# AppSignal vs Elmah.io

**Leader by Vioscale score:** AppSignal

| Attribute | AppSignal | Elmah.io |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 56.5 (73% (medium)) | 47.1 (73% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based monitoring platform that tracks application errors, monitors performance metrics, and correlates issues to specific deployments. Provides automatic error grouping, distributed tracing, log search, and custom metrics for developers. | A cloud-based error monitoring and uptime tracking service built specifically for .NET developers, with AI-assisted debugging, anomaly detection, and team notification integrations. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","alerting":true,"platforms":"backend","error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"performance_monitoring":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","alerting":true,"languages":".NET","platforms":"backend","error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 1 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Linear"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"YouTrack"},{"name":"Stack Overflow"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Mailman"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"DK","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free: 50K requests, 1GB logging, 5-day retention","features":["50K requests/month","1GB logging","5-day retention"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Perfect for startups, hobby, or side-projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logging":"1GB/month","requests":"50K/month","retention":"5-day"}},{"free":false,"name":"Paid","summary":"$279/year ($23.25/month billed yearly)","features":["250K requests/month","1GB logging free","Error tracking with backtrace","Performance monitoring","Host monitoring","Uptime monitoring","Metric dashboards","Process monitoring","Anomaly detection","Real-time alerts","Send to issue tracker","Unlimited users","Unlimited teams","Unlimited applications","Unlimited dashboards"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":279,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Application monitoring with 250K requests/month","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logging":"1GB/month","requests":"250K/month"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Long-term log storage","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"HIPAA Compliance","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free tier with 50K requests. Paid plans from $279/year. Add-ons from $89/month.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.appsignal.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T21:10:08.614Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":279,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Small Business","summary":"$26/month","features":["SSL encryption","Visual Studio Integration","Daily Backup","Support","Invoices","Business Rules"],"minSeats":3,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":26,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"3","emails":"400/month","messages":"10,000/month","applications":"unlimited","retention_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$44/month","features":["SSL encryption","Visual Studio Integration","Daily Backup","Support","Invoices","Business Rules","Goodie Bag","5 Uptime Checks","App Store","Deployment Tracking","AI"],"minSeats":20,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":44,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"20","emails":"2,000/month","messages":"50,000/month","applications":"unlimited","uptime_checks":"5","retention_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business+","summary":"$89/month","features":["SSL encryption","Visual Studio Integration","Daily Backup","Support","Invoices","Business Rules","Goodie Bag","15 Uptime Checks","App Store","Deployment Tracking","AI","5 Heartbeats"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","emails":"10,000/month","messages":"250,000/month","heartbeats":"5","applications":"unlimited","uptime_checks":"15","retention_days":"90"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"$269/month","features":["SSL encryption","Visual Studio Integration","Daily Backup","Support","Invoices","Business Rules","Goodie Bag","50 Uptime Checks","App Store","Deployment Tracking","AI & Machine Learning","20 Heartbeats","Custom Documents"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":269,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"users":"unlimited","emails":"40,000/month","messages":"1,000,000/month","heartbeats":"20","applications":"unlimited","uptime_checks":"50","retention_days":"90"}}],"summary":"From $26/month for 3 users. 21-day free trial, no credit card required.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://elmah.io/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:04:42.255Z","freeTrialDays":21,"startingPrice":{"amount":26,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Error Tracking Software)

| Capability | AppSignal | Elmah.io |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Platforms covered | Backend | Backend |
| Language / SDK coverage | - | .NET |
| **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 only | Cloud only |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:14:43.486Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*