# Bugsnag vs Honeybadger

| Attribute | Bugsnag | Honeybadger |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.6 (49% (low)) | 59.5 (74% (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. | 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":"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":"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 | 30 | 14 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"SmartBear MCP"}]` | `[{"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":["US"],"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 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":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 | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Error Tracking Software)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:30:51.970Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*