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Comparison

Airbrake vs Sentry

On the evidence we track, Sentry leads this comparison with a composite score of 70/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Airbrake full profile →Sentry full profile →
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Airbrake56
★Sentry70
Score
vioscaleAI score
Airbrake56 / 100medium · 71%
Sentry70 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Model
Airbrakefreemium
Sentryfreemium
Price level
Airbrakemid
Sentrylow
Starting price
Airbrake–
Sentry$26
Transparent
Airbrake✓
Sentry✗
Integrations
Count
Airbrake12
Sentry50
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Airbrake–
Sentry✓
Gdpr
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Hipaa
Airbrake–
Sentry✓
Iso27001
Airbrake–
Sentry✓
Scorecard
Airbrake–
Sentry6.3
Soc2
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Airbrake–
Sentry209
Github stars
Airbrake–
Sentry45,550
Package downloads weekly
Airbrake–
Sentry34,182,735
Stackoverflow questions
Airbrake–
Sentry6,100
Activity
Commits last 30d
Airbrake–
Sentry100
Release
Cadence days
Airbrake–
Sentry12
History
Airbrake–
Sentry20 items
License
Spdx
Airbrake–
SentryBSL-1.1
Language
Primary
Airbrake–
SentryPython
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Airbrake7 items
Sentry8 items

Capabilities

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

Coverage
Platforms covered
AirbrakeFull-stack
SentryFull-stack
Language / SDK coverage
AirbrakeOver 50 languages including JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, .NET, PHP, Node.
SentryAndroid, Apple (iOS), Django, .NET, Go, JavaScript, Laravel, PHP, Python, Flutte
Core
Automatic error grouping
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Release health / regression tracking
Airbrake-
Sentry✓
Enrichment
Source-map de-minification
Airbrake-
Sentry✓
Native crash symbolication
Airbrake-
Sentry✓
PII data scrubbing
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Bundled signals
Bundled session replay
Airbrake-
Sentry✓
Bundled performance / APM
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Workflow
Issue-tracker integration
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Alert rules / on-call routing
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Deployment
Hosting
AirbrakeCloud only
SentryCloud only

What each one is

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

Airbrake

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

Independently observed

Sentry

Leader

An error tracking and application performance monitoring solution that automatically groups issues, provides root-cause analysis, and integrates AI-assisted debugging to help teams fix problems faster.

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 ↗

Sentry

Leader
SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Paid plans: Team, Business, Enterprise. Seer add-on: $40/active contributor/month

  • Team-
  • Business-
  • Enterprise-
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Airbrake✗
Sentry✓
iOS
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Android
Airbrake✗
Sentry✓
macOS
Airbrake✗
Sentry✓
Windows
Airbrake✗
Sentry✓
Linux
Airbrake✗
Sentry✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Self-hosted
Airbrake✗
Sentry✓

Integrations

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

In common (9)
  • Bitbucket
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Jira
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • PivotalTracker
  • Slack
  • Trello

Airbrake

12 total - 3 not shared
  • LogRocket
  • Webhooks
  • Zapier
Independently observed

Sentry

Leader
51 total - 42 not shared
  • PagerDuty
  • Linear
  • Datadog
  • Heroku
  • Segment
  • Rookout
  • Shortcut
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Vercel
  • Splunk
  • Expo
  • Netlify
  • Amazon SQS
  • Auth0
  • Azure DevOps
  • ClickUp
  • Cloudflare
  • Compass
  • Discord
  • FullStory
  • Grafana
  • Height
  • InsightFinder
  • Komodor
  • +18 more
Independently observed
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Airbrake or Sentry: which one depends on you

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Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

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