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Comparison

Airbrake vs Honeybadger

No clear leader: Honeybadger (59.5) 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 →Honeybadger full profile →
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Airbrake56
Honeybadger60
Score
Vioscale score
Airbrake56 / 100medium · 73%
Honeybadger60 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Airbrake✓
Honeybadger✓
Model
Airbrakefreemium
Honeybadgerfreemium
Price level
Airbrakemid
Honeybadgermid
Transparent
Airbrake✓
Honeybadger✓
Integrations
Count
Airbrake12
Honeybadger14
Security
Gdpr
Airbrake✓
Honeybadger✓
Hipaa
Airbrake–
Honeybadger✓
Soc2
Airbrake✓
Honeybadger✓
Reliability
Status page
Airbrake✓
Honeybadger✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

Honeybadger

Combines error tracking, structured logging, and performance monitoring in a single interface to help developers identify and resolve application issues quickly before users notice

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 ↗

Honeybadger

from $26/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

From free to $80/mo. Free tier available with 30-day trial

  • DeveloperFree
    • Error tracking
    • Logging and observability
    • Uptime monitoring
    • Status pages
    • Basic integrations
    • +1 more
  • Team$26/mo or $286/year
    • Advanced error tracking with anomaly detection
    • Deployment tracking and GitHub integration
    • Custom metadata and user feedback
    • Advanced alert routing with rate-based escalation
    • Premium integrations (Jira, PagerDuty, SMS, webhooks)
    • +4 more
  • BusinessContact sales
    • All Team features
    • SAML/SSO authentication
    • Advanced workflows
    • Unlimited teams
    • 1-minute uptime check frequency
    • +1 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✓
Honeybadger✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Airbrake✓
Honeybadger✓

Integrations

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

In common (7)
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Jira
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • Slack
  • Webhooks

Airbrake

12 total - 5 not shared
  • Bitbucket
  • LogRocket
  • PivotalTracker
  • Trello
  • Zapier
Independently observed

Honeybadger

14 total - 7 not shared
  • PagerDuty
  • SMS
  • Email
  • Twitter/X
  • AWS Marketplace
  • Oban
  • Google Apps for Work
Independently observed

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