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Comparison

Better Stack vs Sematext

On the evidence we track, Sematext leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Better Stack full profile →Sematext full profile →
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Better Stack60
★Sematext69
Score
Vioscale score
Better Stack60 / 100medium · 73%updating
Sematext69 / 100low · 49%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
Model
Better Stackfreemium
Sematextfreemium
Price level
Better Stackmid
Sematextlow
Transparent
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
Integrations
Count
Better Stack20
Sematext100
Security
Disclosure policy
Better Stack✓
Sematext–
Gdpr
Better Stack✓
Sematext–
Soc2
Better Stack✓
Sematext–
Reliability
Status page
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Signals
Metrics
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
Log management
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
Distributed tracing
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
Application performance monitoring
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
Real-user monitoring
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
Response
Alerting
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
On-call / incident management
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
Insight
Dashboards
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
Standards
OpenTelemetry-native
Better Stack✓
Sematext✗
Deployment
Hosting
Better StackCloud only
SematextCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

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

Better Stack

Observability platform offering tracing, logging, infrastructure monitoring, error tracking, incident management, and real user monitoring. Positioned as significantly more cost-effective than competitors like Datadog.

Independently observed

Sematext

Leader

Cloud-based and self-hosted observability solution that integrates infrastructure monitoring, log management, distributed tracing, and synthetic monitoring in a unified interface. Offers per-product, per-host, or per-monitor billing with no hidden overage charges.

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

from $25/moSubscriptionFree tier60-day trial

From $25/month for telemetry or $29/month for on-call. Free tier included. Annual commitment provides ~22-25% savings.

  • FreeFree
    • 10 monitors & heartbeats
    • 1 status page
    • Slack & email alerts
    • 100,000 exceptions per month
    • 5,000 session replays
  • Responder$29/month billed annually or $34/month billed monthly
    • 1 responder license
    • Unlimited phone call alerts
    • Unlimited SMS alerts
    • On-call scheduling & iOS/Android apps
    • Incident management with AI SRE
    • +5 more
  • Telemetry - Nano$25/month annually or $30/month monthly
    • 40 GB traces
    • 40 GB logs
    • 40 GB metrics
    • 30 day retention
  • Telemetry - Micro$100/month annually or $120/month monthly
    • 160 GB traces
    • 160 GB logs
    • 160 GB metrics
    • 30 day retention
  • Telemetry - Mega$210/month annually or $250/month monthly
    • 340 GB traces
    • 340 GB logs
    • 340 GB metrics
    • 30 day retention
  • Telemetry - Tera$420/month annually or $500/month monthly
    • 700 GB traces
    • 700 GB logs
    • 700 GB metrics
    • 30 day retention
as of verify ↗

Sematext

Leader
from $2/moUsage-basedFree tier14-day trial

From $2.8/host/month for infrastructure monitoring. 14-day free trial, no commitment. Metered pricing with no overage charges.

  • LogsFrom $5/month
    • Log ingestion
    • Log analytics
    • Searching and filtering
  • Infra MonitoringFrom $2.8/host/month
    • Host metrics
    • Container monitoring
    • System performance
  • Service MonitoringFrom $8.64/month
  • TracingFrom $19/month
  • SyntheticsFrom $2/monitor/month
    • API monitoring
    • Uptime monitoring
    • Performance monitoring
  • Synthetics Standard$29/month
  • Synthetics Pro$99/month
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✓
Sematext✓
iOS
Better Stack✓
Sematext✗
Android
Better Stack✓
Sematext✗
CLI
Better Stack✗
Sematext✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Better Stack✓
Sematext✓
Self-hosted
Better Stack✗
Sematext✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Microsoft Teams

Better Stack

20 total - 19 not shared
  • Slack
  • Linear
  • GitHub
  • Grafana
  • Datadog
  • Notion
  • Sentry
  • Zapier
  • Prometheus
  • Zabbix
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • New Relic
  • Mixpanel
  • Intercom
  • Front
  • Drift
  • Terraform Provider
Independently observed

Sematext

Leader
14 total - 13 not shared
  • Syslog
  • Angular
  • Custom Webhooks
  • Kubernetes
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Akka
  • Ember
  • Next.js
  • Elasticsearch
  • Logstash
  • Kibana
  • Apache Solr
  • OpenSearch
Independently observed

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