Better Stack Uptime vs NodePing
Two of the top three uptime monitoring services, compared rule by rule on published facts.
In short
- Better Stack Uptime has 81 points and NodePing 68, 13 apart on our uptime monitoring software rules.
- Better Stack Uptime earns more on monitoring, alerts and status page, team and trust and free plan and price; NodePing earns more on nothing.
- Entry plan price: Better Stack Uptime $29/mo, NodePing $25/mo.
- Only Better Stack Uptime meets: multi-step or browser checks, SAML single sign-on, SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 and monitors on the free plan.
- Only NodePing meets: three or more team members.
Better Stack Uptime81/100 #2 of 10
Best for: Small engineering teams that want monitoring, on-call and incident alerts in one tool.
NodePing68/100 #3 of 10
Best for: Teams that need many monitors and check types at a flat monthly price.
Points by group
| Group | Better Stack Uptime | NodePing |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring of 41 | 37 | 34 |
| Alerts and status page of 25 | 25 | 23 |
| Team and trust of 18 | 12 | 6 |
| Free plan and price of 16 | 7 | 5 |
| Total | 81 | 68 |
Rule by rule
What each vendor publishes, and the points it earns. Sources are on each product page.
| Rule (points) | Better Stack Uptime | NodePing |
|---|---|---|
| Fastest check on the entry plan (10) | 30 10 | 60 8 |
| Check types (8) | Ping, TCP port, DNS, Keyword or response check 8 | Ping, TCP port, DNS, Keyword or response check 8 |
| Check locations (5) | 4 1 | 33 5 |
| SSL certificate expiry alerts (5) | Yes 5 | Yes 5 |
| Cron job (heartbeat) monitoring (8) | Yes 8 | Yes 8 |
| Multi-step or browser checks (5) | Yes 5 | Not published 0 |
| Alert channels (12) | SMS, Phone call, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Webhook, PagerDuty 12 | SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Webhook, PagerDuty 10 |
| Public status page (6) | Yes 6 | Yes 6 |
| Status page on your own domain (3) | Yes 3 | Yes 3 |
| On-call schedules or escalation (4) | Yes 4 | Yes 4 |
| SAML single sign-on (5) | Yes 5 | Not published 0 |
| SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 (4) | Yes 4 | Not published 0 |
| Written uptime guarantee (3) | Not published 0 | Not published 0 |
| Public API (3) | Yes 3 | Yes 3 |
| Three or more team members (3) | No 0 | Yes 3 |
| Monitors on the free plan (6) | 10 4 | 0 0 |
| Entry plan price (6) | $29/mo 2 | $25/mo 2 |
| Price with 50 monitors (4) | $50/mo 1 | $25/mo 3 |
Better Stack Uptime
Better Stack Uptime suits small teams that want fast checks, on-call scheduling and phone and SMS alerts in one product. One licence includes unlimited phone and SMS alerts, Slack and Teams alerts, and one status page. The catch: each person who needs Uptime access needs a paid licence, and more status pages and monitors cost extra.
NodePing
NodePing suits teams that want a wide range of check types and many monitors at one flat price. Professional is $25 a month for 200 monitors. The catch: no free plan is listed, no multi-step or browser checks are listed, billing is monthly, and the cheaper Personal plan lacks Slack, PagerDuty, webhooks and the API.
Both products are scored by the same rules: how we score uptime monitoring services.