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Better Stack vs HetrixTools
Both do 1 of the same developer tools task. Below is what each says about its own limits and pricing, and how each ranks on signals we can measure or quote.
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Better Stack
AI SRE and MCP server, incident management, on-call, logs, metrics, traces, and error tracking. 7,000+ happy customers. 60-day money back guarantee.
Signals score: 3.8 / 5 · not a hands-on test
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HetrixTools
Monitor uptime, server metrics, and blacklist status in one place with alerts on 20+ channels.
Signals score: 4.0 / 5 · not a hands-on test
Visit hetrixtools.comPricing, limits and privacy
- Free tier
- A: Free plan at $0/month for personal projects: 10 monitors and heartbeats (shared), 1 status page, Slack and email alerts. Check frequency for the free tier is not listed.
- B: Free for life: 15 uptime monitors, 15 server monitors, 4 of 12 monitoring locations, 15-day activity log, 1,000 API calls per month. You must log in at least once every 90 days to keep it.
- Paid plan
- A: Uptime monitoring includes 10 monitors; each extra block of 50 monitors is $25/month billed monthly or $21/month billed yearly. Prices in $ (currency not named). Other paid plans were not read.
- B: Professional $9.95/month or $99.95/year; Business $19.95/month or $199.95/year; Enterprise $49.95/month or $499.95/year (USD).
- Signup
- A: Not stated. The privacy policy says accounts are created from information given at registration.
- B: Account required (free plan is started by registering).
- Watermark
- A: Not applicable.
- B: Free plan has partial white label: the HetrixTools brand name appears in the page title and footer. A watermark is not stated.
- Where files go
- A: Privacy policy says personal data is processed primarily in the European Union and may be transferred outside the EEA with safeguards. No specific retention period is given; data is kept where legally permitted and necessary. Erasure requests can be emailed.
- B: Account details, monitors, contacts and API request contents are stored on the platform. Location of servers not stated. Activity log IP addresses kept 30 days; MCP request logs deleted within 7 days; no retention period stated for account and monitor data.
From each tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them. Sources are listed on each tool's page.
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