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Error tracking tools in 2026

Exceptions and crashes grouped into issues, with stack traces and release data, and alerts when a new issue appears or an old one spikes. This list has 22 error tracking tools. Of these, 3 are open source, 16 have a free plan and 7 can be self-hosted. Checked by hand on 30 September 2026.

  1. 1

    Airbrake

    Long-running error and performance monitoring service that groups exceptions, links them to deploys and alerts by email or chat. Error and performance quotas are billed separately.

    Free plan ErrorsAPMNotifications
  2. 2

    AppSignal

    APM for Ruby, Elixir, Node.js, Python, PHP, Go and front-end JavaScript that combines performance, errors, logs, host metrics, uptime checks and cron check-ins.

    Free plan Free: 30K requests, 1 GB logs, 5-day retention APMErrorsLogsUptime checks
  3. 3

    Backtrace

    Crash and error reporting from Sauce Labs for native apps, game engines, consoles and servers, including minidump and core dump processing.

    Free plan Free: 25K errors/month, 1 month retention, 10 GB Self-hosted Errors
  4. 4

    Bugsee

    In-app bug and crash reporting for mobile apps that attaches a video of the user's last actions, network traffic and logs to every report.

    Free plan Free: Lite: 5 devices/month, 3-day retention ErrorsMobile app
  5. 5

    Bugsink

    Sentry-SDK-compatible error tracker built to self-host as a single container on modest hardware. Groups errors into issues and sends chat or webhook alerts.

    Free plan Free: Hosted: 15K events/month; self-hosted free Self-hosted ErrorsNotifications
  6. 6

    BugSnag

    SmartBear's error and crash monitoring for mobile, web and backend apps, known for stability scores per release. Adds performance spans.

    Free plan Free: 7.5K events/month, 1 user, 7-day retention ErrorsAPMMobile app
  7. 7

    BugSplat

    Crash reporting for C++, .NET, games and desktop apps: collects minidumps and symbol files and shows the call stack at the moment of the crash.

    Free plan Free: 15,000 crashes/month, 3 users, 1-month retention Errors
  8. 8

    elmah.io

    Error logging for .NET web apps (ASP.NET Core, Blazor and others) with deployment tracking, uptime checks and heartbeats.

    Paid ErrorsUptime checksHeartbeats
  9. 9

    Embrace

    Mobile and web app monitoring built on OpenTelemetry: crashes, ANRs, network calls and full user session timelines for iOS, Android, React Native and Unity.

    Free plan Free: 1M sessions/year, 5 users ErrorsReal user monitoringMobile appOpenTelemetry
  10. 10

    Errbit

    Self-hosted Rails app that receives errors from Airbrake-compatible clients, groups them and emails or notifies your team.

    Free Open source (MIT) Self-hosted ErrorsNotifications
  11. 11

    Exceptionless

    Open source .NET-first error, log and feature-usage reporting with a hosted service or free self-hosting. Groups events into stacks and notifies on new or regressed errors.

    Free plan Free: 3,000 events/month, 1 user, 3-day retention Open source (Apache-2.0) Self-hosted ErrorsLogsNotifications
  12. 12

    Firebase Crashlytics

    Google's crash reporter for iOS, Android, Flutter and Unity apps. Groups crashes by root cause and highlights new or regressed issues; no cost on any Firebase plan.

    Free ErrorsMobile app
  13. 13

    GlitchTip

    Open source error tracker that accepts events from Sentry SDKs, with simpler infrastructure than self-hosted Sentry. Also does basic uptime checks. Hosted or self-hosted.

    Free plan Free: 1,000 events/month Open source (MIT) Self-hosted ErrorsUptime checksNotifications
  14. 14

    Honeybadger

    Error tracking for Ruby, Elixir, PHP, Python and JavaScript apps, bundled with uptime checks, cron check-ins and log insights in one account.

    Free plan Free: Developer: 5,000 errors/month ErrorsUptime checksHeartbeatsLogs
  15. 15

    LogRocket

    Session replay for web and mobile apps, with error monitoring and product analytics attached, so an error comes with a recording of what the user did.

    Paid ErrorsReal user monitoring
  16. 16

    Luciq

    Mobile app observability, formerly Instabug (renamed 2025): crash reporting, app performance, in-app bug reports and user feedback for iOS and Android.

    Paid ErrorsMobile appReal user monitoring
  17. 17

    Memfault

    Device reliability platform for embedded and IoT fleets: remote crash and coredump collection, device metrics and over-the-air update management.

    Free plan Free: Nordic devs: up to 10 development devices ErrorsMetricsInfrastructure
  18. 18

    Raygun

    Crash reporting, real user monitoring and APM with usage-based pricing on errors, sessions and traces. Covers .NET, JavaScript and mobile platforms.

    Paid ErrorsReal user monitoringAPM
  19. 19

    Rollbar

    Error monitoring that groups exceptions into items, ties them to deploys and versions, and alerts through Slack, PagerDuty and others. Includes session replay.

    Free plan Free: 5K occurrences + 1K sessions/month ErrorsReal user monitoringNotifications
  20. 20

    Sentry

    Captures exceptions and crashes from web, mobile and backend SDKs, groups them into issues with stack traces and releases, and alerts owners. Adds tracing, replays and logs.

    Free plan Free: Developer: 5K errors/month, 1 user Self-hosted ErrorsAPMTracesReal user monitoring
  21. 21

    Telebugs

    Self-hosted error tracker that runs as one container and accepts reports from existing Sentry SDKs by changing the DSN. Sold as a licence, not a subscription.

    Paid Self-hosted ErrorsNotifications
  22. 22

    TrackJS

    JavaScript error monitoring that records a telemetry timeline of user actions, network calls and console output leading up to each browser error.

    Paid ErrorsReal user monitoring

Side by side

Tool Pricing Free plan Open source Self-hosted Error groupingSource mapsRelease trackingMobile crash reportingBreadcrumbs or contextNew issue alertsIssue tracker integrationPerformance monitoringSession replayBroad SDK coverage
Airbrake Free plan Yes No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes-Yes
AppSignal Free plan 30K requests, 1 GB logs, 5-day retention No No YesYesYes-YesYesYesYes-Yes
Backtrace Free plan 25K errors/month, 1 month retention, 10 GB No Yes YesYesYesYesYesYesYes-YesYes
Bugsee Free plan Lite: 5 devices/month, 3-day retention No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYes-YesYes
Bugsink Free plan Hosted: 15K events/month; self-hosted free No Yes YesYesYes--Yes-NoNoYes
BugSnag Free plan 7.5K events/month, 1 user, 7-day retention No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes-Yes
BugSplat Free plan 15,000 crashes/month, 3 users, 1-month retention No No YesYesYesYes-YesYes--Yes
elmah.io Paid No No No -YesYesYesYesYesYes--Yes
Embrace Free plan 1M sessions/year, 5 users No No YesYesYesYesYesYes-Yes-Yes
Errbit Free Yes Yes Yes Yes----YesYes--Yes
Exceptionless Free plan 3,000 events/month, 1 user, 3-day retention Yes Yes YesYesYes--Yes---Yes
Firebase Crashlytics Free Yes No No Yes-YesYesYesYesYesYes-Yes
GlitchTip Free plan 1,000 events/month Yes Yes YesYes---YesYesYes-Yes
Honeybadger Free plan Developer: 5,000 errors/month No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes-Yes
LogRocket Paid No No No YesYesYesYesYesYes-YesYesYes
Luciq Paid No No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Memfault Free plan Nordic devs: up to 10 development devices No No Yes-YesYesYesYesYes--Yes
Raygun Paid No No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes-Yes
Rollbar Free plan 5K occurrences + 1K sessions/month No No YesYesYesYesYesYesYes-YesYes
Sentry Free plan Developer: 5K errors/month, 1 user No Yes YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Telebugs Paid No No Yes YesYesYes-YesYes-NoNoYes
TrackJS Paid No No No YesYes--YesYes--NoNo

Yes: confirmed in the tool's documentation. No: documented as not offered. -: not confirmed. Plans and prices change; check each tool's own site before you decide.

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