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Head-to-head · Error Tracking

Honeybadger vs AppSignal

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 3 checks side by side
Higher score Honeybadger #4 in Error Tracking 8.5/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 2 of 4 features Visit Honeybadger
AppSignal #6 in Error Tracking 8.3/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit AppSignal

Honeybadger leads on 0 checks, AppSignal on 0, and 3 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 3 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreHoneybadger · 8.5/10
  • Free planboth
  • Free trialboth
  • Most featuresHoneybadger · 2 of 4

Honeybadger scores higher on our rubric for error tracking: 8.5 against 8.3 out of 10; our editors rank them #4 and #6.

Honeybadger is the better fit for teams combining error tracking with uptime checks. AppSignal is the better fit for teams wanting errors alongside full-stack observability.

  • Honeybadger fits best

    Teams combining error tracking with uptime checks

  • AppSignal fits best

    Teams wanting errors alongside full-stack observability

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Side by side

Feature Honeybadger 8.5/10 Visit ↗ AppSignal 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.5 8.3
Ranking #4 in Error Tracking #6 in Error Tracking
Best for Teams combining error tracking with uptime checks Teams wanting errors alongside full-stack observability
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $26/mo $279/yr
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial 30 days 30 days
Free trial length 30 days 30 days · no card needed
Deployment Cloud, Browser extension Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web, Chrome extension Web
Integrations 10 integrations 7 integrations
Features Honeybadger 2/4 · AppSignal 0/4
Source map support ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Session replay Not checked yet Not checked yet
Release tracking ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Self-hosted option Not checked yet Not checked yet
Specs
Monthly event quota Not checked yet Not checked yet
Event retention Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Groups errors and correlates them with deployments and source maps.
  • Combines application monitoring with uptime checks, check-ins, and status pages.
  • Developer plan includes 5,000 errors monthly and unlimited projects.
  • Backtraces, trends, alerts, and deploy tracking support error investigation
  • Connects log search and trace-linked logs with metrics and host monitoring
  • Offers cloud and self-hosted deployment plus a permanent free plan
Cons
  • Developer plan is limited to 1 user and 15 days of error-data retention.
  • Team and Business both include 50,000 errors monthly and 5 uptime monitors.
  • Its focus is hosted monitoring for teams operating web applications.
  • Distributed tracing is marked beta
  • The paid plan is listed at $279 per year with annual billing
  • Its broad monitoring scope may be more than teams seeking error tracking alone need
Our verdict

Honeybadger brings error tracking and application monitoring together for developers and engineering teams operating web applications in production. It covers errors, application logging, performance insights, uptime and cron/check-in…

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AppSignal brings application performance monitoring and error tracking together for development teams that want to investigate incidents across more than errors alone. It collects performance data, errors, logs, metrics, and traces, with…

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  1. HoneybadgerError Tracking 8.5Free plan · 30-day trial
  2. AppSignalError Tracking 8.3Free plan · 30-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Honeybadger — where it wins

    • Groups errors and correlates them with deployments and source maps.
    • Combines application monitoring with uptime checks, check-ins, and status pages.
    • Developer plan includes 5,000 errors monthly and unlimited projects.

    Where it doesn't

    • Developer plan is limited to 1 user and 15 days of error-data retention.
    • Team and Business both include 50,000 errors monthly and 5 uptime monitors.
    • Its focus is hosted monitoring for teams operating web applications.

  • AppSignal — where it wins

    • Backtraces, trends, alerts, and deploy tracking support error investigation
    • Connects log search and trace-linked logs with metrics and host monitoring
    • Offers cloud and self-hosted deployment plus a permanent free plan

    Where it doesn't

    • Distributed tracing is marked beta
    • The paid plan is listed at $279 per year with annual billing
    • Its broad monitoring scope may be more than teams seeking error tracking alone need

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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