# Better Stack privacy rating

Hosted uptime monitoring, incident management and status pages.

## Summary

Better Stack scores 31 out of 100 (grade F) on the status pages and uptime monitoring criteria. It meets 2 of 7 criteria: no visitor tracking and public uptime history. It partly meets no ads or data sales and independent audit. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and runs on your own infrastructure.

- Website: https://betterstack.com
- Home page trackers: Facebook SDK, Google DoubleClick, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot, LinkedIn Insight, Meta Pixel, Microsoft Ads, Plausible (cookieless analytics), Reddit Pixel, X (Twitter) Pixel
- Category: [Status pages and uptime monitoring](https://privacyratings.com/status-pages/)
- Grade: F (31/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The home page loads Facebook SDK, Google DoubleClick, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot, LinkedIn Insight, Meta Pixel, Microsoft Ads, Reddit Pixel and X (Twitter) Pixel (automated test). |  |
| No ads or data sales | Partial | The website sets cookies for personalised ads through advertising networks. | https://betterstack.com/privacy |
| Independent audit | Partial | A SOC 2 Type 2 report and pen test reports are only shared on request. | https://betterstack.com/security |
| Runs on your own infrastructure | No | Hosted by the vendor only. |  |
| No visitor tracking | Yes | Hosted status pages load no third-party analytics by default; owners can add their own tracking. | https://status.plausible.io |
| Public uptime history | Yes | Status pages show uptime history and past incidents. | https://status.betterstack.com |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/status-pages/better-stack/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/status-pages/better-stack.md