Better Stack today
Starts at
$30/mo
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- Free plan
- Free for personal projects: 3 GB logs retained for 3 days, 3 GB traces retained for 3...
Cheaper than Better Stack (5)
Compared by starting price, same currency.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Better Stack | States that Better Stack doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SematextLogs Basic, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$5/moLogs Basic plan, starting price | $25 lessstarting price | Full-text log search, Self-hosted option | No contracts or commitments, cancel any time (infra monitoring FAQ) | Trial: 14-day free trial, no credit card needed |
 Site24x7 Log ManagementWeb Uptime, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$10/moWeb Uptime plan, starting price | $20 lessstarting price | Full-text log search | Not found | Free forever plan: monitor the uptime of up to 50 resources and receive... |
 LogicMonitorEssentials, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$16/moEssentials plan, starting price | $14 lessstarting price | Full-text log search | Existing contracts stay in effect for current term; actual pricing... | Trial: 15 days on any plan (pricing page); home page says 14-day access |
| Grafana Loki (Grafana Cloud)Pro, read Oct 29, 2026 | $19/moPro plan, starting price | $11 lessstarting price | Self-hosted option | Enterprise: minimum annual commit of $25,000 | Always-free plan: logs limited to 50 GB ingested per month with 14 day... |
 AxiomAxiom Cloud, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$25/moAxiom Cloud plan, starting price | $5 lessstarting price | HIPAA BAA | No minimum commitment on pay as you go; optional 12, 24 or 36... | Personal plan is permanent and free with 500 GB/mo data loading compute, 10... |
Other options (9)
No computed reason to switch, listed for completeness.
| Alternative | Starts at | Against Better Stack | States that Better Stack doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SolarWinds LogglyStandard, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$79/mo yearlyStandard plan, starting price | $49 morestarting price | Full-text log search | Month-to-month plans available; annual prepaid plans offered at a... | Lite plan is free: centralized log management, automated log summaries... |
 HoneycombPro, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$150/moPro plan, starting price | $120 morestarting price | Nothing extra found | Monthly or annual subscription on Pro | Free forever: up to 20M events and 100M metrics data points per month, 2... |
 GraylogGraylog Enterprise, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$1,250/mo yearlyGraylog Enterprise plan, starting price | $1,220 morestarting price | Full-text log search, Self-hosted option | 1 to 5 year subscription terms; multi-year locks rate | Graylog Open is free permanently, source-available under SSPL, no daily... |
 New RelicStandard full platform user (first user), read Oct 29, 2026 |
$10/userStandard full platform user (first user) plan, starting price | Not comparable | Full-text log search, HIPAA BAA | Pay-as-you-go with no commitment past the current month... | Perpetual free tier each month: 100 GB data ingest, one free full platform... |
 Coralogixread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.06/GBUsage price | Not comparable | Full-text log search | Fees invoiced and payable annually in advance, non-cancellable | Trial: 14-day free trial, all features, no credit card, quota of 8 units |
 Datadogread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.10/gb ingestedUsage price | Not comparable | HIPAA BAA | Service use is governed by the Master Subscription Agreement or... | Trial: Free trial offered, length not stated |
 Dynatraceread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.20/GiBUsage price | Not comparable | HIPAA BAA | Annual commitment at the platform level | Trial: 15-day free trial |
 Logz.ioread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.92/ingested GB, per dayUsage price | Not comparable | Full-text log search, HIPAA BAA | Annual or monthly plans; monthly costs 1.2x the annual price | Trial: 14-day free trial |
 OpenObserveread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.50/GB ingestedUsage price | Not comparable | Full-text log search, Self-hosted option | Committed terms are non-cancellable | Self-hosted Open Source edition is free forever; Self-Hosted Enterprise is... |
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Questions
What is the cheapest alternative to Better Stack?
Sematext, at $5/mo by starting price, $25 less than Better Stack. Computed from each vendor's published prices.
Is there a free alternative to Better Stack?
Yes. 8 log management software have a free plan, including Site24x7 Log Management, Grafana Loki (Grafana Cloud), Axiom, SolarWinds Loggly, Honeycomb.
How this page is made
Alternatives come from Better Stack's own category, Log management software. Prices come from each vendor's pricing page and are compared at the same volume where both can be computed, and by starting price where neither can. "States that Better Stack doesn't" lists what we found on the other vendor's site and didn't find on Better Stack's, which doesn't prove Better Stack lacks it. How prices are read.