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BugSnag vs Sentry comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

BugSnag
Ranking in Debugging
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sentry
Ranking in Debugging
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Debugging category, the mindshare of BugSnag is 21.6%, down from 24.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sentry is 31.6%, up from 30.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Debugging
 

Featured Reviews

Aisha Mazher - PeerSpot reviewer
The solution can be used to check the number of users online and how many times the application crashed
With BugSnag, we are able to get some data out of it. I am currently working for a payment app, and we have to redirect the customer to the VGS pages. When a crash occurs, we know that the crash is not on our side. We know that the crash happened on the VGS side or something is wrong with our integration with VGS. Since BugSnag is a web application and not a mobile application, a user's attempts to click on the back or forward buttons also get logged.
Abdullah Baig - PeerSpot reviewer
An easy-to-use solution that has a good dashboard, performs well, and provides flexible pricing
Sentry was easy to learn compared to New Relic and Azure Monitor. I saw some valuable input. It took us the least amount of time to see how Sentry is valuable. It took just a few minutes. Session Replay provides a replay of the recorded errors. It is a good feature. Azure Monitor does not have this feature. The error reporting is straightforward. We can see everything that we need to see. The dashboard seems pretty fine. The product performs well. We can see the user's IP addresses.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable features are monitoring and the information provided from the customers' journey."
"Since BugSnag is a web application and not a mobile application, a user's attempts to click on the back or forward buttons also get logged."
"It's a great visibility tool for the developer team."
"Sentry breaks everything down in real time."
"The most valuable feature we have found with Sentry is the security that it provides."
"Sentry is more accurate than some other tools such as Datadog because it has more integration with Slack, GitLab, Jira, or other ticketing tools."
"Its initial setup process is relatively straightforward."
"Great for capturing application performance metrics and error logs."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create and assign rules and give access to particular users."
 

Cons

"The solution could improve by having a better graphical interface and more in-depth functionality."
"It's hard to integrate with the application, and the setup was not very straightforward."
"It would be nice if the product provided a map showing the users’ geographic location."
"To deal with its shortcomings, Sentry needs to continuously improve in areas like the user interface and documentation, apart from its other features."
"The log centralization and analysis could be improved in Sentry."
"The settings for an administrator are complex."
"It should be easier to integrate Sentry with other tools, and the end-to-end tracing capabilities could be improved."
"The price could be lowered."
"We cannot restrict particular columns on particular data. It would be helpful if that feature was improved."
"I would like to have alert policies and alert conditions enhanced in the next release."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a license required for this solution."
"We are currently paying through Cloudera for the Sentry service."
"We can adjust the price a little bit based on our needs."
"Currently, we are in the production phase of our project and we are on free plans to use Sentry. Once we go live we will have to be on a subscription-based plan."
"I am currently using a self-hosted open version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BugSnag?
Since BugSnag is a web application and not a mobile application, a user's attempts to click on the back or forward buttons also get logged.
What needs improvement with BugSnag?
It's hard to integrate with the application, and the setup was not very straightforward.
What is your primary use case for BugSnag?
The solution's dashboard is used to check how many users were online, how many users were using our application, how many times the application crashed, and which call had crashed.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sentry?
The product costs $26 a month if we choose a yearly subscription. Code coverage can be added for an additional $29 per month. The Team plan is the cheapest package available. We can make our own bu...
What needs improvement with Sentry?
It would be nice if the product provided a map showing the users’ geographic location.
 

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Sample Customers

Microsoft, Cisco, PagerDuty, TicketMaster, EA, Docker, Stubhub, Shopify, Slack
Dropbox, Airbnb, Stripe, Uber
Find out what your peers are saying about BugSnag vs. Sentry and other solutions. Updated: December 2024.
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