# Airbrake vs AppSignal

| Attribute | Airbrake | AppSignal |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 56.2 (71% (medium)) | 59.3 (72% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Error notification and monitoring platform that provides visibility into application health and performance across multiple programming languages and platforms. It is indexed under Error Tracking Software.","source":"https://airbrake.io","question":"What is Airbrake?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Airbrake offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $19 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://airbrake.io/pricing","question":"Is Airbrake free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Airbrake supports the web and iOS. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://airbrake.io","question":"What platforms does Airbrake support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Airbrake, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://airbrake.io/pricing","question":"Can Airbrake be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for Airbrake, including Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, Jira, LogRocket, Okta, OneLogin and PivotalTracker, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://airbrake.io/pricing","question":"What does Airbrake integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Airbrake. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Airbrake not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://airbrake.io/pricing","question":"What security certifications does Airbrake have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Airbrake is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://airbrake.io/pricing","question":"Where is Airbrake available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A cloud-based monitoring platform that tracks application errors, monitors performance metrics, and correlates issues to specific deployments. Provides automatic error grouping, distributed tracing, log search, and custom metrics for developers. It is indexed under Error Tracking Software.","source":"https://www.appsignal.com/","question":"What is AppSignal?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AppSignal offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $279 per year. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.appsignal.com/","question":"Is AppSignal free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"AppSignal supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.appsignal.com/","question":"What platforms does AppSignal support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for AppSignal, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.appsignal.com/","question":"Can AppSignal be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for AppSignal, including Linear, Kubernetes, AWS CloudWatch, Faraday, ROM, Excon and Claude. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.appsignal.com/","question":"What does AppSignal integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for AppSignal. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as AppSignal not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.appsignal.com/security","question":"What security certifications does AppSignal have?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Error notification and monitoring platform that provides visibility into application health and performance across multiple programming languages and platforms. | AppSignal helps developers monitor and debug web applications by automatically tracking errors, performance metrics, logs, and deployment information in a single unified interface. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","alerting":true,"languages":"Over 50 languages including JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, .NET, PHP, Node.","platforms":"full_stack","data_scrubbing":true,"error_grouping":true,"performance_monitoring":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","alerting":true,"languages":"Ruby, Elixir, Node.js, JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, PHP, Rust","platforms":"backend","data_scrubbing":true,"error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"performance_monitoring":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 12 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"LogRocket"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"OneLogin"},{"name":"PivotalTracker"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Trello"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Zapier"}]` | `[{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Kubernetes","native":true,"category":"infrastructure"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"Faraday","native":true},{"name":"ROM","native":true},{"name":"Excon","native":true},{"name":"Claude","native":true,"category":"ai"},{"name":"AWS Lambda","native":true,"category":"infrastructure","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Amazon ECS","native":true,"category":"infrastructure","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Amazon EC2","native":true,"category":"infrastructure","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AWS Fargate","native":true,"category":"infrastructure","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Amazon RDS","native":true,"category":"infrastructure","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Elixir","native":true},{"name":"Ruby on Rails","native":true},{"name":"Node.js","native":true},{"name":"Grape","native":true}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"NL","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Dev + errors","summary":"$19/month or $17/month billed annually","features":["1 user","1 team","Unlimited projects","Account Dashboard","Advanced Search Filters","Unlimited Integrations","Deploy Tracking"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Entry-level plan for individual developers","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"errors":"25,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Basic + errors","summary":"$38/month or $34/month billed annually","features":["Unlimited users","3 teams","Unlimited projects","Account Dashboard","Advanced Search Filters","Unlimited Integrations","Deploy Tracking"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":38,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Team collaboration plan","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"errors":"100,000/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro + errors","summary":"$76/month or $68/month billed annually","features":["Unlimited users","Unlimited teams","Unlimited projects","Audit Logs","Spike forgiveness"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":76,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Unlimited access with audit logs and advanced monitoring","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"errors":"1,000,000/month"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"On-demand errors","components":[{"per":{"qty":10000,"unit":"errors"},"kind":"metered","amount":5,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"On-demand performance events","components":[{"per":{"qty":10000,"unit":"events"},"kind":"metered","amount":5,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $19/month. Usage-based with 10% annual discount. On-demand charges for excess units.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://airbrake.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:09:21.759Z","startingPrice":{"amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free: 50K requests, 1GB logging, 5-day retention","features":["50K requests/month","1GB logging","5-day retention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Perfect for startups, hobby, or side-projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logging":"1GB/month","requests":"50K/month","retention":"5-day"}},{"free":false,"name":"Paid","summary":"$279/year ($23.25/month billed yearly)","features":["250K requests/month","1GB logging free","Error tracking with backtrace","Performance monitoring","Host monitoring","Uptime monitoring","Metric dashboards","Process monitoring","Anomaly detection","Real-time alerts","Send to issue tracker","Unlimited users","Unlimited teams","Unlimited applications","Unlimited dashboards"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":279,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Application monitoring with 250K requests/month","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logging":"1GB/month","requests":"250K/month"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Long-term log storage","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"HIPAA Compliance","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier with 50K requests. Paid plans from $279/year. Add-ons from $89/month.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.appsignal.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T21:10:08.614Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":279,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Error Tracking Software)

| Capability | Airbrake | AppSignal |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Platforms covered | Full-stack | Backend |
| Language / SDK coverage | Over 50 languages including JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, .NET, PHP, Node. | Ruby, Elixir, Node.js, JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, PHP, Rust |
| **Core** |  |  |
| Automatic error grouping | ✓ | ✓ |
| Release health / regression tracking | - | ✓ |
| **Enrichment** |  |  |
| Source-map de-minification | - | - |
| Native crash symbolication | - | - |
| PII data scrubbing | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Bundled signals** |  |  |
| Bundled session replay | - | - |
| Bundled performance / APM | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Workflow** |  |  |
| Issue-tracker integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Alert rules / on-call routing | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Cloud only |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T22:13:54.018Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*