# Highlight.io vs Rollbar

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Rollbar

| Attribute | Highlight.io | Rollbar |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 52.4 (74% (medium)) | 79.3 (72% (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,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A cloud-based error monitoring and observability service that helps development teams identify what broke in production, understand user impact through session replays, and resolve issues faster using AI-assisted debugging and contextual data. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","alerting":true,"languages":"JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, PHP, Objective-C, Swift","platforms":"full_stack","source_maps":true,"data_scrubbing":true,"error_grouping":true,"release_health":true,"session_replay":true,"native_symbolication":true,"performance_monitoring":true,"issue_tracker_integration":true}` |
| integrations.count | 19 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"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"}]` | `[{"name":"Asana"},{"name":"Campfire"},{"name":"Flowdock"},{"name":"GitHub Issues"},{"name":"Hipchat"},{"name":"JIRA"},{"name":"Pivotal Tracker"},{"name":"Trello"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"Vercel"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"WordPress"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | - |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Entry-level plan for getting started","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Paid","description":"Usage-based pricing on occurrences, session replays, and AI credits","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans starting at 10K occurrences; pricing based on errors tracked, session replays, and AI assistant usage.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://rollbar.com/blog/sentry-vs-rollbar-pricing-the-hidden-cost-of-expanding-beyond-error-monitoring/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T13:46:10.677Z","freeTrialDays":14,"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | mid | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| 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.sla_pct | - | 99.9 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6.5 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | 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 | Highlight.io | Rollbar |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Coverage** |  |  |
| Platforms covered | Full-stack | Full-stack |
| Language / SDK coverage | JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust, Java, PHP, C# .NET, Elixir, React | JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, PHP, Objective-C, Swift |
| **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 2026-09-01T14:44:31.646Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*