# Alternative to Better Stack Uptime

## The betterest alternative to Better Stack Uptime

Phare is bootstrapped, cost-effective alternative to Better Stack uptime, with no feature gating, and refreshingly VC-free.

Phare is trusted by 700+ startups, agencies, and SMBs

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|  | Phare |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Uptime monitoring |  |  |
| Website monitoring |  |  |
| TCP port monitoring |  |  |
| SSL certificate monitoring |  |  |
| Multi-region monitoring | 12 regions | 4 continents |
| Minimum interval | 30 seconds | 30 seconds with paid plan |
| Incident management |  |  |
| Automated incident creation |  |  |
| Incident collaboration |  |  |
| Incident timeline |  |  |
| Postmortems |  |  |
| Status pages |  |  |
| Public status pages | Unlimited | One free, more for $12 per month |
| Custom domain | Free | Free |
| Incident subscription | RSS & Atom | Email |
| Status page carbon rating | [A+  source](https://www.websitecarbon.com/website/status-phare-io/) | [c  source](https://www.websitecarbon.com/website/status-betterstack-com/) |
| Platform |  |  |
| Free plan |  |  |
| Projects | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Team members | Unlimited | $29 per additional seat |
| Integrations | Discord, Email, Pushover, Slack, SMS, Telegram, Webhooks | > 10 |
| Privacy |  |  |
| Ad trackers | [0  source](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=phare.io&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) | [10  source](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=betterstack.com&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) |
| Third-party cookies | [0  source](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=phare.io&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) | [14  source](https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=betterstack.com&device=desktop&location=eu&force=false) |

## Why teams choose Phare over Better Stack Uptime

### Transparent Pricing

No surprise bills, no hidden fees. Pay only for what you use with clear, upfront pricing. Free plan available to get started.

### No Feature Gating

All features available on the free plan. No need to upgrade just to unlock basic functionality like 30-second intervals or status pages.

### Unlimited Team Members

Collaborate with your entire team without paying per seat. Invite as many team members as you need at no extra cost.

### Better Support

Get help directly from the founder who built the product. No ticket queues, no automated responses, just real help from someone who cares.

### Modern Incident Management

AI-powered incident analysis, team collaboration tools, and automated postmortem generation. Keep your team coordinated during downtime.

### Privacy-Focused

European-based, GDPR-compliant, zero tracking. Your data stays yours. No selling to big tech, no marketing trackers.

> “Phare provides a nice and clean UI, actually the best that I have seen for a monitoring tool so far. But you got many more features, like a status page with custom domain, own alert rules and alerting from different regions.”  
Adriaan Wind, CTO & Co-Founder, Anny

## Compare Phare Uptime with other monitoring tools

## Set up in 2 minutes, never look back.

Use every feature for free. Invite your whole squad. No credit card, no surprise charges, no clingy follow-up emails if you leave.
Phare is a genuinely great platform, thoughtfully built with a lot of love.