Better Stack Features
Functionality (10)
Baseline
Based on 124 Better Stack reviews. Sets and allows adjustment of website baseline functionality and configuration.
Alerting
Generates alerts for whenever a website goes down, experiences an error, makes a major change, or other events. 134 reviewers of Better Stack have provided feedback on this feature.
Multi-Site Monitoring
Monitor multiple websites at once, organizing them with dashboards. 127 reviewers of Better Stack have provided feedback on this feature.
Reporting
As reported in 124 Better Stack reviews. Generate reports manually or automatically about website performance.
Multi-Channel Alerting
Based on 121 Better Stack reviews. Alert over email, text, phone call, and more to multiple parties.
Location Insights
Isolate geographic locations where website functionality is best and worst. 110 reviewers of Better Stack have provided feedback on this feature.
Synthetic Monitoring
Monitors and test apps to address issues before they affect end users.
Dynamic Transaction Mapping
Provides dynamic end-to-end maps of every single transaction.
Load Balancing
Automatically adjusts resources base on application usage.
Cloud Observability
Monitors cloud microservices, containers, kubernetes, and other cloud native software.
Monitoring (14)
Usage Monitoring
Tracks infrastructure resource needs and alerts administrators or automatically scales usage to minimize waste.
Database Monitoring
Monitors performance and statistics related to memory, caches and connections.
API Monitoring
Detects anomalies in functionality, user accessibility, traffic flows, and tampering.
Real-Time Monitoring - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Constantly monitors system to detect anomalies in real time.
Security and Compliance Monitoring
Enables monitoring of security and compliance standards across cloud infrastructure.
Constant Monitoring
Monitors systems constantly in real-time. 92 reviewers of Better Stack have provided feedback on this feature.
Timely Alerts
Based on 92 Better Stack reviews. Alerts users of incidents and issues as soon as they arise.
TIcket Accuracy
Generates accurate incident reports. 82 reviewers of Better Stack have provided feedback on this feature.
AI Monitoring
Utillizes AI to monitor and report on incidents in real-time.
Performance Baselines
Performance Analysis
Performance Monitoring
AI/ML Assistance
Multi-System Monitoring
Administration (4)
Activity Monitoring
Actively monitor status of work stations either on-premise or remote.
Multi-Cloud Management
Allows users to track and control cloud spend across cloud services and providers.
Automation
Efficiently scales resource usage to optimize spend whith increased or decreased resource usage requirements.
Auto-Scaling & Resource Optimization
Automatically scales resources based on demand and optimizes for performance and cost.
Analysis (9)
Reporting
Creates reports outlining resource, underutilization, cost trends, and/or functional overlap.
Dashboards and Visualizations
Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way.
Spend Forecasting and Optimization
Ability to project spend based on contracts, usage trends, and predicted growth.
Track Trends
As reported in 30 Better Stack reviews. Allows user to track log trends.
Detect Anomalies
Based on 32 Better Stack reviews. Identify and predict anomalies in real-time with outlier detection and uncover root-causes
Metric and Event Data
Analyze both metric and event data on the same platform regardless of source or structure 33 reviewers of Better Stack have provided feedback on this feature.
Search
Based on 35 Better Stack reviews. Search your logs for troubleshooting and open-ended exploration of your data
Alerts
Create alerts based on search patterns, thresholds for specific log metrics, or other conditions 33 reviewers of Better Stack have provided feedback on this feature.
Live Tail
See your data, in real time, streaming into the system from multiple data sources 35 reviewers of Better Stack have provided feedback on this feature.
Management Tools (3)
Ticket Assignment
Based on 78 Better Stack reviews. Assigns tickets to relevant team members.
Standardization
Cultivates a standardized workflow for enhanced organization. This feature was mentioned in 77 Better Stack reviews.
Lifecycle Visualization
As reported in 78 Better Stack reviews. Grants transparent overviews for the lifecycle of each incident.
Visibility (3)
Dashboards and Visualizations
Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. This feature was mentioned in 57 Better Stack reviews.
Alerts and Notifications
Based on 55 Better Stack reviews. Clearly notifies users with relevant information and anomalies in a timely manner.
Reporting
Creates reports outlining log activity and relevant metrics. This feature was mentioned in 51 Better Stack reviews.
Monitoring and Management (3)
Automation
Automatically allocates resources to address log anomalies. This feature was mentioned in 49 Better Stack reviews.
Performance Baseline
Based on 50 Better Stack reviews. Sets a standard performance baseline by which to compare log activity.
Real-Time Monitoring
As reported in 55 Better Stack reviews. Constantly monitors logs to detect anomalies in real time.
Data Preparation (4)
Data Sources
Based on 35 Better Stack reviews. Automatically collect logs from all your services, applications, and platforms
Indexing
As reported in 31 Better Stack reviews. Automate the indexing of machine data that's critical to your operations
Automated Tagging
See log data in context with automated tagging and correlation 30 reviewers of Better Stack have provided feedback on this feature.
Data Blending
Mix and match data from apps, hosts, containers, services, networks, and more 29 reviewers of Better Stack have provided feedback on this feature.
Visualization (2)
Dashboards
Based on 33 Better Stack reviews. Visualize log data on dashboards
Data Discovery
Drill down and explore data to discover new insights This feature was mentioned in 31 Better Stack reviews.
Response (3)
Dashboards and Visualization
Incident Alerting
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Performance (2)
Real User Monitoring (RUM)
Captures and analyzes each transaction by users of a website or application in real time.
Second by Second Metrics
Provides high-frequency metrics data.
Generative AI (3)
AI Text Generation
Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt. 39 reviewers of Better Stack have provided feedback on this feature.
AI Text Summarization
Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary. This feature was mentioned in 39 Better Stack reviews.
AI Text Generation
As reported in 37 Better Stack reviews. Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
Telemetry Collection & Ingestion - Observability (2)
Multi-Telemetry Ingestion
Ingests and processes multiple telemetry types, such as logs, metrics, and traces.
OpenTelemetry Support
Supports ingestion and standardization of observability data via OpenTelemetry protocol.
Visualization & Dashboards - Observability (3)
Service Dependency Mapping
Displays relationships between services to visualize system dependencies.
Unified Dashboard
Provides a consolidated view of system-wide telemetry in a single dashboard.
Trace Visualization
Allows users to explore and visualize distributed traces and span relationships.
Correlation & Root Cause Analysis - Observability (3)
Cross-Telemetry Correlation
Correlates logs, metrics, and traces to surface performance patterns and root causes.
Root Cause Detection
Identifies likely causes of issues using system insights and correlation logic.
Intelligent Alerting
Automatically alerts users to anomalies or critical events using contextual data.
Scalability & Ecosystem Integration - Observability (2)
Kubernetes Monitoring
Provides observability into containerized workloads and Kubernetes clusters.
Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Support
Enables observability across public cloud, private cloud, and on-prem environments.
AI Features - Observability (3)
Predictive Insights
Forecasts future system issues based on historical performance trends.
AI-Generated Incident Summaries
Summarizes incident root causes and potential fixes using generative AI.
AI Anomaly Detection
Uses machine learning to detect unusual behavior across telemetry data.
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM) (5)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Incident Management (7)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Log Analysis (7)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - IT Alerting (7)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring (7)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring (6)
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring (7)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring (2)
AI-Powered Anomaly Detection
Utilizes machine learning to automatically detect and alert on unusual patterns in infrastructure metrics.
AI-Driven Insight Recommendations
Provides AI-generated insights and actionable recommendations to optimize resource performance and cost.
Agentic AI - Observability Software (7)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives





