Honeybadger
Error tracking, uptime and cron monitoring in one simple tool for web developers.
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About Honeybadger
Honeybadger is a small, independent monitoring company that bundles the checks a typical web app team needs. Error tracking covers Ruby, Elixir, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Go and more, with grouping, breadcrumbs and links to your issue tracker. Uptime monitoring pings your sites from multiple regions, check-ins watch cron jobs and background workers, and Insights adds structured logging and dashboards with its own query language. Status pages are included too. The appeal is simplicity: one tool and one bill instead of separate error, uptime and cron services, with a support team known for being responsive. It has deep roots in the Ruby on Rails community, though other languages are well supported. A free developer plan covers small projects indefinitely; paid plans are priced per month by error volume and features, with unlimited users on team tiers. It is a hosted web service.
Best for: Small web app teams that want errors, uptime and cron checks in one place.
Pros and cons
What works
- Errors, uptime, cron check-ins and status pages in one product
- Free developer plan
- Simple, predictable monthly plans
Why people leave
- Performance monitoring is lighter than dedicated APM tools
- Smaller ecosystem than Sentry
- Front-end and mobile support is less deep
Top Honeybadger alternatives
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Sentry66.5Deeper error context plus tracing and replay for larger apps.
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AppSignal62.6Adds full APM performance monitoring with similar developer focus.
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Rollbar59.6Error tracking with strong release correlation and a free plan.
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Better Stack57.2Bundles uptime, logs and on-call phone alerts as well.
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Cronitor55.3More detailed cron and job monitoring if that is the main need.
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Honeybadger: common questions
Is Honeybadger free?
Honeybadger has a free plan and paid plans. Free plan: Developer plan, free forever (checked on Honeybadger's own site).
Is Honeybadger open source?
No, Honeybadger is not open source.
What platforms does Honeybadger run on?
Honeybadger is available for Web.
What are the best alternatives to Honeybadger?
The highest-ranked Honeybadger alternatives right now are Sentry, AppSignal and Rollbar. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.