Error & Log Monitoring · decision tool
Migrate off Better Stack — worth it, in months
Your Better Stack bill at real usage vs the best alternative, with your migration hours priced in. Sometimes the math says stay — it decides, not a blog post.
Prices verified 2026-07-17 against official pricing pages · fit weights are our estimates (see methodology) · share the URL to share your configuration
Your situation
Usage drives both bills; effort drives the breakeven.
Migration verdict
Probably stay — payback over a year out
Saving $30.00/mo against ~$800.00 of migration effort takes 27 months to break even.
You today
- Per-GB prices vary up to 3.5x by hosting region (EU $0.10/GB vs Singapore $0.35/GB) — our numbers assume EU
- Free tier retains logs only 3 days — fine for uptime alerting, thin for debugging
Best alternative
Fits the free tier at your usage.
- Log pricing is three separate meters (write/process/retain) — effective $/GB is higher than the headline number
- Pro rates are 'starts at' language; $8 per active user adds up for teams that browse dashboards casually
The math, line by line
Bills computed by the same engine and verified data as the monitoring platform selector; switching-cost inputs are yours to set — we only default them.
At a glance
| Tool | Free tier | Paid entry | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentry | 5K errors + 5GB logs + 5M spans/month, 1 user, 30-day lookback | Team $26/mo | 2026-07-17 |
| GlitchTip | 1,000 events/month, unlimited projects and team members | Small $15/mo | 2026-07-17 |
| Better Stack | 3GB logs + 3GB traces (3-day retention), 10 uptime monitors, 1 status page | Telemetry Nano $30/mo | 2026-07-17 |
| Axiom | 500GB/month ingest, 30-day retention, 25GB storage, no credit card | Axiom Cloud $25/mo | 2026-07-17 |
| Grafana Cloud | 50GB logs + 50GB traces + 50GB profiles + 10K metric series, 3 users, 14-day retention | Pro $19/mo | 2026-07-17 |
| New Relic | 100GB/month all-telemetry ingest, 1 full-platform user, retention ≥8 days | Standard $10/mo | 2026-07-17 |
| Datadog | No free tier | Infrastructure Pro + logs $15/mo | 2026-07-17 |
Data sources
| Tool | Source | Verified |
|---|---|---|
| Sentry | Sentry pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
| GlitchTip | GlitchTip pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
| Better Stack | Better Stack pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
| Axiom | Axiom pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
| Grafana Cloud | Grafana Cloud pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
| New Relic | New Relic pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
| Datadog | Datadog pricing page | 2026-07-17 |
A monitor re-checks these pages for changes; when a vendor moves a price, the date updates and every verdict recomputes.