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Embrace vs Raygun Real User Monitoring

Updated Nov 2026
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Higher score Embrace #8 in Real User Monitoring 8.4/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Embrace

Raygun Real User Monitoring #26 in Real User Monitoring 6.7/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Raygun

Embrace leads on 1 check, Raygun Real User Monitoring on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

Highest scoreEmbrace · 8.4/10
Free planonly Embrace
Free trialboth

Embrace scores higher on our rubric for real user monitoring: 8.4 against 6.7 out of 10; our editors rank them #8 and #26.

Embrace offers free plan; Raygun Real User Monitoring doesn't.

Embrace is the better fit for mobile-first teams wanting affordable RUM. Raygun Real User Monitoring is the better fit for teams wanting detailed session diagnostics.

Embrace fits best
Mobile-first teams wanting affordable RUM
Raygun Real User Monitoring fits best
Teams wanting detailed session diagnostics

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Feature	Embrace 8.4/10 Visit ↗	Raygun Real User Monitoring 6.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.4	6.7
Ranking	#8 in Real User Monitoring	#26 in Real User Monitoring
Best for	Mobile-first teams wanting affordable RUM	Teams wanting detailed session diagnostics
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$0.80/unit usage-based	$80/unit/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	30 days	14 days
Free trial length	30 days	14 days · no card needed
Deployment	Cloud, Mobile	Cloud, Mobile
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Tickets, Docs
Compliance	SSO/SAML	GDPR, HIPAA, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations	4 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Embrace 5/5 · Raygun Real User Monitoring 5/5
Core Web Vitals	✓	✓
Mobile app monitoring	✓	✓
Interaction tracking	✓	✓
Geographic breakdown	✓	✓
Error correlation	✓	✓
Specs
Data retention	90+ days	90+ days
Pricing metric	Sessions	Sessions
Our review
Pros	Free tier covers errors, crashes, basic performance, dashboards, and alerting Monitors web, iOS, Android, APIs, crashes, ANRs, networks, and traces Low-cost Pro pricing with custom dashboards and API data forwarding	Individual session diagnostics with page, view, and XHR performance details Web, iOS, Android, and API monitoring with geographic and device filters Deployment tracking, error correlation, waterfalls, alerts, and workflow integrations
Cons	Free tier is capped at 1 million sessions per year and 5 users Integration options are smaller than those of the highest-ranked products Advanced enterprise workflow and support features require Enterprise	No free plan; annual Basic pricing starts at $80 per 100,000 sessions monthly Advanced reports, support, SSO, and compliance features require higher tiers Pricing is based on sessions, which may require careful volume planning
Our verdict	Embrace is a real user monitoring and observability platform for engineering and reliability teams supporting mobile and web applications. It brings together real-user sessions, user timelines, crashes, exceptions, network activity, Core… Read the review →	Raygun Real User Monitoring helps software teams measure and diagnose front-end performance across web and mobile applications. It captures individual user sessions, page and view performance, network-request timings, Core Web Vitals, and… Read the review →

EmbraceReal User Monitoring 8.4Free plan · 30-day trial
Raygun Real User MonitoringReal User Monitoring 6.714-day trial

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Strengths and trade-offs

Embrace — where it wins
- Free tier covers errors, crashes, basic performance, dashboards, and alerting
- Monitors web, iOS, Android, APIs, crashes, ANRs, networks, and traces
- Low-cost Pro pricing with custom dashboards and API data forwarding
Where it doesn't
- Free tier is capped at 1 million sessions per year and 5 users
- Integration options are smaller than those of the highest-ranked products
- Advanced enterprise workflow and support features require Enterprise
Raygun Real User Monitoring — where it wins
- Individual session diagnostics with page, view, and XHR performance details
- Web, iOS, Android, and API monitoring with geographic and device filters
- Deployment tracking, error correlation, waterfalls, alerts, and workflow integrations
Where it doesn't
- No free plan; annual Basic pricing starts at $80 per 100,000 sessions monthly
- Advanced reports, support, SSO, and compliance features require higher tiers
- Pricing is based on sessions, which may require careful volume planning

Embrace8.4/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial
Affordable, mobile-first RUM with broad coverage across apps, web, crashes, and performance.
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Raygun Real User Monitoring6.7/10 · 14-day trial
Detailed session diagnostics across web, mobile, APIs, performance, and errors.
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