Better Stack (formerly Better Uptime) is a polished, premium monitoring and observability suite. It is genuinely great infrastructure software — aimed at SaaS and web workloads rather than VPN fleets.
What Better Stack genuinely does well
- Beautiful product design across incident management
- Strong on-call scheduling and status page tooling
- Wide integrations with the modern DevOps stack
| Feature | Better Stack | ExitProbe |
|---|---|---|
| VPN tunnel handshakes | Heartbeats/HTTP/TCP/DNS checks | Real handshakes on 8 protocols |
| Exit IP verification | Not offered | Verified on every check |
| Price positioning | Premium pricing for infra suites | VPN-focused plans starting free |
| Per-protocol health breakdown | Per-monitor only | Protocol × probe matrix per server |
| Private probes you control | Managed regions | Global probes + your own private nodes |
| Flapping suppression tuned for tunnels | Generic thresholds | Built for handshake instability patterns |
Bottom line
If you are running a large SaaS platform, Better Stack is a fine choice. If your product is VPNs, a general-purpose suite will always be one abstraction away from the answer you need.
See the difference yourself
Add one VPN server on the free plan and watch real handshakes come in.