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Sentry

Application monitoring platform built by developers for developers

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Overview

What Sentry does

Sentry provides self-hosted and cloud-based error monitoring that helps software teams discover, triage, and prioritize errors in real-time. It supports all major languages and frameworks.

What people use it for

  • Error monitoring
  • Performance tracking
  • Debug production issues
  • Release management
  • User monitoring

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The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Sentry.

  • Spending caps stop event ingestion when reached, eliminating visibility during critical moments
  • Complex configuration required for filters, sampling rules, issue grouping, and alert policies
  • Difficult to configure custom alerts and alert content without creating email inbox bloat
  • Error grouping is imperfect with noise and filtering issues causing incorrect error prioritization
  • Weak for distributed tracing across microservices compared to dedicated APM tools
  • UI dashboard is less customizable than alternatives like Datadog APM for complex monitoring needs

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What people choose instead of Sentry

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    New Relic

    New Relic: Full-stack APM and observability platform with error tracking, performance monitoring, and infrastructure insights

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    LogRocket

    LogRocket: Error tracking platform with session replay and user session insights similar to Sentry's approach

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    Datadog

    Datadog: Enterprise observability platform combining error tracking, APM, logs, and infrastructure monitoring

Pricing

What Sentry costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Developer (Free)

Free

  • 5K errors per month
  • 1 user seat
  • 30-day data retention
  • 50 session replays per month

Team

$26 /mo

  • 50K errors per month
  • 5M transaction spans
  • 90-day data retention
  • Multiple users

Business

$80 /mo

  • Higher quotas
  • Extended retention
  • Advanced filtering
  • Priority support

Organization

$199 /mo

  • SSO integration
  • Audit logs
  • Advanced security
  • Cross-team workflows

Capabilities

Features

  • Error tracking

    Error tracking capability

  • Performance monitoring

    Performance monitoring capability

  • Release tracking

    Release tracking capability

  • Real user monitoring

    Real user monitoring capability

  • Alerting

    Alerting capability

  • Issue assignment

    Issue assignment capability

  • Breadcrumbs

    Breadcrumbs capability

  • Source maps

    Source maps capability

  • GitHub

    Integration with GitHub

  • GitLab

    Integration with GitLab

  • Jira

    Integration with Jira

  • Slack

    Integration with Slack

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.

Does Sentry have a free tier?

Yes. The free Developer tier includes 5,000 errors per month, one user seat, 30-day retention, and 50 session replays per month.

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How much do Sentry's paid plans cost?

Team plan starts at $26/month (annual) or $29/month (monthly) with 50K errors and 5M spans included. Business plan is $80-89/month. Organization plans start at $199/month with SSO and advanced compliance features.

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What programming languages does Sentry support?

Sentry supports over 30 languages and frameworks including JavaScript, Python, Go, Ruby, Java, .NET, PHP, Node.js, and mobile platforms including iOS, Android, and React Native.

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Does Sentry support self-hosting?

Yes. Sentry can be self-hosted, and the open-source version is available for deployment in on-premises environments.

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How does Sentry billing work if I exceed my quota?

Sentry offers spending caps that stop ingestion when reached, meaning you lose visibility exactly when you need it most. You can pre-purchase reserved capacity at 20% discount or pay per event on-demand when exceeding included allotment.

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What integrations does Sentry support?

Sentry integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Slack, PagerDuty, most CI/CD pipelines, and many other developer tools.

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Behind it

Who makes Sentry

Company
Functional Software Inc
Based in
San Francisco, CA
Founders
David Cramer, Chris Jennings

Timeline

Sentry over time

  1. Funding2024-01-01$90m

    Series E funding at $3 billion valuation

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  2. Funding2014-01-01$9m

    Series A funding of $9 million

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  3. Founded2011-01-01

    Sentry incorporated as company by David Cramer and Chris Jennings

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  4. Founded2008-01-01

    Sentry started as open-source project by David Cramer

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