Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Better Stack and SolarWinds Papertrail score closely across Staquest's six weighted dimensions, with no decisive overall winner. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $9/mo for Better Stack and $5/mo for SolarWinds Papertrail.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Better Stack | SolarWinds |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | Development |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
freemium
per user
per user
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| Feature | better-stack | solarwinds-papertrail |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Status Page | ||
| 1 Gb/Month | ||
| 10 Monitors & Heartbeats | ||
| 1 Week Search | ||
| Advanced Incident Workflows | ||
| 1 Year Archive | ||
| Ai Post-Mortems | ||
| Automated Export For Reporting | ||
| Basic Single-Channel Integration | ||
| Encrypted Logging | ||
| Incident Management | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Manage On-Call Schedules | ||
| Intuitive Web-Based Log Viewer | ||
| On-Call Scheduling | ||
| Long-Term Archive (S3) | ||
| Shareable Dashboards | ||
| Multi-Source Log Management | ||
| Slack & E-Mail Alerts | ||
| Powerful Command-Line Tools | ||
| Slack & Teams-Based Native Incident Management | ||
| Rest Api | ||
| Sms Alerts | ||
| Scalable Log Management | ||
| Status Pages | ||
| Search Alerts | ||
| Track Mtta, Mttr | ||
| Team-Wide Groups & Searches | ||
| Unlimited Phone Call Alerts | ||
| Unlimited Systems |
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Better Stack's paid plans start at $9/mo and SolarWinds Papertrail's start at $5/mo, so SolarWinds Papertrail is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Better Stack and SolarWinds Papertrail offer a free tier.
SolarWinds Papertrail scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
