vioscale
Comparison

Airbrake vs Highlight.io

No clear leader: Airbrake (56.2) and Highlight.io (52.4) 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 →Highlight.io full profile →
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Airbrake56
Highlight.io52
Score
Vioscale score
Airbrake56 / 100medium · 73%
Highlight.io52 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Airbrake✓
Highlight.io✓
Model
Airbrakefreemium
Highlight.iocommercial
Price level
Airbrakemid
Highlight.iomid
Transparent
Airbrake✓
Highlight.io✓
Integrations
Count
Airbrake12
Highlight.io19
Security
Gdpr
Airbrake✓
Highlight.io✓
Scorecard
Airbrake–
Highlight.io6.5
Soc2
Airbrake✓
Highlight.io✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Airbrake✓
Highlight.io✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Airbrake–
Highlight.io5
Github stars
Airbrake–
Highlight.io9,371
Package downloads weekly
Airbrake–
Highlight.io5,623
Activity
Commits last 30d
Airbrake–
Highlight.io4
Release
Cadence days
Airbrake–
Highlight.io11
History
Airbrake–
Highlight.io20 items
License
Spdx
Airbrake–
Highlight.ioApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Airbrake–
Highlight.ioTypeScript
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

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

Highlight.io

A comprehensive observability platform that captures session replays, error tracking, logs, and distributed traces across your web applications, with both cloud and self-hosted deployment options.

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 ↗

Highlight.io

from $50/moHybridFree tier

From $0 (free) to $800+/month (business); usage-based add-ons for overage

  • FreeFree
    • 500 monthly sessions
    • AI error grouping
    • Up to 15 seats
  • Pay-as-you-goFrom $50/month
    • Up to 3 dashboards
    • Up to 2 projects
    • Up to 15 seats
    • Up to 7 day retention
  • BusinessFrom $800/month
    • Unlimited dashboards
    • Unlimited projects
    • Unlimited seats
    • Custom retention policies
    • Filters for data ingest
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • SAML & SSO
    • Custom MSAs & SLAs
    • RBAC & audit logs
    • Data export & user reporting
  • Self-Hosted EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Airbrake✓
Highlight.io✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Airbrake✓
Highlight.io✓
Self-hosted
Airbrake✗
Highlight.io✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • GitHub
  • Jira
  • Slack

Airbrake

12 total - 9 not shared
  • Bitbucket
  • GitLab
  • LogRocket
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • PivotalTracker
  • Trello
  • Webhooks
  • Zapier
Independently observed

Highlight.io

19 total - 16 not shared
  • Amplitude
  • ClickUp
  • Discord
  • Electron
  • Front
  • Grafana
  • Height
  • Intercom
  • LaunchDarkly
  • Linear
  • Mixpanel
  • Nuxt
  • Pendo
  • Segment
  • Vercel
  • WordPress
Independently observed

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