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Last updated November 24, 2025
This add-on is operated by HODL s.r.o.
Heroku‑native logging and dashboards. Structured, searchable, affordable.
Logs & Telemetry by Better Stack is a SQL-compatible structured log management. Get real-time Heroku‑native logging and dashboards at an unbeatable price.
Better Stack provides:
- Fast search & filter on petabytes of logs
- Single-click filtering by patterns and attributes
- Full-text and SQL-compatible access to all logs
- Charting & data trends exploration
- Anomaly alerting with Slack and e-mail notifications
- Ready-made dashboards with easy extensibility
- Unbeatable price and long log retentions
- SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance
Find out more on betterstack.com.
Provisioning the add-on
Logs & Telemetry add-on can be attached to a Heroku application via the CLI:
$ heroku addons:create logtail:free
Creating logtail on sharp-mountain-4005... free
Your add-on has been provisioned successfully
After you provision the add-on, you can see your app logs in the Better Stack dashboard.
Dashboard
The Better Stack dashboard allows you to manage your logs, create views and alerts, collaborate with your colleagues, and integrate with other apps.
You can access the dashboard via the CLI:
$ heroku addons:open logtail
Opening logtail for sharp-mountain-4005
You can also visit the Heroku Dashboard and select the application in question. Select Logs & Telemetry from the Add-ons menu.
Migrating between plans
Use the heroku addons:upgrade command to migrate to a new plan.
$ heroku addons:upgrade logtail:freelancer
-----> Upgrading sharp-mountain-4005 to logtail:freelancer... done, freelancer ($30/mo)
Your plan has been updated to: logtail:freelancer
You can find a list of available plans on Heroku Elements.
Removing the add-on
You can remove the add-on via the CLI:
This destroys all associated logs and data and can’t be undone!
$ heroku addons:destroy logtail
-----> Removing logtail from sharp-mountain-4005... done, v20 (free)
Support
Submit all support and runtime issues via one of the Heroku Support channels. For general inquiries please read the FAQs. Any non-support related issues or product feedback can be sent to hello@betterstack.com.