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Comparison

AppSignal vs Embrace

No clear leader: AppSignal (59.3) and Embrace (57.3) 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.

AppSignal full profile →Embrace full profile →
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AppSignal59
Embrace57
Score
vioscaleAI score
AppSignal59 / 100medium · 72%
Embrace57 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
AppSignal✓
Embrace✓
Model
AppSignalfreemium
Embracefreemium
Price level
AppSignallow
Embracelow
Transparent
AppSignal✓
Embrace✓
Integrations
Count
AppSignal10
Embrace3
Security
Disclosure policy
AppSignal✓
Embrace–
Gdpr
AppSignal✓
Embrace✓
Hipaa
AppSignal✓
Embrace–
Iso27001
AppSignal✓
Embrace–
Soc2
AppSignal–
Embrace✓
Trust center
AppSignal–
Embracehttps://embrace.io/privacy/
Reliability
Status page
AppSignal✓
Embrace✓
Market
Availability
AppSignalAvailable worldwide · HQ NL
Embrace–
Content
Faq
AppSignal6 items
Embrace6 items

Capabilities

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

Coverage
Platforms covered
AppSignalBackend
EmbraceFull-stack
Language / SDK coverage
AppSignalRuby, Elixir, Node.js, JavaScript, Python, Go, Java, PHP, Rust
EmbraceJavaScript, React, React Native, OpenTelemetry SDKs
Core
Automatic error grouping
AppSignal✓
Embrace✓
Release health / regression tracking
AppSignal✓
Embrace-
Enrichment
Source-map de-minification
AppSignal-
Embrace-
Native crash symbolication
AppSignal-
Embrace-
PII data scrubbing
AppSignal✓
Embrace-
Bundled signals
Bundled session replay
AppSignal-
Embrace✓
Bundled performance / APM
AppSignal✓
Embrace✓
Workflow
Issue-tracker integration
AppSignal✓
Embrace✓
Alert rules / on-call routing
AppSignal✓
Embrace✓
Deployment
Hosting
AppSignalCloud only
EmbraceCloud only

What each one is

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

AppSignal

AppSignal helps developers monitor and debug web applications by automatically tracking errors, performance metrics, logs, and deployment information in a single unified interface.

Independently observed

Embrace

Powered by OpenTelemetry, Embrace provides real user monitoring across mobile and web to tie technical performance to end-user impact.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

AppSignal

from $279/moSubscriptionFree tier30-day trial

Free tier with 50K requests. Paid plans from $279/year. Add-ons from $89/month.

  • FreeFree
    • 50K requests/month
    • 1GB logging
    • 5-day retention
  • Paid$279/year ($23.25/month billed yearly)
    • 250K requests/month
    • 1GB logging free
    • Error tracking with backtrace
    • Performance monitoring
    • Host monitoring
    • +10 more
as of verify ↗

Embrace

from $0.80/moUsage-basedFree tier

From $0.80 per 1,000 sessions. Free tier for 1M sessions/year.

  • FREEFree
    • User session play-by-play
    • Errors, exceptions, and crashes
    • Basic performance monitoring
    • Basic dashboards and alerting
    • Mobile: Crash reporting, ANR monitoring, Out of memory monitoring, Webview performance
    • +6 more
  • PRO$0.80 per 1,000 sessions (min $80/month), 14 days retention
    • All FREE features
    • Custom dashboards
    • API access & metrics data forwarding
    • Role-based access controls
    • Jira integration
    • +7 more
  • ENTERPRISEContact sales
    • All PRO features
    • Unlimited users
    • Custom metrics included based on session volume
    • Events and spans forwarding
    • Network span forwarding
    • +6 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
AppSignal✓
Embrace✓
iOS
AppSignal✗
Embrace✓
Android
AppSignal✗
Embrace✓
CLI
AppSignal✓
Embrace✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AppSignal✓
Embrace✓

Integrations

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

AppSignal

16 total
  • Linear
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • Faraday
  • ROM
  • Excon
  • Claude
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon ECS
  • Amazon EC2
  • AWS Fargate
  • Amazon RDS
  • Elixir
  • Ruby on Rails
  • Node.js
  • Grape
Independently observed

Embrace

3 total
  • Jira
  • Slack
  • PagerDuty
Independently observed
Still deciding?

AppSignal or Embrace: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

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.