trycatch vs Airbrake

trycatch9.3Visit Airbrake9.2Visit

Higher score trycatch #2 in Error Monitoring Software 9.3/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit trycatch

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Airbrake #3 in Error Monitoring Software 9.2/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Airbrake

• trycatch fits best

  Open-source teams needing high free limits

• Airbrake fits best

  Mature teams needing integrations and scale

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Side by side

Feature	trycatch 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Airbrake 9.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	9.2
Ranking	#2 in Error Monitoring Software	#3 in Error Monitoring Software
Best for	Open-source teams needing high free limits	Mature teams needing integrations and scale
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	$17/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Mobile
Platforms	Web	Web, iOS, Android
Integrations	8 integrations	12 integrations
Features trycatch 3/4 · Airbrake 3/4
Frontend monitoring	✓	✓
Release tracking	✓	✓
Source-map support	✓	✓
Session replay	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Free event quota	100000 events/mo (best)	50000 events/mo
Retention period	90 days (best)	30 days
Deployment model	Both	Cloud
Our review
Pros	100,000 monthly errors on the Developer plan Stack traces, breadcrumbs, source maps, and affected-user visibility Cloud and self-hosted deployment with agent workflow support	50,000 free events with 30-day retention Error, performance, deploy, and source-map monitoring Broad integrations plus API, CLI, and webhooks
Cons	Developer is limited to one project Developer retention is limited to seven days SSO/SAML and dedicated SLA require the Enterprise plan	Entry paid plan supports only 1 user and 1 team Paid plans are billed annually at the listed monthly rates Cloud deployment may not fit teams requiring self-hosting
Our verdict	trycatch is an open-source error monitoring product for engineering teams that need production exception tracking across web applications and services. It captures and deduplicates errors, surfaces full stack traces and breadcrumbs, shows… Read the review →	Airbrake is a hosted error and performance monitoring service for developers and technical teams. It captures application errors, groups related issues, sends real-time alerts, and adds context through backtraces, breadcrumbs, affected… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• trycatch — where it wins

  • 100,000 monthly errors on the Developer plan
  • Stack traces, breadcrumbs, source maps, and affected-user visibility
  • Cloud and self-hosted deployment with agent workflow support

  Where it doesn't

  • Developer is limited to one project
  • Developer retention is limited to seven days
  • SSO/SAML and dedicated SLA require the Enterprise plan

• Airbrake — where it wins

  • 50,000 free events with 30-day retention
  • Error, performance, deploy, and source-map monitoring
  • Broad integrations plus API, CLI, and webhooks

  Where it doesn't

  • Entry paid plan supports only 1 user and 1 team
  • Paid plans are billed annually at the listed monthly rates
  • Cloud deployment may not fit teams requiring self-hosting

• trycatch9.3/10 · Free plan

  A high-limit error monitor for open-source teams that need flexible deployment.

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• Airbrake9.2/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  Airbrake fits mature teams that need error context, performance data, and integrations.

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