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Comparison

Rollbar vs Sentry

On the evidence we track, Rollbar leads this comparison with a composite score of 81/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Rollbar full profile →Sentry full profile →
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Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute81RollbarLeader71Sentry
Vioscale score81 / 100medium · 60%71 / 100medium · 51%
Commits last 30d-100
Github stars-44,423
Package downloads weekly-41,630,194
Stackoverflow questions-6,100
Faq-[{"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}]
Options{"cloud":true}{"cloud":true}
LongError logging and tracking service for software teams that connects errors, session replays, and releases in one platform with code-first observability.Sentry is an application performance monitoring and error tracking platform that provides full-stack visibility into application errors, performance issues, and application behavior through real-time monitoring, tracing, and AI-powered debugging.
Capabilities{"hosting":"cloud","alerting":true,"languages":"JavaScript (browser & Node.js), Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, PHP, Go, iOS, Android,","platforms":"full_stack","source_maps":true,"error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"session_replay":true,"native_symbolication":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}{"hosting":"cloud","alerting":true,"platforms":"full_stack","error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"session_replay":true,"performance_monitoring":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}
Count502
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Primary-Python
Spdx-MIT
Availability{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}
Support{"cli":true,"web":true}{"cli":true,"web":true}
Pricing{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0/month","features":["SDKs for server, client & mobile","Unlimited projects","Unlimited users","REST API + Terraform provider","Real-time error feed","Intelligent error grouping","Stack traces and telemetry","Deploy and version tracking","Real-time alerts via Slack, email, webhook"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"All the basic features that help you discover, predict, and remediate errors","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"replays":"1K/month","occurrences":"5K/month","data_retention":"30 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Essentials","features":["Everything in Free","Fine grained rate limiting","Data retention up to 90 days"],"description":"Everything you need to find and fix production errors","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"4K–10M/month","replays":"1K–10M/month","occurrences":"10K–50M/month","data_retention":"90 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Advanced","features":["Everything in Essentials","Adaptive alerts","Rollbar Analyze: RQL + Metrics API","SCIM provisioning","Data retention up to 180 days","Service links per project: 5","Impact analysis & issue tracking"],"description":"For larger teams and microservices architectures requiring advanced capabilities","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"8K–10M/month","replays":"1K–10M/month","occurrences":"10K–50M/month","data_retention":"180 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Advanced","Custom occurrences, replays, and credits","Direct Slack channel","Priority support and SLAs","Fully custom data retention","Enterprise-level security controls","Service links per project: Unlimited"],"description":"For enterprise teams requiring more than 80M events with custom requirements","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"On-demand events (overages)"},{"name":"Overage budgets"}],"summary":"Free tier with 5K occurrences/month. Paid plans from Essentials onwards (specific prices not shown in provided excerpt).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://rollbar.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:26:33.606Z","freeTrialDays":14,"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Developer","summary":"Free, 1 user","features":["Error Monitoring","Tracing","Alerts and notifications via email","10 custom dashboards","MCP access"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For solo devs working on small projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"5GB","metrics":"5GB","tracing":"5M spans","dashboards":"10","cron_monitors":"1","metric_monitors":"20","session_replays":"50","uptime_monitors":"1","error_monitoring":"5k errors"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$26/mo when billed annually","features":["Unlimited users","API & third-party integrations","20 custom dashboards","Seer: AI debugging agent (subscription required)"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":26,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Everything to monitor your application as it scales","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"5GB","metrics":"5GB","tracing":"5M spans","dashboards":"20","cron_monitors":"1","metric_monitors":"20","session_replays":"50","uptime_monitors":"1","error_monitoring":"50k errors"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$80/mo when billed annually","features":["Unlimited custom dashboards","Unlimited metric monitors with anomaly detection","Advanced quota management","SAML + SCIM support"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":80,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For teams that need more powerful debugging","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"5GB","metrics":"5GB","tracing":"5M spans","dashboards":"Unlimited","cron_monitors":"1","metric_monitors":"1000","session_replays":"50","uptime_monitors":"1","error_monitoring":"50k errors"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Technical account manager","Dedicated customer support"],"description":"For organizations with advanced needs","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Seer AI Debugger","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"active contributor","amount":40,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $26/mo. Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://sentry.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:27:15.048Z","startingPrice":{"amount":26,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}
Free tierYesYes
Modelcommercialcommercial
Price levellowmid
Starting gbp-26
TransparentYesYes
Cadence days-9
Sla pct99.9-
Status pageYesYes
Disclosure policyYesYes
GdprYesYes
HipaaYes-
Iso27001YesYes
Soc2YesYes

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Error Tracking Software
CapabilityRollbarSentry
Coverage
Platforms coveredFull-stackFull-stack
Language / SDK coverageJavaScript (browser & Node.js), Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, PHP, Go, iOS, Android,-
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
HostingCloud onlyCloud only

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