Comparison

Better Stack Uptime vs Blackbox Exporter

On the evidence we track, Better Stack Uptime leads this comparison with a composite score of 65/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Better Stack Uptime65
Blackbox Exporter47
Score
Vioscale score
Better Stack Uptime65 / 100medium · 60%
Blackbox Exporter47 / 100low · 32%
Pricing
Free tier
Better Stack Uptime
Blackbox Exporter
Model
Better Stack Uptimefreemium
Blackbox Exportercommercial
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 Exporter7
Soc2
Better Stack Uptime
Blackbox Exporter
Reliability
Status page
Better Stack Uptime
Blackbox Exporter
Adoption
Dependent repos
Better Stack Uptime
Blackbox Exporter17
Github stars
Better Stack Uptime
Blackbox Exporter5,841
Activity
Commits last 30d
Better Stack Uptime
Blackbox Exporter13
Release
Cadence days
Better Stack Uptime
Blackbox Exporter122
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

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Deployment model
Better Stack Uptime-
Blackbox Exporter-
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 Exporter-

What each one is

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

Better Stack Uptime

Leader

Better Stack combines uptime monitoring, incident management, on-call scheduling, status pages, and log analysis in a single platform. It provides automated alerting, incident response workflows, and observability tools to help teams detect and resolve infrastructure issues faster.

Independently observed

Blackbox Exporter

Not documented yet.

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 verify ↗

Blackbox Exporter

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Better Stack Uptime
Blackbox Exporter
iOS
Better Stack Uptime
Blackbox Exporter
Android
Better Stack Uptime
Blackbox Exporter
Windows
Better Stack Uptime
Blackbox Exporter
Linux
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

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.