All the incident management without the per-monitor pricing surprises.
| Feature | Pingura | Better Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free / $9 mo | Free / ~$29 mo |
| Free plan monitors | 15 | ~5 |
| Paid plan monitors | 50–500 | Varies (per-monitor pricing) |
| Check interval | 3 min (free) / 1 min (paid) | 3 min (free) / 30 sec (paid) |
| Monitor types | HTTP, Keyword, TCP, UDP, DNS, Ping, databases, email, SSH, and more (17 types) | HTTP, TCP, DNS, Ping |
| SSL monitoring | ✔ (all plans) | — |
| Domain expiration | ✔ (all plans) | — |
| Heartbeat monitoring | ✔ (all plans) | ✔ |
| Server metrics | ✔ (Professional+) | Separate product (Telemetry) |
| Status pages | ✔ (all plans) | ✔ (paid plans) |
| Incident management | ✔ (Starter+) | ✔ (core feature) |
| On-call scheduling | — | ✔ |
| Alert channels | Email, SMS, Slack, Teams, Push, Webhook | Email, SMS, Slack, Teams, Webhook, Phone |
| Private probes | ✔ (Starter+) | — |
| Data retention | 7 days to 2 years | Varies by plan |
Pingura uses flat plan pricing starting at $9/mo. Better Stack charges per monitor and per team member, which can lead to unexpected costs as you scale.
Monitor SSL certificate expiration and domain registration out of the box. Better Stack doesn't offer these — you'd need a separate tool.
Get 50 monitors for $9/mo with Pingura. Better Stack's entry plan costs ~$29/mo and you pay extra per monitor.
Server metrics that understand auto-scaling — track individual instances and get a unified health score across your fleet. Better Stack requires their separate Telemetry product.
For most teams, yes. Pingura uses flat plan pricing — $9, $29, or $79 per month — with monitor counts included, rather than scaling cost per monitor. You get more monitors per dollar, and SSL and domain monitoring are included rather than billed as add-ons.
SSL certificate and domain expiration monitoring are included on every Pingura plan, including free. Pingura’s server metrics are also auto-scaling aware, so ephemeral instances do not each consume a monitor slot.
Yes. Private probes run inside your own network and report back to Pingura, letting you monitor internal APIs, databases, and services that never touch the public internet. Available on Starter and above.
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