# AppSignal vs Honeybadger

| Attribute | AppSignal | Honeybadger |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 56.5 (73% (medium)) | 59.5 (74% (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. | Combines error tracking, structured logging, and performance monitoring in a single interface to help developers identify and resolve application issues quickly before users notice |
| 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":"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 | 1 | 14 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Linear"}]` | `[{"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"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"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":true,"name":"Developer","summary":"Free","features":["Error tracking","Logging and observability","Uptime monitoring","Status pages","Basic integrations","Unlimited projects"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For individual developers with core error tracking, logging, and monitoring","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"50 MB/day","errors":"5k/mo","monitors":"1","status_pages":"1","data_retention_logs":"7 days","data_retention_errors":"15 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$26/mo or $286/year","features":["Advanced error tracking with anomaly detection","Deployment tracking and GitHub integration","Custom metadata and user feedback","Advanced alert routing with rate-based escalation","Premium integrations (Jira, PagerDuty, SMS, webhooks)","Unlimited users and projects","Custom data retention per project","S3 archiving for data","Unlimited email support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":26,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":286,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For small businesses and development teams with unlimited users and advanced features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"logs":"100 MB/day","teams":"1","users":"unlimited","alarms":"up to 50","errors":"50k/mo","monitors":"5","dashboards":"up to 30","data_retention_logs":"up to 30 days","data_retention_errors":"90 days"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$80/mo or $880/year","features":["All Team features","SAML/SSO authentication","Advanced workflows","Unlimited teams","1-minute uptime check frequency","Priority support via phone and email"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":80,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","amount":880,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For enterprise organizations with SAML/SSO, team management, and priority support","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"teams":"unlimited","users":"unlimited","alarms":"up to 100","dashboards":"up to 30","data_retention_logs":"up to 60 days","data_retention_errors":"180 days"}}],"summary":"From free to $80/mo. Free tier available with 30-day trial","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.honeybadger.io/plans/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T12:17:49.493Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"amount":26,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | mid |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Error Tracking Software)

| Capability | AppSignal | Honeybadger |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Platforms covered | Backend | Backend |
| Language / SDK coverage | - | 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 only | Cloud only |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:31:17.523Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*