Better Stack

Better Stack combines uptime monitoring, incident management, and log aggregation in one platform at prices that make Datadog look like enterprise extortion. Free tier includes 10 monitors, 1 status page, and basic alerts. Paid plans start at $29/month per responder with 50 monitors—still transparent, predictable pricing with no per-monitor surprise charges.\n\nThe 60-day money-back guarantee signals confidence indie hackers appreciate. Better Stack is deeply engineered for teams that need more than ping checks: incident timelines, on-call schedules, and root-cause analysis. Logs start at $0.10/GB (vs. Datadog's $0.50), and synthetics cost $5 per 10,000 runs. For indie hackers scaling past hobby projects, Better Stack offers the observability depth of enterprise tools without the negotiation theater.