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bitdrift Capture
San Francisco, California, United States
What it is
bitdrift Capture is a mobile observability platform that lets engineering teams adjust telemetry collection remotely. Its SDK keeps telemetry on the device and selectively uploads it under real-time control from bitdrift’s control plane. Capture detects and groups fatal issues, with session context that can include network activity, logs, feature flags, and user interactions. Instant Insights provides real-time views of app health, user experience, resource use, and network performance. The maker says the compiled SDK is under 1 MB and offers configurable memory, disk, and CPU use. Native SDK layers are described for iOS and Android, and supported platforms also include React Native. Logging integrations include Timber on Android and CocoaLumberjack and SwiftyBeaver on iOS. Other integrations include OpenTelemetry, AWS CloudWatch, PagerDuty, Slack, and more. The free tier lists five users, 100,000 crash reports per month, 14-day data retention, and three custom workflows.
For and against
For
- Telemetry uploads are controlled remotely in real time.
- Fatal issues can include session context.
- Instant Insights shows app and network performance.
- Supports Android, iOS, and React Native.
- Free tier includes Slack-based alerting.
Against
- Free tier is limited to five users.
- Free tier retention is 14 days.
- Jira, Linear, Grafana, and Runway are coming soon.
The verdict
Capture focuses on mobile telemetry collection and issue context, with native SDK layers and a free tier.
Who it suits
Capture suits mobile engineering teams seeking on-device telemetry, real-time collection controls, and session context for issues.
Plans and prices
Free tier
5 users · 100,000 crash reports/month · unlimited devices · 50,000 active applications/month
Read 15 Oct 2026 · bitdrift.io
Enterprise
Unlimited users and active applications · configurable retention · unlimited workflows, crashes and exceptions · advanced performance monitoring
Read 15 Oct 2026 · bitdrift.io
On the record
- Alerts
- Alerts can notify Slack, PagerDuty or AWS SNS through configurable notification groups.docs.bitdrift.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Android requirement
- The Android SDK requires minimum API level 23.docs.bitdrift.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- Direct API calls use an x-bitdrift-api-key header; JWT-authenticated direct API requests are not supported.docs.bitdrift.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Available integrations
- Listed integrations include a public API, ClickHouse ClickStack, OpenTelemetry, AWS CloudWatch, AWS SNS, Datadog On-Call, HTTPS webhooks, PagerDuty and Slack.bitdrift.io · read 29 Sep 2026
- Coming-soon integrations
- Atlassian Jira, Linear, Grafana and Runway are marked as coming soon.bitdrift.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company founding and size
- LinkedIn lists bitdrift as founded in 2023, headquartered in San Francisco and sized at 11–50 employees.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase identifies the legal entity as bitdrift, Inc.crunchbase.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Crash and issue context
- Capture detects and groups fatal issues and can provide session context including network activity, logs, feature flags and user interactions.docs.bitdrift.io · read 29 Sep 2026
- Crash context
- Fatal issues are automatically detected and grouped, with context such as network activity, logs, feature flags and user interactions.docs.bitdrift.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- Deployment models are SaaS, Bring Your Own Bucket and Bring Your Own Cloud running in a customer AWS environment.bitdrift.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Documentation includes quickstarts, SDK configuration, product guides, API services, API calling instructions, integrations, alerts and feature references.docs.bitdrift.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Dynamic collection
- Engineers can change telemetry collection and workflow behavior remotely without waiting for a mobile release.docs.bitdrift.io · read 15 Oct 2026
- Funding
- Amplify Partners announced that it led bitdrift’s $15 million Series A in December 2023.amplifypartners.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play availability
- BitDrift’s Google Play developer page lists unrelated tracker and roster apps, but no bitdrift Capture app.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent company description
- Crunchbase describes Capture as a mobile observability SDK that logs telemetry locally and uploads relevant data under real-time rules.crunchbase.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent company facts
- LinkedIn lists Peter Morelli, Martin Conte Mac Donell and other employees and identifies the company as privately held.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Independent repository evidence
- GitHub shows the Capture SDK repository as public, with Kotlin, Rust and Swift-related source and 13 forks.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Instant Insights
- Instant Insights provides real-time charts for application health, user experience, resources, network performance and device metrics.docs.bitdrift.io · read 15 Oct 2026
