Cheapest Error tracking tools
Answer: Among 7 verified Error tracking vendors with a free plan in our dataset (checked through 2026-10-24), our evidence-based free pick is Sentry: 1 user; 5k errors/mo; email alerts; 10 custom dashboards. Paid entry for Sentry is stated as $26/mo. We rank by stated free-plan limits, not invented unit costs.
- Verified free plans in category: 7
- Free pick: Sentry — 1 user; 5k errors/mo; email alerts; 10 custom dashboards
- Pick paid from: $26/mo
- Last verified (pick): 2026-10-24
Sentry and Honeybadger both list 5,000 errors/month for one user; Honeybadger adds unlimited projects and 50 MB/day of performance & logs, which edges it for solo devs. Sentry wins on ecosystem. GlitchTip (1,000 events, unlimited projects) is the small Sentry-compatible fallback.
Based only on plan limits recorded from vendor pages.
All verified free plans in Error tracking
| Vendor | Free limits | Paid from | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bugsink | 15K monthly events; single user; 5K events retained. Self-hosted: unlimited users, all features | $16/mo (75K events) | 2026-10-24 | source |
| Bugsnag (Insight Hub) | 1 user; 7.5K events and 1M spans/mo | not stated | 2026-10-24 | source |
| Exceptionless | $0; 3,000 events/month | $15/mo (15,000 events) | 2026-10-24 | source |
| GlitchTip | Up to 1,000 events/mo; unlimited projects | $15/mo (100k events) | 2026-10-24 | source |
| Honeybadger | 1 user; 5,000 errors/mo; 50 MB/day performance & logging; unlimited projects | $26/mo ($286–$312/yr) | 2026-10-24 | source |
| Rollbar | 5K occurrences + 1K replays/mo; real-time feed & alerts | not stated (page says "Plans starting at $0" + 14-day trial) | 2026-10-24 | source |
| Sentry free pick | 1 user; 5k errors/mo; email alerts; 10 custom dashboards | $26/mo | 2026-10-24 | source |
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