Comparison

Airbrake vs Elmah.io

On the evidence we track, Airbrake leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Airbrake56
Elmah.io48
Score
vioscaleAI score
Airbrake56 / 100medium · 71%
Elmah.io48 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io✗
Model
Airbrakefreemium
Elmah.iocommercial
Price level
Airbrakemid
Elmah.iomid
Transparent
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io✓
Integrations
Count
Airbrake12
Elmah.io20
Security
Disclosure policy
Airbrake–
Elmah.io✓
Gdpr
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io✓
Pci
Airbrake–
Elmah.io✓
Soc2
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io–
Reliability
Status page
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io✓
Content
Faq
Airbrake7 items
Elmah.io7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for error tracking software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Coverage
Platforms covered
AirbrakeFull-stack
Elmah.ioBackend
Language / SDK coverage
AirbrakeOver 50 languages including JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, .NET, PHP, Node.
Elmah.io.NET
Core
Automatic error grouping
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io✓
Release health / regression tracking
Airbrake-
Elmah.io✓
Enrichment
Source-map de-minification
Airbrake-
Elmah.io-
Native crash symbolication
Airbrake-
Elmah.io-
PII data scrubbing
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io-
Bundled signals
Bundled session replay
Airbrake-
Elmah.io-
Bundled performance / APM
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io-
Workflow
Issue-tracker integration
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io✓
Alert rules / on-call routing
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io✓
Deployment
Hosting
AirbrakeCloud only
Elmah.ioCloud only

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Airbrake

Leader

Error notification and monitoring platform that provides visibility into application health and performance across multiple programming languages and platforms.

Independently observed

Elmah.io

A cloud-based error logging and management platform that automatically captures application errors and integrates with development tools, issue trackers, and notification services for error tracking and alerting.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Airbrake

Leader
from $19/moUsage-basedFree tier

From $19/month. Usage-based with 10% annual discount. On-demand charges for excess units.

  • Dev + errors$19/month or $17/month billed annually
    • 1 user
    • 1 team
    • Unlimited projects
    • Account Dashboard
    • Advanced Search Filters
    • +2 more
  • Basic + errors$38/month or $34/month billed annually
    • Unlimited users
    • 3 teams
    • Unlimited projects
    • Account Dashboard
    • Advanced Search Filters
    • +2 more
  • Pro + errors$76/month or $68/month billed annually
    • Unlimited users
    • Unlimited teams
    • Unlimited projects
    • Audit Logs
    • Spike forgiveness
as of verify ↗

Elmah.io

from $26/moSubscription21-day trial

From $26/month for 3 users. 21-day free trial, no credit card required.

  • Small Business$26/month
    • SSL encryption
    • Visual Studio Integration
    • Daily Backup
    • Support
    • Invoices
    • +1 more
  • Business$44/month
    • SSL encryption
    • Visual Studio Integration
    • Daily Backup
    • Support
    • Invoices
    • +6 more
  • Business+$89/month
    • SSL encryption
    • Visual Studio Integration
    • Daily Backup
    • Support
    • Invoices
    • +7 more
  • Enterprise$269/month
    • SSL encryption
    • Visual Studio Integration
    • Daily Backup
    • Support
    • Invoices
    • +8 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Airbrake✗
Elmah.io✓
iOS
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Airbrake✓
Elmah.io✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (6)
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • Trello
  • Zapier

Airbrake

Leader
12 total - 6 not shared
  • Bitbucket
  • LogRocket
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • PivotalTracker
  • Webhooks
Independently observed

Elmah.io

26 total - 20 not shared
  • Microsoft Teams
  • YouTrack
  • Stack Overflow
  • Cursor
  • Claude
  • Email
  • Mailman
  • Azure DevOps
  • Octopus Deploy
  • Visual Studio
  • Twilio
  • PagerDuty
  • Atlassian Bamboo
  • ClickUp
  • ChatGPT
  • Pipedream
  • NLog
  • Serilog
  • Logary
  • Umbraco
Independently observed
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