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PROS

Sentry offers extensive integration with tools like Slack, GitLab, and Jira, enhancing its accuracy and functionality over some competitors.
It effectively captures application performance metrics, error logs, and helps identify bottlenecks for optimizing critical transactions.
Its real-time error tracking aids Quality Assurance teams in identifying root causes promptly and informs developers about specific issues.
Sentry provides valuable security features and allows creating and assigning rules, with customized access for users.
Initial setup is straightforward, with Sentry's documentation being clear and neat, enabling easy learning and usage in a short time.

CONS

Lacks user metric tracking and more customizable dashboards.
Complex settings for administrators and the need for enhanced alert policies.
End-to-end tracing capabilities need improvement, and integrating with other tools should be easier.
Log centralization and analysis could be improved, along with a need for faster debugging features.
Granularity of the alerting system sometimes feels too sensitive or not customizable enough.
 

Sentry Pros review quotes

PR
Aug 31, 2023
Sentry is a pretty stable product... Sentry's documentation is pretty straightforward and neat.
Jesuseyi Will Fasuyi - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 19, 2022
Great for capturing application performance metrics and error logs.
Abdullah Baig - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 4, 2023
The product performs well.
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NM
Apr 16, 2025
Overall, I give Sentry a rating of 10.
Roseline Christopher - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 28, 2022
The solution is user-friendly.
Immánuel Fodor - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 2, 2022
It's a great visibility tool for the developer team.
reviewer2754531 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 3, 2025
Sentry's performance monitoring has helped us understand where the bottlenecks are in our application and allowed us to optimize critical transactions for a faster user experience.
RG
Aug 16, 2021
Sentry is more accurate than some other tools such as Datadog because it has more integration with Slack, GitLab, Jira, or other ticketing tools.
Gustavo Santos Thiago - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 1, 2022
The stability is very good for Sentry and in general works well.
Somayeh Ghanavati Nasab - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 12, 2025
I would rate the stability of Sentry as eight out of ten.
 

Sentry Cons review quotes

PR
Aug 31, 2023
To deal with its shortcomings, Sentry needs to continuously improve in areas like the user interface and documentation, apart from its other features.
Jesuseyi Will Fasuyi - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 19, 2022
Lacks user metric tracking and the ability to create more dashboards.
Abdullah Baig - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 4, 2023
It would be nice if the product provided a map showing the users’ geographic location.
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NM
Apr 16, 2025
Additional personalization and easier setup for capturing all the different application logs could be an area of improvement.
Roseline Christopher - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 28, 2022
The price could be lowered.
Immánuel Fodor - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 2, 2022
The settings for an administrator are complex.
reviewer2754531 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 3, 2025
One area where I think Sentry can improve is in the granularity of its alerting system, as it sometimes feels too sensitive or not customizable enough.
RG
Aug 16, 2021
The log centralization and analysis could be improved in Sentry.
Gustavo Santos Thiago - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 1, 2022
I would like to have alert policies and alert conditions enhanced in the next release.
Somayeh Ghanavati Nasab - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 12, 2025
I have not worked with Sentry long enough to provide advice for improvements. I need more experience and time.