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Rollbar vs Sentry

Two hosted service options for error monitoring. When each fits, what it costs, who moves from one to the other, and what makers who chose it say.

RollbarHosted servicellms.txt
SentryHosted servicellms.txtMCPCLI
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Which fits you

Choose Rollbar if
  • Error grouping tied to releases, with session replays linked to errors.

Use it whenYou want each error tied to the deploy that introduced it.

Trade-offSmaller ecosystem of integrations and guides than Sentry.

Choose Sentry if
  • You want the widest SDK coverage and tracing next to errors
  • Your product is a mobile app and crash-free rates per release matter
  • Your error data must stay on your own servers

Use it whenYou want one tool that covers every language and framework in your stack, frontend to backend.

Trade-offEvent-based billing can jump after a noisy bug; the self-hosted version needs a sizeable server.

At a glance

RollbarSentry
Used by6 makers' products · 16 open-source projects162 makers' products · 263 open-source projects
Cost at default usageerrors 50k events$29/mo Essentials 50k$29/mo Team
Moved to it on GitHubpull requests since Oct 2024fewer than 34 from Rollbar
Downloads498.7k/wk−59% vs npm33.8M/wk+4% vs npm
PricingFree tier (5,000 error occurrences/month); paid plans by volume, 14-day trial. · paid from $9/moFree tier; usage-based paid plans by event volume; self-hosted option available. · paid from $26/mo
Free tierYesYes
Open sourceNoNo · self-hostable
Incidents, 90 daysfrom its status page228 (15 major)

Cost as you grow

Both cost $0 up to 5k events; from 10k events Rollbar costs less ($9.00 vs $29); from about 100k events Sentry does ($47 vs $49); from about 500k events Rollbar does ($119 vs $135).

$0$20$100$5001k5k10k50k100k500k1M5M
SentryRollbarx: errors per month (event) · cheapest usable plan at each point, list prices · try your own numbers
The numbers, plan by plan
Errors per monthRollbarSentry
1,000$0 Free$0 Developer
5,000$0 Free$0 Developer
10,000$9.00 Essentials 10k$29 Team
50,000$29 Essentials 50k$29 Team
100,000$49 Essentials 100k$47 Team
500,000$119 Essentials 500k$135 Team
1,000,000$199 Essentials 1M$228 Team
5,000,000$799 Essentials 5M$978 Team

From each vendor's pricing page: Rollbar, Sentry.

Who moves from one to the other

Public pull requests on GitHub since Oct 2024 whose title says "Rollbar to Sentry" or the reverse — real code changes, by developers in general rather than makers only.

Fewer than 3 pull requests move from Sentry to Rollbar.
Rollbar → Sentry4 PRs
All matching pull requests on GitHub ↗

What makers say

Makers on using it for error monitoring, from Product Hunt and Starter Story interviews, each linked to the source. Products with a page of their own and fuller notes first.

On Rollbar

No maker quote about Rollbar for error monitoring yet.

On Sentry
Sentry gives us one place to investigate errors across Marqly’s web app and API. The error context is especially useful when tracing a failed save, sync, or AI Organizer run.
Marqly, the makerSep 2026 ↗
…use to support our work, which are: GitLab: For Git workflows, CI/CD, and issue tracking Sentry : For monitoring our application hosted on Vercel Uptimerobot : For downtime alerts and t…
bestcourses, the makerSep 2022 ↗
…e - Payments Google reCAPTCHA v3 - Spam protection Amazon Web Services - Platform hosting Sentry - Bug tracking Additionally, the following communities have been an invaluable support gr…
tiiny.host, the makerNov 2021 ↗
60 more on the Sentry page →

Loved and watch-outs

Themes that recur in makers' words and Hacker News comments, each linked to what it summarises.

Rollbar
Most loved
  • It alerts right after a deploy when something breaks, which teams rely on for continuous delivery. rollbar.comStarter Story
  • Uploaded source maps turn minified JavaScript errors into readable file and line numbers. HNrollbar.com
  • Dashboards, muting and role-based alert controls help teams manage alerts without fatigue. HN
Watch-outs
  • Some developers find it too simple compared with fuller error trackers. HN
Sentry
Most loved
  • Real-time alerts with full stack traces and user context flag production errors before users report them, which matters most for solo builders without QA. PHPH 2PH 3PH 4
  • Issue grouping, release tracking and regression detection, plus links to commits, PRs and issue trackers, turn raw errors into actionable work. PHHNHN 2HN 3
  • Setup is quick, and framework integrations like Next.js trace one error across server, edge and client. PHPH 2PH 3PH 4
Watch-outs
  • Self-hosting the full suite needs around 16GB of RAM, and some teams gave up on running it themselves. HNHN 2HN 3
  • For simple projects it feels like overkill, with a steep price and an overwhelming dashboard. PHHNHN 2
  • Frontend projects get flooded with noise from browser extensions and vague errors that need manual filtering. HNHN 2HN 3
On Product Hunt: 4.9★, 89 reviews · mentioned most: real-time error tracking, performance monitoring, seamless integrations · complaints: expensive pricing

Who uses each

Rollbar6 makers' products
HovercodeCircleCICloudinaryFrillShortcutWhimsical
Sentry162 makers' products
24CallDeskAgentQLBeatoven.aibestcoursesBrev.ioBricksCentralChatPalCiroClientJamComigoCompetely+150 more
Used by both — often one replacing the other, or each for a different part of the product
Whimsical

What makers pair each with

With Rollbar
Database
Frontend Framework
Transactional Email
Backend Framework
With Sentry
Transactional Email
Hosting
Payments
Product Analytics

Neither quite right?

See the whole error monitoring decision →
GlitchTipSelf-hosted trackerSelf-hosting error tracking on a small server while using Sentry's SDKs.vs Sentry →