Better Stack

Better Stack is a comprehensive infrastructure monitoring and observability platform combining uptime monitoring, log management, incident management, status pages, and AI-powered site reliability tools. This is an alias entry for the better-stack repository. See https://github.com/api-evangelist/better-stack for the full API profile with OpenAPI specs, capabilities, and vocabulary.

Better Stack publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Heartbeats API, Incidents API, Monitors API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Observability, Uptime Monitoring, Incidents, Logs, and Monitoring.

Better Stack’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, pricing, engineering blog, changelog, and 7 more developer resources.

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47.8/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

4 APIs 6 Features

ObservabilityUptime MonitoringIncidentsLogsMonitoringStatus PagesOn-Call

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 47.8/100 · developing

Contract Quality 13.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.5 / 20

Commercial Clarity 11.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 8.9 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Betterstack Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Betterstack Finops

FINOPS

Features 6

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Uptime Monitoring

Monitor URLs, APIs, and services for availability with global region checks.

Heartbeat Monitoring

Monitor scheduled jobs and cron tasks with heartbeat pings.

Incident Management

On-call alerting with escalation policies, acknowledgement, and resolution workflows.

Status Pages

Public and private status pages with custom domains and real-time component status.

Log Management

Collect, search, and visualize logs across your infrastructure stack.

AI SRE

AI-powered root cause analysis for automated incident investigation.

Slack

Receive incident alerts in Slack channels.

PagerDuty

Forward incidents to PagerDuty.

Terraform

Manage Better Stack resources as infrastructure as code.

OpenTelemetry

Send metrics, logs, and traces using OpenTelemetry exporters.

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: betterstack
name: Better Stack
description: Better Stack is a comprehensive infrastructure monitoring and observability platform combining uptime monitoring,
  log management, incident management, status pages, and AI-powered site reliability tools. This is an alias entry for the
  better-stack repository. See https://github.com/api-evangelist/better-stack for the full API profile with OpenAPI specs,
  capabilities, and vocabulary.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/betterstack.png
tags:
- Observability
- Uptime Monitoring
- Incidents
- Logs
- Monitoring
- Status Pages
- On-Call
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/betterstack/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-04-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: betterstack:betterstack-heartbeats-api
  name: Better Stack Heartbeats API
  description: The Heartbeats API from Better Stack — 3 operation(s) for heartbeats.
  humanURL: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2
  tags:
  - Heartbeats
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/betterstack-heartbeats-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/monitors/
- aid: betterstack:betterstack-incidents-api
  name: Better Stack Incidents API
  description: The Incidents API from Better Stack — 7 operation(s) for incidents.
  humanURL: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2
  tags:
  - Incidents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/betterstack-incidents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/monitors/
- aid: betterstack:betterstack-monitors-api
  name: Better Stack Monitors API
  description: The Monitors API from Better Stack — 4 operation(s) for monitors.
  humanURL: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2
  tags:
  - Monitors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/betterstack-monitors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/monitors/
- aid: betterstack:betterstack-status-pages-api
  name: Better Stack Status Pages API
  description: The Status Pages API from Better Stack — 3 operation(s) for status pages.
  humanURL: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started/
  baseURL: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2
  tags:
  - Status Pages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/betterstack-status-pages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/monitors/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/betterstack-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/betterstack-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/betterstack-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/betterstack-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/betterstack-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterstack
- type: Portal
  url: https://betterstack.com/docs/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://betterstack.com/pricing
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.betterstack.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://betterstack.com/community/blog
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://betterstack.com/tag/changelog
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/BetterStackHQ
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Uptime Monitoring
    description: Monitor URLs, APIs, and services for availability with global region checks.
  - name: Heartbeat Monitoring
    description: Monitor scheduled jobs and cron tasks with heartbeat pings.
  - name: Incident Management
    description: On-call alerting with escalation policies, acknowledgement, and resolution workflows.
  - name: Status Pages
    description: Public and private status pages with custom domains and real-time component status.
  - name: Log Management
    description: Collect, search, and visualize logs across your infrastructure stack.
  - name: AI SRE
    description: AI-powered root cause analysis for automated incident investigation.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Slack
    description: Receive incident alerts in Slack channels.
  - name: PagerDuty
    description: Forward incidents to PagerDuty.
  - name: Terraform
    description: Manage Better Stack resources as infrastructure as code.
  - name: OpenTelemetry
    description: Send metrics, logs, and traces using OpenTelemetry exporters.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com