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Elastic Uptime
Heartbeat + Synthetics in Elastic Stack — free if self-hosted, paid Elastic Cloud.
Free tier: Self-hosted Elastic Stack
What it does well
- Self-hosted Basic license is free forever — uptime + synthetics included.
- Native integration with logs, metrics, traces in the same Elastic stack.
- Playwright-based synthetics support real browser flow testing.
Where it falls short
- Requires running and maintaining the full Elastic Stack — high ops overhead.
- Elastic Cloud managed option starts at $95/mo — premium pricing tier.
- Not a standalone product — only makes sense if Elastic is already in use.
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