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Netwarden vs Better Stack
Better Stack accepts Sentry SDKs for error tracking, prices it per event, and sits next to its incident management, on-call scheduling and status pages. Netwarden takes the same SDKs at a fixed monthly price.
Free for one project and 50K events a month.
| Feature | Netwarden | Better Stack |
|---|---|---|
| SDKs | Sentry's own SDKs, unchanged: change the DSN | Sentry's SDKs |
| Where it runs | Hosted only, in the US (New York). No self-hosted edition | Hosted |
| Pricing | $9 (250K events), $29 (1M events), $79 (5M events) a month | Per event: $0.00005 each on demand (EU), from its error-tracking page |
| Free tier | 50K events a month, one project | Not stated on its error-tracking page |
| Past the allowance | New events are refused while the last 30 days are over the allowance. Never billed | Billed per event |
| Performance and traces | Not listed on its error-tracking page | |
| Logs | Yes, with alert rules on a pattern | A separate Better Stack product |
| Cron monitoring | Not listed on its error-tracking page | |
| Uptime checks | Yes, for websites and endpoints | A separate Better Stack product |
| Session replay | Not listed | |
| Server monitoring and security checks | Yes, one agent for Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD and Kubernetes |
Pick Netwarden if
- You want to know the bill in advance: a fixed plan, never charged past the allowance.
- You want a free tier: 50K events a month.
- You run servers, and want health and security checks for them in the same account.
Pick Better Stack if
- You want on-call scheduling, escalations and status pages from the same vendor.
- You need SOC 2 Type 2.
Moving from Better Stack
Both take Sentry SDKs, so moving is a DSN change, one project at a time.
Sources: Better Stack error tracking. Prices change; check them before you decide.
Read next
- Sentry pricing calculatorYour monthly errors in, Sentry's bill and Netwarden's plan out.
- Netwarden vs SentryWhat carries over, what does not, and how to run both while you decide.
- Moving from Sentry in 30 minutesDSN, source maps, releases and alerts, step by step.
- Sentry alternatives without per-event billsThe options, what each charges, and the math at three volumes.
Send your first error
Put the DSN in one app and its errors show up here a minute later. It is free for one project. If anything gets in the way, write to us and a person who builds Netwarden answers.