Better Stack vs Runscope

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

Better Stack

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USD · US · source: betterstack.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Free	Free Free for personal projects $0 per month	Flat · per month	Standalone · Free
Responder Highlighted	USD 34 monthly · USD 29 / month with annual commitment Starts at just $34 Starts at just $29 Includes a single responder with unlimited phone call alerts so that you can leverage the entire platform. Unlimited team members Free access to Telemetry. $0 per member per month $34 $29 per license per month	Seat · per license per month	Standalone · Starting at
Enterprise	Contact sales Reach out for a custom quote.	Other	Standalone · Contact sales

Runscope

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USD · US · source: runscope.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Small	USD 79 monthly ata-driven testing Unlimited use of AI Script Assistant also includes $79.00 / month 250,000 requests 5 team members	Flat · per month	Standalone · Fixed
Medium	USD 199 monthly ries Reusable script snippets Enhanced response timings also includes $199.00 / month 1,000,000 requests 40 team members	Flat · per month	Standalone · Fixed
Large	USD 599 monthly esponse timings also includes SAML single sign-on Client certificates $599.00 / month 5,000,000 requests 50 team members	Flat · per month	Standalone · Fixed

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Better Stack

Free

Highlights Monitors & heartbeats: 10

Included
Highlights Status pages: 1

Included
Highlights Alerts: Slack & e-mail

Included
Highlights Exceptions: 100,000 per month

Included
Highlights Session replays: 5,000

Included
Highlights Logs: 3 GB retained for 3 days

Included
Highlights Traces: 3 GB retained for 3 days

Included
Highlights Metrics: 30 GB

Included
Highlights Web events: 3 GB retained for 3 days

Included

Responder

Highlights Responders: 1 included

Included
Highlights Team members: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Telemetry: Free access

Included
Highlights Phone call and SMS alerts: Unlimited

Included
Highlights Incident management, on-call, monitoring and status pages: Included

Enterprise

Highlights Custom cluster deployment: Included
Highlights Custom Telemetry data residency: Included
Highlights Custom VPC deployment: Included
Highlights Generic SAML SSO: Included

Runscope

Small

Plan card API Monitoring: Included
Plan card 19 global locations: Included
Plan card Up to 1-minute schedules: Included
Plan card Email and webhook alerts: Included
Plan card Slack, DataDog, PagerDuty, etc.: Included
Plan card Daily performance report: Included
Plan card Private APIs/On-Premises Agent: Included
Plan card Open API (Swagger) import: Included
Plan card Postman import: Included
Plan card Continuous integration support: Included
Plan card Data-driven testing: Included
Plan card Unlimited use of AI Script Assistant: Included

Medium

Plan card API Monitoring: Included
Plan card 19 global locations: Included
Plan card Up to 1-minute schedules: Included
Plan card Email and webhook alerts: Included
Plan card Slack, DataDog, PagerDuty, etc.: Included
Plan card Daily performance report: Included
Plan card Private APIs/On-Premises Agent: Included
Plan card Open API (Swagger) import: Included
Plan card Postman import: Included
Plan card Continuous integration support: Included
Plan card Data-driven testing: Included
Plan card Unlimited use of AI Script Assistant: Included

Large

Plan card API Monitoring: Included
Plan card 19 global locations: Included
Plan card Up to 1-minute schedules: Included
Plan card Email and webhook alerts: Included
Plan card Slack, DataDog, PagerDuty, etc.: Included
Plan card Daily performance report: Included
Plan card Private APIs/On-Premises Agent: Included
Plan card Open API (Swagger) import: Included
Plan card Postman import: Included
Plan card Continuous integration support: Included
Plan card Data-driven testing: Included
Plan card Unlimited use of AI Script Assistant: Included

How their prices changed

Each date shows when a public price was observed, not when it took effect. An archived region or currency can differ, so a currency change is not necessarily a price increase.

Better Stack

September 21, 2026
Official pricing page
- Free: Free
- Responder: USD 34 monthly · USD 29 / month with annual commitment
- Enterprise: Contact sales
August 27, 2026
Official pricing page
- Free for personal projects — free: Free
- Starts at just $29 — responder: USD 29 monthly · USD 29 / month with annual commitment

Runscope

August 27, 2026
Official pricing page
- Small: USD 79 monthly
- Medium: USD 199 monthly
- Large: USD 599 monthly