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Comparison

Airbrake vs Embrace

No clear leader: Embrace (57.3) and Airbrake (56.2) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Airbrake full profile →Embrace full profile →
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Airbrake56
Embrace57
Score
Vioscale score
Airbrake56 / 100medium · 73%
Embrace57 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Airbrake✓
Embrace✓
Model
Airbrakefreemium
Embracefreemium
Price level
Airbrakemid
Embracelow
Transparent
Airbrake✓
Embrace✓
Integrations
Count
Airbrake12
Embrace3
Security
Gdpr
Airbrake✓
Embrace✓
Soc2
Airbrake✓
Embrace✓
Reliability
Status page
Airbrake✓
Embrace✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Airbrake

A cloud-based service that automatically detects and reports application errors and performance issues, enabling developers to identify and fix problems before customers are impacted.

Independently observed

Embrace

Powered by OpenTelemetry, Embrace provides real user monitoring across mobile and web to tie technical performance to end-user impact.

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

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 ↗

Embrace

from $0.80/moUsage-basedFree tier

From $0.80 per 1,000 sessions. Free tier for 1M sessions/year.

  • FREEFree
    • User session play-by-play
    • Errors, exceptions, and crashes
    • Basic performance monitoring
    • Basic dashboards and alerting
    • Mobile: Crash reporting, ANR monitoring, Out of memory monitoring, Webview performance
    • +6 more
  • PRO$0.80 per 1,000 sessions (min $80/month), 14 days retention
    • All FREE features
    • Custom dashboards
    • API access & metrics data forwarding
    • Role-based access controls
    • Jira integration
    • +7 more
  • ENTERPRISEContact sales
    • All PRO features
    • Unlimited users
    • Custom metrics included based on session volume
    • Events and spans forwarding
    • Network span forwarding
    • +6 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✓
Embrace✓
iOS
Airbrake✗
Embrace✓
Android
Airbrake✗
Embrace✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Airbrake✓
Embrace✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Jira
  • Slack

Airbrake

12 total - 10 not shared
  • Bitbucket
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • LogRocket
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • PivotalTracker
  • Trello
  • Webhooks
  • Zapier
Independently observed

Embrace

3 total - 1 not shared
  • PagerDuty
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.