# Bugsnag vs Elmah.io

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Bugsnag

| Attribute | Bugsnag | Elmah.io |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.6 (49% (low)) | 47.1 (73% (medium)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Mobile and web app monitoring that helps development teams find bugs instantly, fix them quickly, and deploy stable releases. Monitors crashes, performance bottlenecks, and traces requests across the full stack. | 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":"both","alerting":true,"languages":"50+ platforms","platforms":"full_stack","source_maps":true,"data_scrubbing":true,"error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"native_symbolication":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 | 30 | 10 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"SmartBear MCP"}]` | `[{"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":["US"],"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 forever","features":["1 user","Error and performance monitoring","50+ platforms","30+ third-party integrations"],"minSeats":1,"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Solo users and their passion projects","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"spans":"1M/mo","events":"7.5k/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Select","summary":"Starting at $20/month","features":["Unlimited users","End-to-end diagnostics","Basic notifications"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":20,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Smaller teams starting to monitor their apps","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"spans":"1M-300M/mo (tiered)","events":"50k-3M/mo (tiered)"}},{"free":false,"name":"Preferred","summary":"Starting at $33/month","features":["Automatic error prioritization","Stability benchmarks","Advanced segmentation","Custom notifications","SAML single sign-on","System Metrics (CPU, Memory, Rendering)","Automatic error assignment","Premium support","Dedicated Customer Success Manager","Automatic user provisioning via SSO","Feature flags & experiments"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":33,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Larger teams that need deeper insights","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"spans":"1M-300M/mo (tiered)","events":"100k-3M/mo (tiered)"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["On premises or SaaS deployment","Sensitive data management"],"description":"Custom plans for enterprises","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $20/month. Free tier available for solo users.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.bugsnag.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:21:21.910Z","startingPrice":{"amount":20,"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 | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Error Tracking Software)

| Capability | Bugsnag | Elmah.io |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Platforms covered | Full-stack | Backend |
| Language / SDK coverage | 50+ platforms | .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 + self-hosted | Cloud only |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:14:34.199Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*