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Comparison

Exceptionless vs Highlight.io

No clear leader: Highlight.io (52.4) 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.

Exceptionless full profile →Highlight.io full profile →
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Exceptionless52
Highlight.io52
Score
Vioscale score
Exceptionless52 / 100low · 40%
Highlight.io52 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Exceptionless✓
Highlight.io✓
Model
Exceptionlessfreemium
Highlight.iocommercial
Price level
Exceptionlessmid
Highlight.iomid
Transparent
Exceptionless✓
Highlight.io✓
Integrations
Count
Exceptionless2
Highlight.io19
Security
Gdpr
Exceptionless–
Highlight.io✓
Scorecard
Exceptionless–
Highlight.io6.5
Soc2
Exceptionless–
Highlight.io✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Exceptionless–
Highlight.io✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Exceptionless0
Highlight.io5
Github stars
Exceptionless2,455
Highlight.io9,371
Package downloads weekly
Exceptionless–
Highlight.io5,623
Activity
Commits last 30d
Exceptionless100
Highlight.io4
Release
Cadence days
Exceptionless2
Highlight.io11
History
Exceptionless20 items
Highlight.io20 items
License
Spdx
ExceptionlessApache-2.0
Highlight.ioApache-2.0
Language
Primary
ExceptionlessC#
Highlight.ioTypeScript
Market
Availability
Exceptionless–
Highlight.ioAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Capabilities

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

Coverage
Platforms covered
ExceptionlessFull-stack
Highlight.ioFull-stack
Language / SDK coverage
ExceptionlessJavaScript, Node.js, .NET Core, ASP.NET, C#
Highlight.ioJavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust, Java, PHP, C# .NET, Elixir, React
Core
Automatic error grouping
Exceptionless✓
Highlight.io✓
Release health / regression tracking
Exceptionless-
Highlight.io-
Enrichment
Source-map de-minification
Exceptionless-
Highlight.io✓
Native crash symbolication
Exceptionless-
Highlight.io-
PII data scrubbing
Exceptionless-
Highlight.io✓
Bundled signals
Bundled session replay
Exceptionless-
Highlight.io✓
Bundled performance / APM
Exceptionless-
Highlight.io✓
Workflow
Issue-tracker integration
Exceptionless-
Highlight.io✓
Alert rules / on-call routing
Exceptionless✓
Highlight.io✓
Deployment
Hosting
ExceptionlessCloud + self-hosted
Highlight.ioCloud + self-hosted

What each one is

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

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

Highlight.io

A comprehensive observability platform that captures session replays, error tracking, logs, and distributed traces across your web applications, with both cloud and self-hosted deployment options.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

Highlight.io

from $50/moHybridFree tier

From $0 (free) to $800+/month (business); usage-based add-ons for overage

  • FreeFree
    • 500 monthly sessions
    • AI error grouping
    • Up to 15 seats
  • Pay-as-you-goFrom $50/month
    • Up to 3 dashboards
    • Up to 2 projects
    • Up to 15 seats
    • Up to 7 day retention
  • BusinessFrom $800/month
    • Unlimited dashboards
    • Unlimited projects
    • Unlimited seats
    • Custom retention policies
    • Filters for data ingest
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • SAML & SSO
    • Custom MSAs & SLAs
    • RBAC & audit logs
    • Data export & user reporting
  • Self-Hosted EnterpriseContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Exceptionless✓
Highlight.io✓
CLI
Exceptionless✓
Highlight.io✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Exceptionless✓
Highlight.io✓
Self-hosted
Exceptionless✓
Highlight.io✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Intercom
  • Slack

Exceptionless

2 total - 0 not shared
  • Intercom
  • Slack
Independently observed

Highlight.io

19 total - 17 not shared
  • Amplitude
  • ClickUp
  • Discord
  • Electron
  • Front
  • GitHub
  • Grafana
  • Height
  • Jira
  • LaunchDarkly
  • Linear
  • Mixpanel
  • Nuxt
  • Pendo
  • Segment
  • Vercel
  • WordPress
Independently observed

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