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Best Error Tracking 2026
Facts read 19 Sep 2026 – 15 Oct 2026
Use this page to compare how error-tracking products handle software errors, including plans, platforms and debugging capabilities.
The standings: top 10
| Name | In a line | Record score | Price from | Try it free | Runs on | Facts read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 BugSnag | BugSnag is aimed at development teams monitoring mobile and web applications. | 6.3 | Free plan | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 02 BugSplat | BugSplat may suit developers monitoring crashes and stability across desktop, game, mobile, and web projects. | 6.3 | $37 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 14 Oct 2026 |
| 03 Backtrace | Backtrace suits engineering, support, and QA teams investigating crashes across mobile, PC, game console, and server environments. | 6.2 | $600 a year | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 29 Sep 2026 |
| 04 Airbrake | Airbrake suits developers and technical teams seeking error and performance monitoring with deployment context and real-time alerts. | 6.0 | $17 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, API | 30 Sep 2026 |
| 05 Embrace | Embrace is aimed at frontend and mobile engineers, and also highlights DevOps and SRE teams. | 6.0 | $0.80 usage-based | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Browser extension | 15 Oct 2026 |
| 06 Better Stack | It suits teams coordinating incident response, on-call work, monitoring, and telemetry. | 5.7 | $29 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, API | 28 Sep 2026 |
| 07 Exceptionless | Exceptionless suits development teams monitoring errors and application events across supported frameworks. | 5.4 | $15 a month | Free plan | Web, API, Self-hosted | 5 Oct 2026 |
| 08 Bugsink | Bugsink suits developers who need centralized exception collection, issue triage, debugging details, and configurable alerts. | 5.2 | $15 a month | Free plan | Web, API, Self-hosted | 8 Oct 2026 |
| 09 GlitchTip | GlitchTip suits development teams that need application error, performance, uptime, and log monitoring. | 5.2 | $15 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | Web, API, Self-hosted | 3 Oct 2026 |
| 10 Scout APM | Scout suits engineering teams monitoring applications built with its listed language agents. | 5.2 | $10 a month | Free plan | Web, API | 9 Oct 2026 |
The page shows maker-published figures in its current order, with no score. Compare free access, pricing, event limits, retention and deployment choices before you decide.
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BugSplat
BugSplat may suit developers monitoring crashes and stability across desktop, game, mobile, and web projects.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+4 Record6.3 Visit
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Backtrace
Backtrace suits engineering, support, and QA teams investigating crashes across mobile, PC, game console, and server environments.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+4 Record6.2 Visit
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Airbrake
Airbrake suits developers and technical teams seeking error and performance monitoring with deployment context and real-time alerts.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+1 Record6.0 Visit
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Embrace
Embrace is aimed at frontend and mobile engineers, and also highlights DevOps and SRE teams.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+2 Record6.0 Visit
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Better Stack
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+1 $29 a month, billed yearly Record5.7 Visit It suits teams coordinating incident response, on-call work, monitoring, and telemetry.
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Exceptionless
WebAPISelf-hosted $15 a month Record5.4 Visit Exceptionless suits development teams monitoring errors and application events across supported frameworks.
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Bugsink
WebAPISelf-hosted $15 a month Record5.2 Visit Bugsink suits developers who need centralized exception collection, issue triage, debugging details, and configurable alerts.
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GlitchTip
WebAPISelf-hosted $15 a month, billed yearly Record5.2 Visit GlitchTip suits development teams that need application error, performance, uptime, and log monitoring.
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Scout APM
WebAPI $10 a month Record5.2 Visit Scout suits engineering teams monitoring applications built with its listed language agents.
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Honeybadger
WebAPI $26 a month, billed yearly Record5.1 Visit It suits development teams that need one service for application errors, logs, uptime, scheduled jobs, and status pages.
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AppSignal
WebAPI $279 a year Record5.0 Visit AppSignal suits developers monitoring application errors, performance, logs, and traces across its supported languages.
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Rollbar
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+1 Free plan Record4.9 Visit Rollbar suits software teams investigating errors alongside browser sessions and release information.
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Products here may include a no-cost tier, and trial length differs by offering. Check whether a trial or free tier fits your evaluation window.
Pricing notes can include a paid starting point, annual billing or pricing on request. Read the terms beside the plan before comparing costs.
Check event quotas and retention
Monthly event quota indicates how many events a plan accepts during one billing cycle. Retention tells you the period that stored error data stays accessible.
Match both limits to the amount of application activity you need to review.
Review debugging features
Source-map support influences how clearly compiled-code errors can be read. Session replay adds a way to inspect recorded user sessions when the tool provides it.
Release tracking connects errors with software releases. Compare these fields together with the workflow you use.
Match your platform setup
Listed products support combinations of web, API, Android, iOS, Linux and self-hosted environments. Use each platform label to match the code and services you need to monitor.
If you need to operate the service yourself, review the self-hosted option separately from hosted platform support.
Read the paid starting point
Paid-from figures provide a starting reference, not a complete bill. Pricing notes may show monthly amounts, annual terms or per-user charges.
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