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Error tracking and session replay · by Rollbar, Inc.

Rollbar

Real-time error tracking with grouping, deploy tracking and session replay, unlimited users on every plan, and a hard stop at the plan limit by default to avoid surprise bills.

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Overview

Rollbar is an error tracker with SDKs for JavaScript, Node.js, Python, Ruby, PHP, Java, .NET, Go, iOS, Android and React Native. Errors appear in a real-time feed, grouped into items with stack traces, local variables, telemetry breadcrumbs and deploy versions, and can open Jira or other tickets automatically and resolve them via commit messages.

Session Replay shows what the user did in the browser next to the error. Newer additions are Rollbar Resolve, an AI agent that opens a pull request with a proposed fix, and an MCP server that gives coding assistants access to errors and replays.

Every plan has unlimited users and projects, which is unusual among error trackers. You pay by monthly occurrences. By default Rollbar stops accepting events when you hit your limit, so bills are predictable, but you can switch to on-demand billing or set an overage budget if you would rather not miss errors.

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Pricing and plans

Free tier

5,000 occurrences and 1,000 sessions a month, unlimited users and projects, real-time alerts, error grouping, deploy tracking, 30-day retention.

At the limit Stops at the limit Rollbar stops processing new events at the plan limit until renewal, unless you enable on-demand billing.

Plan Price What you get
Free $0 5k occurrences, 1k sessions, 30-day retention
Essentials $15.83/mo annual (25k occurrences) 10k to 50M occurrences, retention up to 90 days, fine-grained rate limits
Advanced $32.50/mo annual (25k occurrences) Adaptive alerts, RQL and Metrics API, SAML SSO, SCIM, retention up to 180 days
Enterprise Custom Over 80M events, priority support and SLAs, custom retention

Prices shown are the page's default of 25,000 occurrences and 1,000 sessions with annual billing, which gives two months free; the price rises with the occurrence slider (5K to 50M). By default Rollbar stops processing at the plan limit; you can enable on-demand events at the plan rate or set an overage budget. A 14-day trial of the Advanced feature set includes 200K occurrences. No EU data region was mentioned on the pages read.

Source: rollbar.com/pricing/ · prices as published, excluding tax.

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What it does

Error grouping
Automatic grouping of occurrences into items with stack traces, request params and local variables.
Deploy and version tracking
Links errors to deploys from GitHub Actions, CircleCI and others and shows the impact of each version.
Session Replay
Browser session recordings shown next to related errors; 1,000 sessions free.
Rollbar Resolve
AI agent that reviews code, identifies the cause and opens a pull request with a fix.
Overage controls
Stop at the limit, on-demand events at the plan rate, or a dollar overage budget.
RQL and Metrics API
SQL-like queries over error data on the Advanced plan.
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Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Unlimited users and projects on every plan, including Free.
  • Stops at the plan limit by default, so no surprise overage bills.
  • Entry paid plan is inexpensive for small volumes.
  • Mature grouping, deploy tracking and issue-tracker integrations.

Limitations

  • Free plan keeps data for only 30 days.
  • SAML SSO, SCIM and RQL need the Advanced plan.
  • HIPAA BAA requires a 4M-occurrence annual minimum.
  • No tracing, logs or uptime monitoring.
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Who it suits

Good for

  • Teams that want error tracking with predictable bills
  • Small teams that need many seats on a low budget
  • Web and mobile apps that want replays next to errors

Look elsewhere if

  • Teams wanting full APM with tracing and logs
  • Uptime or infrastructure monitoring
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Alternatives to Rollbar

Tool From Free option Stages
Grafana Cloud Hosted metrics, logs, traces and dashboards
$19/mo Free tier
Checkly Synthetic and uptime monitoring as code
$24/mo Free tier
New Relic Full-stack observability platform
$10/mo Free tier
Sentry Error tracking and application monitoring
$26/mo Free tier
SigNoz Open-source OpenTelemetry APM, logs and metrics
$49/mo Free tier
Amazon CloudWatch AWS-native metrics, logs, alarms and tracing
Usage-based Free tier

All monitoring, uptime and error tracking →

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Questions

Is Rollbar free?

Yes, the Free plan includes 5,000 occurrences and 1,000 sessions a month with unlimited users.

How much does Rollbar cost?

Essentials starts at $15.83 a month for 25,000 occurrences with annual billing; price rises with volume.

What happens when I exceed my Rollbar limit?

By default Rollbar stops processing new events until renewal; you can instead enable on-demand events or an overage budget.

Does Rollbar charge per user?

No, all plans include unlimited users and projects.

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