# Elmah.io vs Highlight.io

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Highlight.io

| Attribute | Elmah.io | Highlight.io |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 47.1 (73% (medium)) | 52.4 (74% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 4 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 5 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 9,371 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 5,623 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based error monitoring and uptime tracking service built specifically for .NET developers, with AI-assisted debugging, anomaly detection, and team notification integrations. | A comprehensive observability platform that captures session replays, error tracking, logs, and distributed traces across your web applications, with both cloud and self-hosted deployment options. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","alerting":true,"languages":".NET","platforms":"backend","error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","alerting":true,"languages":"JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust, Java, PHP, C# .NET, Elixir, React","platforms":"full_stack","source_maps":true,"data_scrubbing":true,"error_grouping":true,"session_replay":true,"performance_monitoring":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | 19 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"YouTrack"},{"name":"Stack Overflow"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Cursor"},{"name":"Claude"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"Mailman"}]` | `[{"name":"Amplitude"},{"name":"ClickUp"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Electron"},{"name":"Front"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Height"},{"name":"Intercom"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"LaunchDarkly"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Mixpanel"},{"name":"Nuxt"},{"name":"Pendo"},{"name":"Segment"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"WordPress"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"DK","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0/month","features":["500 monthly sessions","AI error grouping","Up to 15 seats"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Starter plan with limited features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats":"15","sessions":"500/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pay-as-you-go","summary":"From $50/month","features":["Up to 3 dashboards","Up to 2 projects","Up to 15 seats","Up to 7 day retention"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Usage-based plan with base fee plus metered charges","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats":"15","projects":"2","dashboards":"3","retention_days":"7"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"From $800/month","features":["Unlimited dashboards","Unlimited projects","Unlimited seats","Custom retention policies","Filters for data ingest"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":800,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Full-featured plan for teams","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats":"Unlimited","projects":"Unlimited","dashboards":"Unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["SAML & SSO","Custom MSAs & SLAs","RBAC & audit logs","Data export & user reporting"],"description":"Custom enterprise plan with advanced security and compliance features","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Self-Hosted Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","description":"Enterprise plan for self-hosted deployments","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $0 (free) to $800+/month (business); usage-based add-ons for overage","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.highlight.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T13:41:15.024Z","startingPrice":{"amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | mid |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 11 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.6","date":"2025-08-08T15:42:36Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.5","date":"2025-06-23T05:16:13Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.4","date":"2025-02-12T22:59:28Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.3","date":"2025-02-12T15:41:32Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.2","date":"2025-02-06T16:48:56Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.1","date":"2025-01-30T12:38:34Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.5.0","date":"2025-01-24T17:07:26Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.10","date":"2025-01-13T14:30:05Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.9","date":"2024-12-16T22:47:53Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.8.a","date":"2024-11-27T01:46:21Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.8.a"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.8","date":"2024-11-27T00:38:57Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.7","date":"2024-11-15T18:15:51Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.6","date":"2024-09-26T19:15:11Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.5","date":"2024-09-07T16:51:23Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.4","date":"2024-08-09T21:57:12Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.3","date":"2024-08-01T23:42:10Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.2","date":"2024-07-11T18:00:36Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.1","date":"2024-07-11T16:23:00Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.2-preview","date":"2024-07-11T17:26:31Z","type":"prerelease","version":"docker-v0.4.2-preview"},{"url":"https://github.com/highlight/highlight/releases/tag/docker-v0.4.0","date":"2024-07-02T01:20:20Z","type":"stable","version":"docker-v0.4.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.5 |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=highlight-io&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Error Tracking Software)

| Capability | Elmah.io | Highlight.io |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Platforms covered | Backend | Full-stack |
| Language / SDK coverage | .NET | JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust, Java, PHP, C# .NET, Elixir, React |
| **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 + self-hosted |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:11:17.895Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*