Better Uptime Stack: Self-Hosted Health Endpoints, Metrics, Logs, and EU/US Data

Short answer: for a SaaS MVP serving EU and US customers, start with an external uptime check, a small dependency-aware health endpoint, and low-cardinality metrics plus structured logs owned in a region you can verify. Use a self-hosted stack when residency and retention controls are more important than setup time; use a managed service when your team cannot operate storage and alert delivery…