# Exceptionless vs Sentry

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Sentry

| Attribute | Exceptionless | Sentry |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 53.8 (40% (low)) | 69.7 (75% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 209 |
| adoption.github_stars | 2,457 | 45,550 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 34,182,735 |
| adoption.stackoverflow_questions | - | 6,100 |
| 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":"Sentry is an error tracking and application monitoring platform that helps development teams identify, diagnose, and resolve issues in their software. It captures errors, performance data, session replays, logs, and metrics across applications, then groups similar problems together and provides context about what caused failures.","source":"https://sentry.io","question":"What is Sentry and what does it do?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Sentry supports over 20 platforms including web frameworks (JavaScript, Python, Java, Go, Ruby, PHP, .NET, Rust), mobile platforms (iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter), desktop environments (Windows, macOS), and game engines (Unity, Unreal Engine). The platform also supports 60+ individual frameworks and libraries across these languages.","source":"https://docs.sentry.io","question":"What programming languages and platforms does Sentry support?","confidence":0.93},{"answer":"Sentry offers a freemium model with a free Developer plan for solo projects, tiered paid plans starting at Team and Business levels billed monthly or annually, and custom Enterprise pricing. All plans follow a \"Pay as You Grow\" model where usage beyond included data limits incurs additional charges.","source":"https://sentry.io/pricing/","question":"What is Sentry's pricing model?","confidence":0.94},{"answer":"Sentry is published under a fair-source license and is available as open-source software on GitHub, allowing organizations to self-host the platform on their own infrastructure. The source code is publicly accessible and can be deployed in self-managed environments or used via Sentry's SaaS offering.","source":"https://github.com/getsentry/sentry","question":"Is Sentry open source?","confidence":0.9},{"answer":"Sentry tracks application errors and exceptions, performance traces showing request paths across services, session replays that record user interactions, custom metrics and logs, code profiling data for identifying performance bottlenecks, and AI workflow execution (LLM calls and agent conversations). It also provides features like cron monitoring and uptime checks.","source":"https://docs.sentry.io/product/","question":"What types of data does Sentry monitor?","confidence":0.92},{"answer":"Sentry integrates with version control systems (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket), project management tools (Jira, Linear, Asana), messaging platforms (Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord), monitoring and deployment services (Datadog, Vercel, Netlify), and SSO providers (Okta, Auth0). Custom integrations can be built through Sentry's integration platform.","source":"https://sentry.io/integrations/","question":"What integrations does Sentry offer?","confidence":0.93},{"answer":"Sentry is designed for development teams and organizations building web, mobile, or desktop applications who need visibility into production errors and performance issues. It serves use cases ranging from solo developers working on small projects to large enterprises managing complex distributed systems, with over 150,000 organizations currently using the platform.","source":"https://sentry.io/features/","question":"Who should use Sentry?","confidence":0.92},{"answer":"Sentry operates as a SaaS platform hosted by the company with data center options in the US or EU, but organizations can also choose self-hosted deployment for greater control over data location and security. The platform uses Relay as a data security solution for self-hosted and hybrid deployments.","source":"https://docs.sentry.io","question":"How does Sentry handle data storage and deployment?","confidence":0.88}]` |
| 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. | An error tracking and application performance monitoring solution that automatically groups issues, provides root-cause analysis, and integrates AI-assisted debugging to help teams fix problems faster. |
| 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":"Android, Apple (iOS), Django, .NET, Go, JavaScript, Laravel, PHP, Python, Flutte","platforms":"full_stack","source_maps":true,"data_scrubbing":true,"error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"session_replay":true,"native_symbolication":true,"performance_monitoring":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 50 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Intercom"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Zapier","native":true,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Webhooks","native":true,"direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Heroku"},{"name":"Segment"},{"name":"Trello"},{"name":"Rookout"},{"name":"Shortcut"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Vercel","native":true,"category":"deployment","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Splunk","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Expo","native":true,"category":"deployment","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Netlify","native":true,"category":"deployment","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Amazon SQS","native":true,"category":"messaging","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Auth0","native":true,"category":"sso","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Azure DevOps","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"ClickUp","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Cloudflare","native":true,"category":"deployment","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Compass","native":true,"category":"software_catalog","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Discord","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"FullStory","native":true,"category":"session_replay","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Height","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"InsightFinder","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Komodor","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"LaunchDarkly","native":true,"category":"feature_flags","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Okta","native":true,"category":"sso","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"OneLogin","native":true,"category":"sso","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"OpenReplay","native":true,"category":"session_replay","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Opsgenie","native":true,"category":"alerting","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"PagerTree","native":true,"category":"alerting","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Pivotal Tracker","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Pushover","native":true,"category":"notifications","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Redmine","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Rocket.Chat","native":true,"category":"chat","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Rootly","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"SessionStack","native":true,"category":"session_replay","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Spike.sh","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Strapi","native":true,"category":"cms","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"TaskCall","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Teamwork","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Vendure","native":true,"category":"ecommerce","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"VictorOps","native":true,"category":"alerting","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"incident.io","native":true,"category":"incident_management","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform","category":"cloud_services"},{"name":"Cursor","category":"development"}]` |
| language.primary | C# | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | BSL-1.1 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true,"windows":true}` | `{"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"android":true,"windows":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":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Team"},{"free":false,"name":"Business"},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise"}],"addOns":[{"name":"Seer","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"active contributor","amount":40,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans: Team, Business, Enterprise. Seer add-on: $40/active contributor/month","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://sentry.io","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T15:12:04.003Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":15,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":26,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | 3 | 12 |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.3 |
| 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}` | `{"count":15,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=sentry&per_page=100","last_12m":3,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (Error Tracking Software)

| Capability | Exceptionless | Sentry |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Platforms covered | Full-stack | Full-stack |
| Language / SDK coverage | JavaScript, Node.js, .NET Core, ASP.NET, C# | Android, Apple (iOS), Django, .NET, Go, JavaScript, Laravel, PHP, Python, Flutte |
| **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 2026-10-16T17:47:08.196Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*