Bot intelligence record
Better Stack Bot
Review firstBetter Stack Bot is a monitoring bot from Better Stack used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review; it appears in server logs as `Better Stack`.
- Operator
- Better Stack
- Family
- Better Stack
- Type
- Monitoring
- Source type
- Observed
- Last checked
- 2026-06-22
User-Agent Pattern
Better StackBetter Stack
User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.
Robots.txt Snippet
Click snippet to copyUser-agent: Better Stack
Disallow: /Click the snippet to copy it, or highlight the text manually.
Handling Guidance
DependsUse this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.
Better Stack Bot is used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
Record Details
Verified fields- Operator
- Better Stack
- Family
- Better Stack
- Type
- Monitoring
- Purpose
- Uptime Monitoring
- Identity type
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-06-22
- Last checked
- 2026-06-22
- Source type
- Observed
- Verification
- Verify Better Stack Bot by matching `Better Stack` to Better Stack evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
- Spoofing risk
- Better Stack Bot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
Notes
- Better Stack Bot is a monitoring bot from Better Stack used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
- Its primary user-agent pattern is
Better Stack; related patterns includeBetter Stack Better Uptime Bot; Better Stack monitor. - Better Stack Bot is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence.
- Better Stack Bot does not have confirmed robots.txt behavior in the available public evidence.
- Better Stack Bot should be reviewed against site policy, source evidence, crawl rate, and requested paths before a permanent allow or block rule is created.
Evidence and Source
- Verify Better Stack Bot by matching `Better Stack` to Better Stack evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
- Better Stack Bot traffic is primarily detected by the `Better Stack` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `Better Stack Better Uptime Bot; Better Stack monitor`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Better Stack infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Better Stack Bot is used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
- Better Stack Bot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
Use This Signal In Edge
Botcrawl EdgeUse Edge to match live requests, detect related datacenter traffic, and apply allow, block, rate-limit, or log rules.