# Airbrake vs Elmah.io

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Airbrake

| Attribute | Airbrake | Elmah.io |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 56.2 (71% (medium)) | 47.9 (74% (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 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. It is indexed under Error Tracking Software.","source":"https://elmah.io/","question":"What is Elmah.io?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Elmah.io is a paid product; published pricing starts at $26 per month. It is sold across 4 plans (Small Business, Business, Business+ and Enterprise). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://elmah.io/pricing/","question":"How much does Elmah.io cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Elmah.io. 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://elmah.io/","question":"What platforms does Elmah.io support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Elmah.io, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://elmah.io/","question":"Can Elmah.io be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 26 integrations for Elmah.io, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, YouTrack, Stack Overflow, Zapier, Cursor and Claude, plus 18 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://elmah.io/","question":"What does Elmah.io integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Elmah.io. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Elmah.io not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://elmah.io/security/","question":"What security certifications does Elmah.io have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Elmah.io is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Denmark.","source":"https://elmah.io/pricing/","question":"Where is Elmah.io available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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":".NET","platforms":"backend","error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 12 | 20 |
| 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":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"YouTrack"},{"name":"Stack Overflow"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Mailman"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"issue tracking","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"GitLab","native":true,"category":"issue tracking","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Azure DevOps","native":true,"category":"ci/cd","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Octopus Deploy","native":true,"category":"deployment","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Visual Studio","native":true,"category":"ide","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Twilio","native":true,"category":"sms","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"PagerDuty","native":true,"category":"incident management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Trello","native":true,"category":"task management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Atlassian Bamboo","native":true,"category":"ci/cd","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"ClickUp","native":true,"category":"task management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ChatGPT","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Pipedream","native":true,"category":"automation","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"NLog","native":true,"category":"logging","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Serilog","native":true,"category":"logging","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Logary","native":true,"category":"logging","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Umbraco","native":true,"category":"cms","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"DK","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":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":false,"name":"Small Business","summary":"$26/month","features":["SSL encryption","Visual Studio Integration","Daily Backup","Support","Invoices","Business Rules"],"minSeats":3,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":26,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"3","emails":"400/month","messages":"10,000/month","applications":"unlimited","retention_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$44/month","features":["SSL encryption","Visual Studio Integration","Daily Backup","Support","Invoices","Business Rules","Goodie Bag","5 Uptime Checks","App Store","Deployment Tracking","AI"],"minSeats":20,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":44,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"20","emails":"2,000/month","messages":"50,000/month","applications":"unlimited","uptime_checks":"5","retention_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business+","summary":"$89/month","features":["SSL encryption","Visual Studio Integration","Daily Backup","Support","Invoices","Business Rules","Goodie Bag","15 Uptime Checks","App Store","Deployment Tracking","AI","5 Heartbeats"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","emails":"10,000/month","messages":"250,000/month","heartbeats":"5","applications":"unlimited","uptime_checks":"15","retention_days":"90"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$269/month","features":["SSL encryption","Visual Studio Integration","Daily Backup","Support","Invoices","Business Rules","Goodie Bag","50 Uptime Checks","App Store","Deployment Tracking","AI & Machine Learning","20 Heartbeats","Custom Documents"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":269,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","emails":"40,000/month","messages":"1,000,000/month","heartbeats":"20","applications":"unlimited","uptime_checks":"50","retention_days":"90"}}],"summary":"From $26/month for 3 users. 21-day free trial, no credit card required.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://elmah.io/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:04:42.255Z","freeTrialDays":21,"startingPrice":{"amount":26,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Error Tracking Software)

| Capability | Airbrake | Elmah.io |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Platforms covered | Full-stack | Backend |
| Language / SDK coverage | Over 50 languages including JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, .NET, PHP, Node. | .NET |
| **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 2026-10-16T19:29:48.449Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*
