Best Error Monitoring · head-to-head

Airbrake vs Bugsnag

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for error monitoring. Bugsnag has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

Bugsnag has the lower entry price — Airbrake starts at $19/mo, Bugsnag at $0/mo. Free tier: Airbrake No, Bugsnag Yes. HIPAA: Airbrake —, Bugsnag —.

As of 2026-09-02 · figures link to their source below STALE

Side by side

Airbrake

$19/mo entry
Entry price$19/mo (Tier 1)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPRYes
Best forTeams needing straightforward per-errors-per-month flat-rate pricing

Bugsnag

$0/mo entry
Entry price$0/mo (Free)
Free tierYes
HIPAA (BAA)
SOC 2
GDPR
Best forMobile-first teams (Android, iOS, React Native, Flutter)

Sources — Airbrake: airbrake.io (verified 2026-09-02) · Bugsnag: bugsnag.com (verified 2026-09-02) STALE · 2026-06-14

Key features

Airbrake: Error monitoring, performance monitoring, and deploy tracking in one platform; Intelligent error grouping to reduce noise; Deploy correlation to identify regressions by release; 2FA via GitHub, OneLogin, and Okta; Part of LogicMonitor family (enterprise observability ecosystem)

Bugsnag: Stability score tracking per release across mobile and web; Distributed tracing waterfall graphs correlating crashes to microservices; OpenTelemetry-compatible performance monitoring; ISO 27001, PCI, SOC, and CSA STAR logos displayed (types unconfirmed from public pages); On-premises deployment option on Enterprise tier

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