Sentry
MonitoringAn error and performance monitoring tool for applications that you can run yourself with Docker Compose or use as the hosted sentry.io service.
Self-hostable alternative to:
What the free edition leaves out
Scroll sideways to view all columns →The official pages do not say enough about the free edition to give a verdict. “Not confirmed” means the official pages we read did not say, so we do not guess.
| Feature | Free edition | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSO / SAML | Free | The self-hosted SSO page says self-hosted Sentry comes with built-in SAML2 support since release 20.6.0. The hosted docs list SAML2 only for the Business and Enterprise plans of sentry.io, which are a different edition. | Source ↗ |
| Role-based access control | Not confirmed | The membership docs describe organization and team roles for sentry.io plans and do not say what self-hosted includes. | Source ↗ |
| Audit logs | Not confirmed | The audit log docs page could not be found, and the self-hosted docs read do not mention audit logs. | – |
| Multi-user / teams | Not confirmed | The self-hosted docs read do not describe user or seat limits. | Source ↗ |
| Backups and restore | Free | The self-hosted backup docs describe a partial JSON backup of users, organizations and configuration, and a sentry-admin.sh export and import from release 23.11.1. | Source ↗ |
| API access | Not confirmed | The API docs describe the web API on sentry.io and do not say whether it applies to self-hosted. | Source ↗ |
| Support SLA | Not confirmed | The self-hosted docs say this version comes with no guarantees or dedicated support, and point to the community Discord. | Source ↗ |
Best for
Teams that want error tracking with their own data on their own server and accept a source-available license.
Why choose it over Datadog
The code is public and you can run it for internal use, so error data stays on your servers. The self-hosted docs describe built-in SAML2 sign-in and a partial backup export.
Where it falls short
The license is Functional Source License, not an OSI-approved open-source license, and it bars offering the software as a competing commercial service. The self-hosted docs list a minimum of 16 GB RAM, state no guarantees or dedicated support, and say Seer and other AI features are not included because they are closed source. They also list limited iOS symbolication, and no spike protection or billing system.
Self-hostable alternative to
- Datadog — Sentry tracks errors and performance in applications, which overlaps with parts of Datadog.
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