Overview
Sentry is the default error tracker for many teams: add an SDK, and uncaught exceptions arrive grouped into issues with stack traces, breadcrumbs, the release and the suspect commit. Tracing, session replay, logs, application metrics, profiling, cron monitors and uptime monitors are linked to the same trace, so an error can be followed back to the slow request or the user session that caused it.
The free Developer plan is for one person, with 5,000 errors and 5 million spans a month. Team adds unlimited users, integrations such as GitHub, Slack and Jira, and a 50,000-error base quota; Business adds SAML/SCIM, unlimited dashboards, finer quota controls and longer retention.
Billing is by volume per data category. You can reserve volume in advance at a discount or set a pay-as-you-go budget; once both are used up, new events are dropped for the rest of the month. Set rate limits and sampling in the SDKs before a noisy release burns the quota.
Sentry can also be self-hosted with Docker Compose, which removes the volume bill but needs a sizeable server and upkeep.
Pricing and plans
Free tier · no card
Developer plan: one user, 5k errors and 5M spans a month, 50 replays, 1 uptime and 1 cron monitor, email alerts, 30-day lookback.
At the limit Stops at the limit Events past the quota and any pay-as-you-go budget are dropped for the rest of the billing month.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | $0 | 1 user, error monitoring and tracing, email alerts, 10 dashboards |
| Team | $26/mo billed annually | Unlimited users, 50k errors, 5 GB logs, 5M spans, 50 replays, integrations, 20 dashboards |
| Business | $80/mo billed annually | Unlimited dashboards, advanced quota management, SAML and SCIM, up to 90-day lookback |
| Enterprise | Custom | Technical account manager, dedicated support |
What it does
- Issue grouping
- Errors are fingerprinted into issues with stack traces, breadcrumbs, release and suspect-commit data.
- Tracing
- Distributed tracing billed in spans; 5M spans are included in each plan.
- Session Replay
- Replays of browser and mobile sessions linked to errors; 50 are included, more are priced per replay.
- Logs and metrics
- Application logs and metrics connected to traces, 5 GB each included on paid plans, then $0.50/GB.
- Cron and uptime monitors
- One cron monitor and one uptime monitor included; more at $0.78 and $1.00 per monitor.
- Seer
- AI debugging agent that proposes root causes and fixes, billed at $40 per active contributor per month.
Strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Error grouping, release tracking and suspect commits are mature and cover most languages and mobile platforms.
- Errors, traces, replays and logs share one trace, so context is one click away.
- Usable free plan for a solo developer with 5k errors a month.
- Self-hosted edition available when data must stay on your own servers.
Limitations
- The free Developer plan allows only one user.
- Events beyond the reserved volume and PAYG budget are dropped for the rest of the billing month.
- Profiling is only available through a pay-as-you-go budget.
- Seer AI debugging is an extra per-contributor subscription.
Who it suits
Good for
- Web and mobile apps that need error tracking with release context
- Solo developers who want a free error tracker
- Teams that want errors, traces and replays in one tool
Look elsewhere if
- Infrastructure and host metrics monitoring; a Datadog or Grafana-style tool fits better
- Public status pages and multi-location uptime checks
Pricing history
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Sentry adds Logs and halves included spans
Effective 2025-08-27: Team and Business base quotas gained 5 GB of logs, while included spans fell from 10M to 5M; base prices ($29 Team, $89 Business monthly) were unchanged and reserved span tiers rose $8/$16 a month. Source ↗
Alternatives to Sentry
| Tool | From | Free option | Stages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checkly Synthetic and uptime monitoring as code | $24/mo | Free tier | |
| Grafana Cloud Hosted metrics, logs, traces and dashboards | $19/mo | Free tier | |
| Rollbar Error tracking and session replay | $15.83/mo | Free tier | |
| SigNoz Open-source OpenTelemetry APM, logs and metrics | $49/mo | Free tier | |
| New Relic Full-stack observability platform | $10/mo | Free tier | |
| OpenObserve Open-source logs, metrics, traces and RUM platform | Usage-based | Free tier |
Questions
Is Sentry free?
Yes, the Developer plan is free for one user with 5,000 errors and 5 million spans a month. Teams need the Team plan or higher.
How much does Sentry Team cost?
The pricing page lists $26/mo billed annually; the monthly base price in Sentry's help center is $29. Extra usage is billed per event on top.
What happens when I exceed my Sentry quota?
Overage uses your pay-as-you-go budget; when that is exhausted, Sentry drops new data until the next billing cycle.
Can I self-host Sentry?
Yes, Sentry publishes a self-hosted edition that runs with Docker Compose on your own server.
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