Better Stack Has a Free API — Here's How to Build Uptime Monitoring and Incident Management

A team I know found out their API was down because a customer tweeted about it. 45 minutes of downtime before they even knew. With Better Stack, they'd have known in 30 seconds. What Better Stack Offers for Free Better Stack (formerly Better Uptime) free tier: 10 monitors with 3-minute check interval Uptime monitoring — HTTP, ping, TCP, DNS, SSL Status pages — branded public status page Incident management — on-call schedules, escalations Logs — 1 GB/month with 3-day retention Heartbeats — cron job monitoring Email and push notifications Quick Start # Create a monitor via API curl -X POST 'https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2/monitors' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{ "monitor_type": "status", "url": "https://yourapp.com/api/health", "pronounceable_name": "Production API", "check_frequency": 180, "request_timeout": 15, "confirmation_period": 0 }' Monitor Management const BETTER_STACK_TOKEN = process . env . BETTER_STACK_TOKEN ;