Comparison

Better Stack Uptime vs Blackbox Exporter

On the evidence we track, Better Stack Uptime leads this comparison with a composite score of 59/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Better Stack Uptime59

Blackbox Exporter44

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Better Stack UptimeLeader	Blackbox Exporter
vioscaleAI score	59 / 100medium · 58%	44 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	free
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$29	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	10	1
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	6.9
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://github.com/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fprometheus%2Fblackbox_exporter&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	17
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	5,896
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	22
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	123
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	4 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Better Stack Uptime59 / 100medium · 58%

Blackbox Exporter44 / 100low · 33%

Pricing

Free tier

Better Stack Uptime✓

Blackbox Exporter✓

Model

Better Stack Uptimefreemium

Blackbox Exporteropen_source

Price level

Better Stack Uptimemid

Blackbox Exporterfree

Starting price

Better Stack Uptime$29

Blackbox Exporter–

Transparent

Better Stack Uptime✓

Blackbox Exporter✓

Integrations

Count

Better Stack Uptime10

Blackbox Exporter1

Security

Gdpr

Better Stack Uptime✓

Blackbox Exporter–

Iso27001

Better Stack Uptime✓

Blackbox Exporter–

Scorecard

Better Stack Uptime–

Blackbox Exporter6.9

Soc2

Better Stack Uptime✓

Blackbox Exporter–

Trust center

Better Stack Uptime–

Blackbox Exporterhttps://github.com/security

Vulnerabilities

Better Stack Uptime–

Blackbox ExporterCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fprometheus%2Fblackbox_exporter&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

Better Stack Uptime✓

Blackbox Exporter–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Better Stack Uptime–

Blackbox Exporter17

Github stars

Better Stack Uptime–

Blackbox Exporter5,896

Activity

Commits last 30d

Better Stack Uptime–

Blackbox Exporter22

Release

Cadence days

Better Stack Uptime–

Blackbox Exporter123

History

Better Stack Uptime–

Blackbox Exporter20 items

License

Spdx

Better Stack Uptime–

Blackbox ExporterApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Better Stack Uptime–

Blackbox ExporterGo

Market

Availability

Better Stack UptimeAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Blackbox ExporterAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Better Stack Uptime7 items

Blackbox Exporter4 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for uptime monitoring. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Uptime Monitoring
Capability	Better Stack Uptime	Blackbox Exporter
Capabilities
Deployment model	Saas	Self host
HTTP HTTPS checks	-	✓
Ssl expiry monitoring	-	✓
Cron heartbeat monitoring	-	-
Synthetic browser checks	-	-
DNS monitoring	-	✓
Multi location checks	-	-
Slack teams alerting	-	-
SMS voice alerting	-	-
Incident pagerduty integration	-	-
Bundled status page	-	-
SOC2 type ii	-	-
Pricing model	-	Open source

Capabilities

Deployment model

Better Stack UptimeSaas

Blackbox ExporterSelf host

HTTP HTTPS checks

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox Exporter✓

Ssl expiry monitoring

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox Exporter✓

Cron heartbeat monitoring

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox Exporter-

Synthetic browser checks

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox Exporter-

DNS monitoring

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox Exporter✓

Multi location checks

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox Exporter-

Slack teams alerting

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox Exporter-

SMS voice alerting

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox Exporter-

Incident pagerduty integration

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox Exporter-

Bundled status page

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox Exporter-

SOC2 type ii

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox Exporter-

Pricing model

Better Stack Uptime-

Blackbox ExporterOpen source

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Better Stack Uptime

Leader

Better Stack provides observability tools that integrate logging and monitoring capabilities. The platform uses eBPF technology for instrumentation in containerized environments to collect logs, metrics, and traces.

Independently observed

Blackbox Exporter

An open-source exporter that performs synthetic health checks on network endpoints including HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP, ICMP, and gRPC, measuring availability and collecting performance metrics for Prometheus.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Better Stack Uptime

Leader

from $29/moSubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Uptime monitoring and incident management starts at $29/month billed annually. Modular add-ons for logs, errors, responders, and other features.

FreeFree
- Uptime monitoring
- Email and Slack alerts
- Status page
- Exception tracking
Uptime$29/month billed annually ($34/month monthly)
- Unlimited monitors
- Incident management
- On-call scheduling
- Status page included
- Slack and Teams integration
- +2 more

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Blackbox Exporter

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-10-15verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Better Stack Uptime	Blackbox Exporter
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
iOSPlatforms	✓	✗
AndroidPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Better Stack Uptime✓

Blackbox Exporter✗

iOS

Better Stack Uptime✓

Blackbox Exporter✗

Android

Better Stack Uptime✓

Blackbox Exporter✗

CLI

Better Stack Uptime✗

Blackbox Exporter✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Better Stack Uptime✓

Blackbox Exporter✗

Self-hosted

Better Stack Uptime✓

Blackbox Exporter✓

On-premise

Better Stack Uptime✗

Blackbox Exporter✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Better Stack Uptime

Leader

10 total

Slack
Microsoft Teams
Google Calendar
Outlook
Zapier
Linear
Jira
Sentry
Grafana
Datadog

Independently observed

Blackbox Exporter

1 total

Prometheus

Independently observed

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