Best Error Monitoring · head-to-head
Airbrake vs Honeybadger
A sourced, side-by-side comparison for error monitoring. Honeybadger has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Price: Airbrake $19/mo vs Honeybadger $0/mo — Honeybadger is cheaper to start.
- Free tier: Airbrake No; Honeybadger Yes.
- HIPAA: Airbrake —; Honeybadger Yes.
Side by side
| Airbrake | Honeybadger | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $19/mo (Tier 1) | $0/mo (Developer) |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| HIPAA (BAA) | — | Yes |
| SOC 2 | — | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| Best for | Teams needing straightforward per-errors-per-month flat-rate pricing | Small-to-mid engineering teams wanting error tracking plus uptime monitoring without extra tooling |
Sources — Airbrake: airbrake.io (verified 2026-06-14). Honeybadger: honeybadger.io (verified 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)
Honeybadger: Error tracking, uptime monitoring, cron monitoring, and status pages in one platform; SOC 2 Type II certified; HIPAA BAA on Business and Enterprise tiers; Built-in logging (50–100 MB/day) alongside error tracking; Public status pages included in all paid plans