on paid plan | Unlimited Winner | 20 (Team plan) |
| Check interval (free) | 5 min | 3 min |
| Check interval (paid) | 1 min | 30 sec |
| Email alerts | Free ✓ | Free ✓ |
| Status pages | Free ✓ Winner | Paid plans only ($29+/mo) |
| Incident tracking | Automatic Winner | Included |
| Response time charts | Free ✓ | Included ✓ |
| Signup required | No — zero signup Winner | Yes + email verification |
| Webhook alerts | Pro ($9/mo) | Paid plans ($29+/mo) |
| Log management | Not included | Bundled |
| On-call scheduling | Not included | Bundled |
| Annual savings vs Better Stack | $348/yr saved (free) or $240/yr (Pro) | — |
No credit card, no time limit, no signup. Just paste a URL.
HTTP, HTTPS, or any URL. Check every 5 minutes. Get notified the moment something goes down.
FreeInstant email when a monitor goes down or recovers. Configure per-monitor or globally.
FreeShare a beautiful status page with your users. Real-time uptime data, incident timeline, uptime percentage.
FreeDowntime creates an incident automatically. Recovery resolves it. Full incident history, zero manual work.
FreeVisual response time history for every monitor. Spot slowdowns before they become outages.
FreeStart monitoring without signing up. Get a private dashboard link. Bookmark it — that's your access.
FreeNo import tool needed. Monitors are just URLs.
Enter any URL on the ProxyKit homepage. Your first monitor is live immediately.
→Add the rest of your URLs from the dashboard. Each takes ~10 seconds.
→Run both in parallel if you want. Once satisfied, cancel Better Stack and save $348+/year.
Yes. ProxyKit is a free Better Stack alternative with 50 monitors, 5-minute checks, email alerts, public status pages, automatic incident tracking, and response time charts. No credit card, no time limit, no signup needed. Better Stack's free tier only gives you 5 monitors with no status pages.
Better Stack's Team plan starts at $29/month for 20 monitors. Their free tier is limited to 5 monitors with 3-minute checks and no status pages. ProxyKit gives you 50 monitors and status pages for free. ProxyKit Pro is $9/month for unlimited monitors with 1-minute checks — saving you $240+ per year.
Yes. Better Uptime rebranded to Better Stack in 2023 and expanded to include log management and incident management alongside uptime monitoring. The monitoring product is the same. If you only need uptime monitoring, ProxyKit offers a simpler, free alternative.
No. Paste a URL, get a monitor. You'll receive a private dashboard link — bookmark it. That's it. No email, no password, no account creation. Better Stack requires account creation with email verification.
Just add your URLs to ProxyKit — each monitor takes ~10 seconds. Run both tools in parallel during transition. Once satisfied, cancel Better Stack. No import tool needed since monitors are just URLs.
No. ProxyKit focuses purely on uptime monitoring, status pages, and alerting. If you need log management, you can use a dedicated tool alongside ProxyKit. Many teams overpay for Better Stack's bundle when they only need uptime monitoring — that's where ProxyKit saves you $348+/year.
No. Our pricing model works at $9/mo. We have no investors demanding growth at any cost. The free tier stays free. Pro stays $9.
50 monitors. Status pages. Incident tracking. Zero signup. Zero dollars.