BugSnag vs Sentry comparison

BugSnag
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100% willing to recommend
Sentry
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  • 513 Comparison Views
100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive Summary
We performed a comparison between BugSnag and Sentry based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Debugging solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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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
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Debugging category, the mindshare of BugSnag is 22.7%, down from 26.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sentry is 36.4%, up from 34.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Debugging
Unique Categories:
No other categories found
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
7.5%
 

Featured Reviews

Aisha Mazher - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 23, 2023
The solution can be used to check the number of users online and how many times the application crashed
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 With BugSnag, we are able to get some data out of it. I am currently working for a payment app, and we have to…
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EvertonZoelner - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 2, 2023
It breaks everything down in real time
I use Sentry to monitor application performance.  Sentry helps me identify errors in my applications. Sentry breaks everything down in real time. It should be easier to integrate Sentry with other tools, and the end-to-end tracing capabilities could be improved.  I have used Sentry for two…
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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."
"Sentry breaks everything down in real time."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to create and assign rules and give access to particular users."
"The stability is very good for Sentry and in general works well."
"The most valuable feature we have found with Sentry is the security that it provides."
"Sentry is a pretty stable product... Sentry's documentation is pretty straightforward and neat."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"Sentry is more accurate than some other tools such as Datadog because it has more integration with Slack, GitLab, Jira, or other ticketing tools."
"It's a great visibility tool for the developer team."
More Sentry pros
 

Cons

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

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a license required for this solution."
"We can adjust the price a little bit based on our needs."
"I am currently using a self-hosted open version."
"We are currently paying through Cloudera for the Sentry service."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Healthcare Company
12%
Media Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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.
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What needs improvement with BugSnag?
It's hard to integrate with the application, and the setup was not very straightforward.
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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.
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What do you like most about Sentry?
The product performs well.
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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...
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What needs improvement with Sentry?
It would be nice if the product provided a map showing the users’ geographic location.
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Product Reports

Buyer's Guide
BugSnag vs. Sentry
May 2024
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Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
May 2024
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Overview

Monitor application stability to decide if your engineering team should be building new features on your roadmap or fixing bugs to stabilize your application.

Sentry’s real-time error tracking gives you insight into production deployments and information to reproduce and fix crashes.

 

Sample Customers

Microsoft, Cisco, PagerDuty, TicketMaster, EA, Docker, Stubhub, Shopify, Slack
Dropbox, Airbnb, Stripe, Uber
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May 2024
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