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Comparison

AppSignal vs Exceptionless

No clear leader: AppSignal (56.5) and Exceptionless (51.7) 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.

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AppSignal57
Exceptionless52
Score
Vioscale score
AppSignal57 / 100medium · 73%updating
Exceptionless52 / 100low · 40%updating
Pricing
Free tier
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless✓
Model
AppSignalfreemium
Exceptionlessfreemium
Price level
AppSignallow
Exceptionlessmid
Transparent
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless✓
Integrations
Count
AppSignal1
Exceptionless2
Security
Disclosure policy
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless–
Gdpr
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless–
Hipaa
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless–
Iso27001
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless–
Adoption
Dependent repos
AppSignal–
Exceptionless0
Github stars
AppSignal–
Exceptionless2,455
Activity
Commits last 30d
AppSignal–
Exceptionless100
Release
Cadence days
AppSignal–
Exceptionless2
History
AppSignal–
Exceptionless20 items
License
Spdx
AppSignal–
ExceptionlessApache-2.0
Language
Primary
AppSignal–
ExceptionlessC#
Market
Availability
AppSignalAvailable worldwide
Exceptionless–

Capabilities

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

Coverage
Platforms covered
AppSignalBackend
ExceptionlessFull-stack
Language / SDK coverage
AppSignal-
ExceptionlessJavaScript, Node.js, .NET Core, ASP.NET, C#
Core
Automatic error grouping
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless✓
Release health / regression tracking
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless-
Enrichment
Source-map de-minification
AppSignal-
Exceptionless-
Native crash symbolication
AppSignal-
Exceptionless-
PII data scrubbing
AppSignal-
Exceptionless-
Bundled signals
Bundled session replay
AppSignal-
Exceptionless-
Bundled performance / APM
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless-
Workflow
Issue-tracker integration
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless-
Alert rules / on-call routing
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless✓
Deployment
Hosting
AppSignalCloud only
ExceptionlessCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

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

AppSignal

A cloud-based monitoring platform that tracks application errors, monitors performance metrics, and correlates issues to specific deployments. Provides automatic error grouping, distributed tracing, log search, and custom metrics for developers.

Independently observed

Exceptionless

Exceptionless collects application errors and exceptions from JavaScript, Node.js, .NET, and ASP.NET applications, organizes them into actionable insights, and provides a self-hosted or cloud-based dashboard to monitor application reliability.

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 ↗

Exceptionless

from $15/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $0 (free) to $499/month. Free tier with 3,000 events/month.

  • FreeFree
    • Event tracking
    • Basic dashboard
  • Small$15/month
    • Searching
    • Error notifications
    • Webhooks
    • Slack integration
    • Zapier integration
  • Medium$49/month
    • Searching
    • Error notifications
    • Webhooks
    • Slack integration
    • Zapier integration
  • Large$99/month
    • Searching
    • Error notifications
    • Webhooks
    • Slack integration
    • Zapier integration
  • Extra Large$199/month
    • Searching
    • Error notifications
    • Webhooks
    • Slack integration
    • Zapier integration
  • Enterprise$499/month
    • Searching
    • Error notifications
    • Webhooks
    • Slack integration
    • Zapier integration
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless✓
CLI
AppSignal✗
Exceptionless✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
AppSignal✓
Exceptionless✓
Self-hosted
AppSignal✗
Exceptionless✓

Integrations

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

AppSignal

1 total
  • Linear
Independently observed

Exceptionless

2 total
  • Intercom
  • Slack
Independently observed

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