Beszel adds the inside view: CPU, RAM, disk and network of your machines, with alerts on thresholds.
25,806 stars on GitHub Latest commit on September 28, 2026
Checkmate instead of Better Stack
For the uptime part: check whether your services respond, report outages, show a status page. Plus, if you like, the load on your servers. On your own instance.
about €4.00 / month All the pricing details
What you get out of it
Checks, alerts and a status page with no price per monitor- Server metrics over time with a second, small app
- Everything lives in your instance in the EU
Better Stack and Podless
| Better Stack and Podless | Better Stack | On Podless |
|---|---|---|
| Where the data lives | Better StackOn the provider’s servers | On PodlessIn your own instance in the EU |
| Source code | Better StackNot open to read | On PodlessOpen, you can read what runs |
| Ads and profiling | Better StackPer the provider’s terms | On PodlessNone |
| Your own domain | Better StackUsually not offered | On PodlessIncluded, certificate too |
| Getting out again | Better StackAs far as the provider allows | On PodlessSFTP, database, backups to your storage |
| If it gets shut down | Better StackYou have to move | On PodlessYou decide when you leave |
Also fits
Other swaps
Datadog 
BeszelFor a handful of servers, less will do: CPU, memory, disk and network over time, containers per machine and alerts on thresholds. On your own instance, with no price per host.
UptimeRobot CheckmateUptime monitoring on your own instance: check whether your services respond and see how your servers are doing — without a cap on the number of checks.
start.me 
FlameA browser start page with everything you open every day: services, bookmarks and a search box. On your own instance, without an account with a provider.