Better Stack vs ShipTiffin

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Better Stack compared with ShipTiffin
Detail	Better Stack	ShipTiffin
What it does	The AI SRE observability stack at a fraction of your current costs	All your apps on one server with built-in Postgres, auth, files, jobs, analytics and backups
Stage	Established	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
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Pricing model	Not given	Paid
Pricing	Free tier includes 10 monitors, 1 status page, 100,000 exceptions per month, and basic alerts. Responder licenses start at $29-34/month including unlimited phone/SMS. Telemetry bundles (Nano $25-38, Micro $100-150, Mega $210-315, Tera $420-630/month) provide logs, traces, and metrics retention. Addi	$19 per month per box (or $12 per month for the first 100 customers, locked for 24 months). Servers start at approximately $10 per month (Hetzner cx23: $7.09 plus about $2.80 for storage) to $40.89+ (Hetzner cpx21 US). No usage charges, seat fees or per-project charges. 14-day money-back guarantee o
Key features	eBPF-based service map with network flow visualization OpenTelemetry-native instrumentation with no code changes AI SRE agent for agentic root cause analysis Smart incident merging for batch alerts Session replay with 2x speed playback Playwright-based transaction monitoring Unlimited phone call alerts and SMS SQL and drag-and-drop log querying Custom CSS and JavaScript status pages MCP server for LLM workflow integration	Next.js apps with GitHub deployment and git push Postgres database with 7-day restore history Redis-compatible KV cache S3-compatible file storage with image resizing Built-in authentication with multiple providers Email service integration with SendGrid, Resend, Postmark, SES or SMTP Job queues, crons and workflows Built-in analytics without cookies Sentry-compatible error tracking Per-project resource limits with hard caps
What makes it different	30x cheaper than Datadog with predictable pricing Agentic AI SRE for automated incident investigation No sampling or 80x more data ingestion for same cost 60-day money-back guarantee Sentry-compatible at 1/6th the price	All services included on one box eliminates multiple vendor dashboards and bills Open-source software (AGPL-3.0) allows free self-hosting as alternative MCP server integration enables coding agents to deploy and manage apps
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	91 no change since last check	Not checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	52	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	61	23
Referring domains (Majestic)	16191	12

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