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Last reviewed 2026-09-15. Corrections welcome: hello@perstat.io.
Decide by workflow
Perstat fits when you want uptime monitoring, on-call, status communication, and one reviewable availability record, with an EU control plane operated by a German company.
Better Stack fits when deep log tooling, broader telemetry, its broader MCP/API surface, or the published one-second heartbeat interval matter more than Perstat’s narrower availability workflow.
Evidence. Perstat adds attributed, reversible exclusion windows to its curated availability record. Better Stack offers live reports, filters, streamed CSV, and SLA and incident analytics alongside its broader observability and log tooling.
Jurisdiction. Perstat is a German GmbH with an EU control plane, and Better Stack operates under a US corporate entity. If US CLOUD Act exposure is on your procurement checklist, confirm each vendor’s corporate structure and data residency directly. Ours is stated on the security page.
Scope. Better Stack spans logs and telemetry. Perstat focuses on uptime, status, incident response, and the records they produce. It has no APM and no log management, by design.
Compare the facts side by side
| Perstat | Better Stack Uptime | |
|---|---|---|
| Published monthly price | Pulse, €29/mo net: 50 monitors at 60 s | Responder, 34 USD/mo (29 USD/mo annual): 10 monitors included. The next 50 cost 25 USD/mo (21 USD/mo annual) |
| Fastest interval | 10 s on Enterprise through MCP, 30 s from Sentinel at €89/mo | “up to 30 seconds” |
| Cron/heartbeat monitoring | heartbeat monitors: your job calls a secret URL, period plus grace, missing call opens an incident | 10 heartbeats included. 10 more cost 20 USD/mo (17 USD/mo annual), with intervals down to 1 second |
| Probe regions | 2 on Free, 3 on Pulse, all 6 from Sentinel. Configurable quorum for 11 regional check types, Agent and Heartbeat excluded | at least 4 locations by default. An incident opens after a check fails from at least 3 |
| Phone and SMS escalation | personal SMS from Pulse. On-call SMS and calls from Sentinel, verified numbers, at most 2 calls per incident | “unlimited phone call alerts” and SMS, as listed |
| Extra status pages | 5 pages at Sentinel, 20 and white-label at Command | 15 USD/mo per additional public page (12 USD/mo annual), 1,000 subscribers included |
| Availability evidence | attributed, reversible exclusion windows in the curated record, editorial sample report, manual CSV plus manifest export on request | live filtered reports, streamed CSV, combined/average SLA and incident analytics including MTTA and MTTR |
| Public history of resolved incidents | 7 days to 2 years by plan, public status-page history only. Other retention and deletion periods: current boundary | not specified on the uptime pricing page |
| Jurisdiction and hosting | German GmbH, EU control plane | US corporate entity |
| Automation interface | REST keys read 7 endpoints. Scoped API keys or OAuth with PKCE reach MCP reads and writes, with no delete | remote MCP with OAuth or API token across uptime, incidents, on-call, status pages, telemetry, and team tools. Public API and Terraform |
Figures reviewed 2026-08-27 from Better Stack’s official pricing, terms, reporting, locations, and MCP pages. Their prices are in USD as listed, ours in EUR, both net. Their heartbeat resolution and unlimited-alert wording are quoted claims from that page, not tested by us.
The table shows where Better Stack is ahead: default confirmation from at least 3 of 4 locations, heartbeat resolution, reporting breadth, automation surface, and log tooling.
Test the workflow in parallel
Perstat currently imports neither configuration nor history from other products. Set up the required monitors in Perstat. Export and archive any history you need before you switch off the old system.
- Monitor one representative endpoint in both products, matching the interval and regions as closely as their plans allow.
- Keep the existing notification path active while Perstat runs through a representative on-call window. Use a controlled test endpoint for a planned alert.
- Compare incident start and recovery, acknowledgment, status publication, and the resulting record. Keep the log workflow separate if your team still needs it.
Automatic incidents and acknowledgment are available on every plan. Testing an on-call rotation and phone escalation requires Sentinel or above.
Set up the first check and check the plan limits. When you are ready, start monitoring free.