# Airbrake vs Bugsnag

| Attribute | Airbrake | Bugsnag |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 56.2 (71% (medium)) | 51.9 (73% (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":"Mobile and web app monitoring that helps development teams find bugs instantly, fix them quickly, and deploy stable releases. Monitors crashes, performance bottlenecks, and traces requests across the full stack. It is indexed under Error Tracking Software.","source":"https://www.bugsnag.com","question":"What is Bugsnag?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Bugsnag offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $20 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://www.bugsnag.com","question":"Is Bugsnag free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Bugsnag. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.bugsnag.com","question":"What platforms does Bugsnag support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Bugsnag can be deployed cloud / SaaS and on-premise, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.bugsnag.com","question":"Can Bugsnag be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Bugsnag is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.bugsnag.com","question":"Where is Bugsnag available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Error notification and monitoring platform that provides visibility into application health and performance across multiple programming languages and platforms. | An error and performance monitoring platform that automatically detects crashes, exceptions, and performance bottlenecks across mobile, web, desktop, and server applications. It provides diagnostics, release health tracking, and automated alerting to help teams identify and resolve issues rapidly. |
| 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":"both","alerting":true,"languages":"50+ platforms","platforms":"full_stack","source_maps":true,"data_scrubbing":true,"error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"native_symbolication":true,"performance_monitoring":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 12 | 30 |
| 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":"SmartBear MCP"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Gitter","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Jira","native":true,"category":"issue_tracking","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Pivotal","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Splunk","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Amazon SQS","native":true,"category":"data_pipeline","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry","native":true,"category":"observability","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"SmartBear","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true}` | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":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 forever","features":["Error Monitoring","Performance Monitoring"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"data_retention":"7 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Error and performance monitoring","30+ third-party integrations","Automatic error prioritization","Automatic error assignment","Automatic user provisioning via SSO","On premises or SaaS deployment","Sensitive data management"],"contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. Custom enterprise plans.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.bugsnag.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-06T21:48:28.254Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | - | https://www.bugsnag.com/security/ |

## Capabilities (Error Tracking Software)

| Capability | Airbrake | Bugsnag |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Platforms covered | Full-stack | Full-stack |
| Language / SDK coverage | Over 50 languages including JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, .NET, PHP, Node. | 50+ platforms |
| **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 + self-hosted |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:15:14.500Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*