Alternatives to Better Stack
Other Monitoring and observability vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Better Stack does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 27 that differ from Better Stack on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Better Stack has 6 gaps in what we could measure: Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Named privacy contact. The column “publishes and Better Stack does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Better Stack does not | Better Stack publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentrysentry.io | 83/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Status page with history, security.txt (RFC 9116) | nothing | Compare |
| Datadogdatadoghq.com | 74/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Named privacy contact | 1 Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| New Relicnewrelic.com | 65/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Status page with history, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 2 Data processing agreement, Certifications named | Compare |
| Sumo Logicsumologic.com | 57/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Status page with history, Named privacy contact | 2 Data processing agreement, Data location stated | Compare |
| Honeycombhoneycomb.io | 80/100 | 2 Subprocessor list, Status page with history | nothing | Compare |
| Rollbarrollbar.com | 68/100 | 2 Subprocessor list, Status page with history | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Chronospherechronosphere.io | 40/100 | 2 Subprocessor list, Uptime SLA with a figure | 3 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Sematextsematext.com | 35/100 | 2 Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent | 3 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Certifications named | Compare |
| Pingdompingdom.com | 30/100 | 2 Uptime SLA with a figure, Named privacy contact | 3 Data processing agreement, Data location stated, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| UptimeRobotuptimerobot.com | 65/100 | 1 Status page with history | nothing | Compare |
| Grafana Labsgrafana.com | 50/100 | 1 Status page with history | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Checklychecklyhq.com | 45/100 | 1 Uptime SLA with a figure | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.