vioscaleAI
Comparison

Airbrake vs Highlight.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
Highlight.io47
Score
vioscaleAI score
Airbrake56 / 100medium · 71%
Highlight.io47 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Airbrake✓
Highlight.io✓
Model
Airbrakefreemium
Highlight.iofreemium
Price level
Airbrakemid
Highlight.iolow
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.io9,382
Package downloads weekly
Airbrake–
Highlight.io1,198
Activity
Commits last 30d
Airbrake–
Highlight.io3
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
Content
Faq
Airbrake7 items
Highlight.io8 items

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

Leader

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

Independently observed

Highlight.io

A monitoring platform that helps developers understand what bugs are happening and why through error monitoring, session replay, logging, and distributed tracing capabilities.

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 ↗

Highlight.io

HybridFree tier
  • FreeFree
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✓
iOS
Airbrake✓
Highlight.io✗
CLI
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

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

Highlight.io

21 total - 18 not shared
  • Amplitude
  • ClickUp
  • Discord
  • Electron
  • Front
  • Grafana
  • Height
  • Intercom
  • LaunchDarkly
  • Linear
  • Mixpanel
  • Nuxt
  • Pendo
  • Segment
  • Vercel
  • WordPress
  • Firebase
  • Stripe
Independently observed
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