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Comparison

Bugsnag vs Elmah.io

No clear leader: Bugsnag (51.9) and Elmah.io (47.9) 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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Bugsnag52
Elmah.io48
Score
vioscaleAI score
Bugsnag52 / 100medium · 73%
Elmah.io48 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✗
Model
Bugsnagfreemium
Elmah.iocommercial
Price level
Bugsnaglow
Elmah.iomid
Transparent
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✓
Integrations
Count
Bugsnag30
Elmah.io20
Security
Disclosure policy
Bugsnag–
Elmah.io✓
Gdpr
Bugsnag–
Elmah.io✓
Pci
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✓
Trust center
Reliability
Status page
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Bugsnag5 items
Elmah.io7 items

Capabilities

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

Coverage
Platforms covered
BugsnagFull-stack
Elmah.ioBackend
Language / SDK coverage
Bugsnag50+ platforms
Elmah.io.NET
Core
Automatic error grouping
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✓
Release health / regression tracking
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✓
Enrichment
Source-map de-minification
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io-
Native crash symbolication
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io-
PII data scrubbing
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io-
Bundled signals
Bundled session replay
Bugsnag-
Elmah.io-
Bundled performance / APM
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io-
Workflow
Issue-tracker integration
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✓
Alert rules / on-call routing
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✓
Deployment
Hosting
BugsnagCloud + self-hosted
Elmah.ioCloud only

What each one is

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

Bugsnag

An error and performance monitoring platform that automatically detects crashes, exceptions, and performance bottlenecks across mobile, web, desktop, and server applications. It provides diagnostics, release health tracking, and automated alerting to help teams identify and resolve issues rapidly.

Independently observed

Elmah.io

A cloud-based error logging and management platform that automatically captures application errors and integrates with development tools, issue trackers, and notification services for error tracking and alerting.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Bugsnag

SubscriptionFree tier

Free tier available. Custom enterprise plans.

  • FreeFree
    • Error Monitoring
    • Performance Monitoring
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Error and performance monitoring
    • 30+ third-party integrations
    • Automatic error prioritization
    • Automatic error assignment
    • Automatic user provisioning via SSO
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Elmah.io

from $26/moSubscription21-day trial

From $26/month for 3 users. 21-day free trial, no credit card required.

  • Small Business$26/month
    • SSL encryption
    • Visual Studio Integration
    • Daily Backup
    • Support
    • Invoices
    • +1 more
  • Business$44/month
    • SSL encryption
    • Visual Studio Integration
    • Daily Backup
    • Support
    • Invoices
    • +6 more
  • Business+$89/month
    • SSL encryption
    • Visual Studio Integration
    • Daily Backup
    • Support
    • Invoices
    • +7 more
  • Enterprise$269/month
    • SSL encryption
    • Visual Studio Integration
    • Daily Backup
    • Support
    • Invoices
    • +8 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✓
iOS
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✗
Android
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✓
Self-hosted
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✗
On-premise
Bugsnag✓
Elmah.io✗

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Jira

Bugsnag

10 total - 7 not shared
  • SmartBear MCP
  • Gitter
  • Pivotal
  • Splunk
  • Amazon SQS
  • OpenTelemetry
  • SmartBear
Independently observed

Elmah.io

26 total - 23 not shared
  • YouTrack
  • Stack Overflow
  • Zapier
  • Cursor
  • Claude
  • Email
  • Mailman
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Azure DevOps
  • Octopus Deploy
  • Visual Studio
  • Twilio
  • PagerDuty
  • Trello
  • Atlassian Bamboo
  • ClickUp
  • ChatGPT
  • Pipedream
  • NLog
  • Serilog
  • Logary
  • Umbraco
Independently observed
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Bugsnag or Elmah.io: which one depends on you

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