# Exceptionless vs Honeybadger

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Honeybadger

| Attribute | Exceptionless | Honeybadger |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 53.8 (40% (low)) | 59 (73% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 2,457 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Error Tracking Software.","source":"https://exceptionless.com/pricing/","question":"What is Exceptionless?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Exceptionless is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $15 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://exceptionless.com/","question":"Is Exceptionless free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Exceptionless supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://exceptionless.com/pricing/","question":"What platforms does Exceptionless support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Exceptionless can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://exceptionless.com/pricing/","question":"Can Exceptionless be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Exceptionless is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/exceptionless/exceptionless","question":"Is Exceptionless open source?","confidence":0.95}]` | `[{"answer":"Integrated monitoring solution for web applications, combining error detection, logging, performance analysis, uptime tracking, and incident status pages. It is indexed under Error Tracking Software.","source":"https://www.honeybadger.io/plans/","question":"What is Honeybadger?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Honeybadger offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $26 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.honeybadger.io/plans/","question":"Is Honeybadger free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Honeybadger. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.honeybadger.io/plans/","question":"What platforms does Honeybadger support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Honeybadger can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.honeybadger.io/plans/","question":"Can Honeybadger be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 14 integrations for Honeybadger, including Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Jira, PagerDuty, SMS, Email and Webhooks, plus 6 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.honeybadger.io/plans/","question":"What does Honeybadger integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Honeybadger. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Honeybadger not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.honeybadger.io/plans/","question":"What security certifications does Honeybadger have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Honeybadger is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.honeybadger.io/plans/","question":"Where is Honeybadger available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source error monitoring and event logging platform that tracks exceptions, logs, and feature usage across JavaScript, Node.js, and .NET applications in real time. It organizes error data into actionable insights for quick debugging and resolution. | A monitoring platform that helps developers track application errors, analyze logs, and monitor performance metrics in production environments, supporting multiple programming languages and frameworks. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","alerting":true,"languages":"JavaScript, Node.js, .NET Core, ASP.NET, C#","platforms":"full_stack","source_maps":true,"data_scrubbing":true,"error_grouping":true,"release_health":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","alerting":true,"languages":"Ruby, Python, Go, Node.js, Java, .NET, PHP, Elixir, Django, Laravel, Phoenix, Cr","platforms":"backend","data_scrubbing":true,"error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"performance_monitoring":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Intercom"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Zapier","native":true,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Webhooks","native":true,"direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"SMS"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Webhooks"},{"name":"Twitter/X"},{"name":"AWS Marketplace"},{"name":"Oban"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"OneLogin"},{"name":"Google Apps for Work"}]` |
| language.primary | C# | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0/month","features":["Event tracking","Basic dashboard"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"1","projects":"1","retention_days":"3","events_per_month":"3,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Small","summary":"$15/month","features":["Searching","Error notifications","Webhooks","Slack integration","Zapier integration"],"minSeats":10,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"10","projects":"5","retention_days":"30","events_per_month":"15,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Medium","summary":"$49/month","features":["Searching","Error notifications","Webhooks","Slack integration","Zapier integration"],"minSeats":25,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"25","projects":"15","retention_days":"90","events_per_month":"75,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Large","summary":"$99/month","features":["Searching","Error notifications","Webhooks","Slack integration","Zapier integration"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"Unlimited","projects":"Unlimited","retention_days":"180","events_per_month":"250,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Extra Large","summary":"$199/month","features":["Searching","Error notifications","Webhooks","Slack integration","Zapier integration"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":199,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"Unlimited","projects":"Unlimited","retention_days":"180","events_per_month":"1,000,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$499/month","features":["Searching","Error notifications","Webhooks","Slack integration","Zapier integration"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":499,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"Unlimited","projects":"Unlimited","retention_days":"180","events_per_month":"3,000,000"}}],"summary":"From $0 (free) to $499/month. Free tier with 3,000 events/month.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://exceptionless.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T21:10:18.577Z","startingPrice":{"amount":15,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Developer","summary":"Free forever","features":["Error tracking with 5,000 errors/month limit","1 uptime monitor","Basic integrations (GitHub, Slack, email)","User feedback forms","Custom context and data fields","Public status page"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free plan for individual developers and small projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"errors":"5000/mo","uptime_monitors":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$26/month","features":["Error tracking with 50,000 errors/month","5 uptime monitors included","Premium integrations (Jira, PagerDuty, SMS, webhooks)","Deployment tracking","Advanced alert routing","Anomaly detection for error volume","Cron job and heartbeat monitoring","Custom dashboards","Status pages with incident management","Email subscriptions for status updates"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":26,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Collaborative plan for teams with shared visibility and higher limits","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"errors":"50000/mo","uptime_monitors":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Unlimited users, projects, and teams","Enterprise security and compliance","SOC2 and HIPAA compliance","EU data residency option","SAML, SSO, and custom authentication","HIPAA Business Associate Agreement","Data archival to S3-compatible storage"],"description":"Enterprise plan with unlimited resources and compliance features","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free Developer plan; Team plans from $26/month; custom Business pricing available. Overage charges at $0.0003/notification (Team) or $0.0006/notification (Business).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.honeybadger.io/plans/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-23T13:29:13.161Z","startingPrice":{"amount":26,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":15,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":26,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 3 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.10.0","date":"2026-09-29T03:03:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.9.0","date":"2026-09-03T15:33:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.8.4","date":"2026-08-26T21:14:35Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.8.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.8.3","date":"2026-08-25T21:22:37Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.8.2","date":"2026-08-25T01:34:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.8.1","date":"2026-08-22T20:06:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.8.0","date":"2026-08-18T01:21:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.7.8","date":"2026-08-14T04:29:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.7.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.7.7","date":"2026-08-12T15:53:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.7.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.7.6","date":"2026-08-12T04:25:32Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.7.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.7.5","date":"2026-08-12T03:40:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.7.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.7.4","date":"2026-08-10T19:29:12Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.7.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.7.3","date":"2026-08-09T15:45:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.7.2","date":"2026-08-04T22:02:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.7.1","date":"2026-07-29T01:04:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.7.0","date":"2026-07-28T15:26:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.6.2","date":"2026-07-06T02:08:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.6.1","date":"2026-07-01T00:12:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.6.0","date":"2026-06-26T02:45:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/exceptionless/Exceptionless/releases/tag/v8.6.0-rc2","date":"2026-06-23T01:05:54Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v8.6.0-rc2"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"}]` |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://exceptionless.com/docs/security/ | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fexceptionless%2FExceptionless&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Error Tracking Software)

| Capability | Exceptionless | Honeybadger |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Platforms covered | Full-stack | Backend |
| Language / SDK coverage | JavaScript, Node.js, .NET Core, ASP.NET, C# | Ruby, Python, Go, Node.js, Java, .NET, PHP, Elixir, Django, Laravel, Phoenix, Cr |
| **Core** |  |  |
| Automatic error grouping | ✓ | ✓ |
| Release health / regression tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Enrichment** |  |  |
| Source-map de-minification | ✓ | - |
| Native crash symbolication | - | - |
| PII data scrubbing | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Bundled signals** |  |  |
| Bundled session replay | - | - |
| Bundled performance / APM | - | ✓ |
| **Workflow** |  |  |
| Issue-tracker integration | - | ✓ |
| Alert rules / on-call routing | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud only |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-20T12:14:16.487Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*