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Comparison

Airbrake vs Sentry

On the evidence we track, Sentry leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. 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
★Sentry71
Score
Vioscale score
Airbrake56 / 100medium · 73%
Sentry71 / 100high · 75%
Pricing
Free tier
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Model
Airbrakefreemium
Sentrycommercial
Price level
Airbrakemid
Sentrymid
Transparent
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Integrations
Count
Airbrake12
Sentry13
Security
Disclosure policy
Airbrake–
Sentry✓
Gdpr
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Hipaa
Airbrake–
Sentry✓
Iso27001
Airbrake–
Sentry✓
Scorecard
Airbrake–
Sentry6.7
Soc2
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Airbrake–
Sentry209
Github stars
Airbrake–
Sentry44,622
Package downloads weekly
Airbrake–
Sentry41,630,194
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
Airbrake–
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

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

Sentry

Leader

A cloud-based monitoring platform that detects, tracks, and alerts teams to errors and performance problems across their applications, with built-in debugging tools and automated root-cause analysis.

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
from $26/moHybridFree tier

From $26/mo. Free tier available. Usage-based pricing for additional capacity.

  • DeveloperFree
    • Error Monitoring (5k/mo)
    • Alerts via email
    • 10 custom dashboards
    • MCP access
  • Team$26/mo when billed annually
    • Developer features +
    • Unlimited users
    • API & third-party integrations
    • 20 custom dashboards
    • Seer: AI debugging agent
    • +1 more
  • Business$80/mo when billed annually
    • Team features +
    • Unlimited custom dashboards
    • Unlimited metric monitors with anomaly detection
    • Advanced quota management
    • SAML + SCIM support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Business features +
    • Technical account manager
    • Dedicated customer support
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✓
CLI
Airbrake✗
Sentry✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Airbrake✓
Sentry✓

Integrations

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

In common (6)
  • Bitbucket
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • Trello

Airbrake

12 total - 6 not shared
  • LogRocket
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • PivotalTracker
  • Webhooks
  • Zapier
Independently observed

Sentry

Leader
13 total - 7 not shared
  • PagerDuty
  • Linear
  • Datadog
  • Heroku
  • Segment
  • Rookout
  • Shortcut
Independently observed

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

Airbrake vs Sentry: an evidence-based comparison · Vioscale