# Designed for CTOs, loved by CFOs

30x cheaper than Datadog. Predictable pricing.  
Exceptional customer support.

Datadog bill too high? Migrate today, the rest of your contract is on us.  
Migration assistance and bespoke onboarding included. [Book a consultation](https://calendly.com/betterstack/consultation-migrating-from-datadog)

[eBPF-based service map](/tracing.md) [Log management](/log-management.md) [OpenTelemetry-native tracing](/tracing.md#otel) [Infrastructure monitoring](/infrastructure-monitoring.md) [AI-native error tracking](/error-tracking.md) [Incident management](/incident-management.md) [Status page](/status-page.md) [Agentic AI SRE](/tracing.md#sre) [Resolve incidents in Slack or Teams](/incident-management.md#slack)

## Unbeatable return per dollar spent

Get an unrivaled price-to-performance ratio. Ingest up to 80x more data with the same budget, or save up to 98% of your costs.

### 1 TB traces + 1 TB logs + 1 TB metrics per month

| Provider | Approx. monthly cost |
| --- | --- |
| Better Stack | $687 |
| Sentry | $4,200 |
| Grafana Cloud | $7,500 |
| Datadog | $55,574 |

_An estimate only. Assumes annual payments, European data location, 1 responder with a Tera bundle, average event size of 1 kB._

[Explore pricing](/pricing.md#logs)

## Get an AI SRE

Claude Code with the knowledge of your infrastructure.  
Give LLMs the power of your telemetry data.

[Watch a demo](https://betterstack.com/demos/ai-sre/)

### Get an AI SRE to resolve incidents with you at 3 am

Leverage automated root cause analysis based on the eBPF-based service map & log analysis. You’re always in charge.

#### Robust MCP server

Integrate your telemetry data into your existing LLM workflows with a top tier MCP server.

#### You’re always in control

The AI SRE suggests hypotheses but never takes any automated actions without your approval. Get help when investigating an incident while remaining in charge.

## Instrument clusters without code changes using eBPF

Connect your Kubernetes or Docker clusters to gather logs, metrics, and network traces with eBPF. No code changes required.

### Ship logs with our remotely controlled eBPF collectors

Leverage our remotely controlled collector to gather logs, metrics, and traces using eBPF and OpenTelemetry. Remotely monitor collector’s throughput and adjust sampling, compression, and batching as needed.

#### Turning plaintext logs into structured JSON

All your data is stored in a structured format, which makes searching beautifully simple. Click on the  
user e-mail or thread ID and filter the right context  
with a single click.

#### Mark useless logs “as spam” and don’t get billed

Transform logs, spans or other wide events with VRL to redact personally identifiable information or simply discard useless events so that you don’t get billed.

## No vendor lock-in: Open formats in your own S3 bucket

Host your data in your own S3-compatible bucket for full control.

#### Available in 4 regions, custom deployments on request

Use self-serve clusters in Virginia, Oregon, Germany or Singapore today or [request a deployment](mailto:hello@betterstack.com?subject=I%27m%20interested%20in%20custom%20deployment%20of%20Better%20Stack%20Warehouse&body=Monthly%20volume%3A%202%20PB%0ALocation%3A%20us-east%0ACompliance%3A%20SOC2%0ACustom%20bucket%3A%20yes%0A%0AAnything%20else%3A) of a custom cluster with a dedicated S3 bucket in your own VPC.

#### Store logs in your own S3 bucket

Store your logs and traces in your own cloud.  
Stay compliant & in control of your data.

## Secure, scalable & compliant

### Everything your data privacy officer requires so that you can pass audits with a peace of mind.

#### SOC 2 Type 2

Request our SOC 2 Type 2 attestation upon signing an NDA.

#### GDPR-compliant

Comply with European Union’s general data privacy regulation.

#### ISO 27001 data centers

Ensuring strict data security standards.

## Happy customers, growing market presence

Get started today. Try Better Stack risk-free with our 60-day money-back guarantee.

Datadog bill too high? Migrate today, the rest of your contract is on us.  
Migration assistance and bespoke onboarding included. [Book a consultation](https://calendly.com/betterstack/consultation-migrating-from-datadog)