# Highlight.io vs Rollbar

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Rollbar

| Attribute | Highlight.io | Rollbar |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 46.6 (74% (medium)) | 88.9 (71% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 3 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 5 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 9,382 | - |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 1,198 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Error Tracking Software.","source":"https://www.highlight.io/pricing","question":"What is Highlight.io?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Highlight.io 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 $50 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.highlight.io/pricing","question":"Is Highlight.io free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Highlight.io. 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.highlight.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Highlight.io support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Highlight.io can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.highlight.io/pricing","question":"Can Highlight.io be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 19 integrations for Highlight.io, including Amplitude, ClickUp, Discord, Electron, Front, GitHub, Grafana and Height, plus 11 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.highlight.io/pricing","question":"What does Highlight.io integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Highlight.io. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Highlight.io not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.highlight.io","question":"What security certifications does Highlight.io have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. Highlight.io 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://pypi.org/pypi/highlight-io/json","question":"Is Highlight.io open source?","confidence":0.9},{"answer":"Highlight.io is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.highlight.io/pricing","question":"Where is Highlight.io available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"A monitoring platform that detects application failures, correlates similar incidents, and captures browser video to help development teams diagnose root causes and fix software quickly. It is indexed under Error Tracking Software.","source":"https://rollbar.com/blog/sentry-vs-rollbar-pricing-the-hidden-cost-of-expanding-beyond-error-monitoring/","question":"What is Rollbar?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Rollbar offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $7.50 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://rollbar.com/blog/sentry-vs-rollbar-pricing-the-hidden-cost-of-expanding-beyond-error-monitoring/","question":"Is Rollbar free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Rollbar supports the web, Android and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://rollbar.com/blog/sentry-vs-rollbar-pricing-the-hidden-cost-of-expanding-beyond-error-monitoring/","question":"What platforms does Rollbar support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Rollbar, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://rollbar.com/blog/sentry-vs-rollbar-pricing-the-hidden-cost-of-expanding-beyond-error-monitoring/","question":"Can Rollbar be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 13 integrations for Rollbar, including Asana, Campfire, Flowdock, GitHub Issues, Hipchat, JIRA, Pivotal Tracker and Trello, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://rollbar.com/blog/sentry-vs-rollbar-pricing-the-hidden-cost-of-expanding-beyond-error-monitoring/","question":"What does Rollbar integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Rollbar. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Rollbar not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://rollbar.com/blog/data-privacy-and-compliance-how-we-prepared-for-gdpr/","question":"What security certifications does Rollbar have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Rollbar is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://rollbar.com/blog/sentry-vs-rollbar-pricing-the-hidden-cost-of-expanding-beyond-error-monitoring/","question":"Where is Rollbar available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A monitoring platform that helps developers understand what bugs are happening and why through error monitoring, session replay, logging, and distributed tracing capabilities. | A centralized service for monitoring errors and logging from applications written in various programming languages. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","alerting":true,"languages":"JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust, Java, PHP, C# .NET, Elixir, React","platforms":"full_stack","source_maps":true,"data_scrubbing":true,"error_grouping":true,"session_replay":true,"performance_monitoring":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","alerting":true,"languages":"JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, PHP, Objective-C, Swift","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 | 19 | 9 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Amplitude"},{"name":"ClickUp"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Electron"},{"name":"Front"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Height"},{"name":"Intercom"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"LaunchDarkly"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Mixpanel"},{"name":"Nuxt"},{"name":"Pendo"},{"name":"Segment"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"WordPress"},{"name":"Firebase"},{"name":"Stripe"}]` | `[{"name":"Asana"},{"name":"Campfire"},{"name":"Flowdock"},{"name":"GitHub Issues"},{"name":"Hipchat"},{"name":"JIRA"},{"name":"Pivotal Tracker"},{"name":"Trello"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"WordPress"},{"name":"Email","native":true,"category":"notification","direction":"outbound"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"android":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","includedLimits":{"seats":"15"}}],"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.highlight.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-10T21:01:42.433Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"5,000 occurrences + 1,000 replays per month, unlimited users","features":["Error monitoring","Session replay","Unlimited users"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"occurrences":"5000/mo","session_replays":"1000/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Paid","summary":"$7.50/mo for 10,000 occurrences; unlimited users","commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":7.5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"occurrences":"10000/mo"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"AI Credits"}],"summary":"Free tier (5K events/mo); paid plans from $7.50/mo. Unlimited users across all plans.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://rollbar.com/blog/sentry-vs-rollbar-pricing-the-hidden-cost-of-expanding-beyond-error-monitoring/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-04T13:27:20.483Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":7.5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":7.5,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 11 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.6","date":"2025-08-08T15:42:36Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.5","date":"2025-06-23T05:16:13Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.4","date":"2025-02-12T22:59:28Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.3","date":"2025-02-12T15:41:32Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.2","date":"2025-02-06T16:48:56Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.1","date":"2025-01-30T12:38:34Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.0","date":"2025-01-24T17:07:26Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.10","date":"2025-01-13T14:30:05Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.9","date":"2024-12-16T22:47:53Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.8.a","date":"2024-11-27T01:46:21Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.8.a"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.8","date":"2024-11-27T00:38:57Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.7","date":"2024-11-15T18:15:51Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.6","date":"2024-09-26T19:15:11Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.5","date":"2024-09-07T16:51:23Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.4","date":"2024-08-09T21:57:12Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.3","date":"2024-08-01T23:42:10Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.2","date":"2024-07-11T18:00:36Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.1","date":"2024-07-11T16:23:00Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.2-preview","date":"2024-07-11T17:26:31Z","type":"prerelease","version":"docker-v0.4.2-preview"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.0","date":"2024-07-02T01:20:20Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.0"}]` | - |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.5 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://rollbar.com/blog/data-privacy-and-compliance-how-we-prepared-for-gdpr/ |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=highlight-io&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Error Tracking Software)

| Capability | Highlight.io | Rollbar |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Platforms covered | Full-stack | Full-stack |
| Language / SDK coverage | JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust, Java, PHP, C# .NET, Elixir, React | JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, PHP, Objective-C, Swift |
| **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 2026-10-16T19:27:56.874Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*