Rollbar

rollbar.com
Observability & Monitoring
Weekend Project

Code-first observability that connects errors, replays, and releases in one place

How to Replace Rollbar

Overview

Rollbar is an error logging and tracking service that helps software teams monitor, understand, and fix production errors in real-time. It combines error monitoring, session replay, and release tracking to provide comprehensive observability across your applications. Teams can detect issues instantly, see what users experienced, and resolve problems faster with AI-powered insights.

Features

44 features across 16 categories

AI(1)

Resolve AI AgentAIPremium

AI agent that reviews code, identifies what's breaking, and opens a pull request with a fix automatically

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

API(1)

REST API

Full REST API for custom integrations and programmatic access

Account Management(2)

Unlimited Projects

Create and manage unlimited projects within your account

Unlimited Users

Add unlimited users to your Rollbar account

Also in: Keeper, 1Password, Bitwarden

Alerting(4)

Adaptive AlertsAIPremium

Intelligent alerting system that adapts to your team's needs and reduces false positives

Real-time Alerts

Receive real-time notifications via Slack, email, webhook, and on-call tools like PagerDuty, VictorOps, OpsGenie

Smart NotificationsAI

Intelligent notification system that filters noise and prioritizes important issues

Snooze Items

Temporarily snooze error notifications to reduce noise during known issues

Also in: Splunk, Lacework, Dashlane

Analytics(3)

Impact Analysis

Analyze impacted users, regions, browsers, and other contextual metadata

Rollbar Analyze: RQL + Metrics APIPremium

Query language and metrics API for custom data analysis and investigation

Similar & Co-occurring ErrorsAI

Automatically identify similar and co-occurring errors

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Compliance(3)

GDPR Compliance

GDPR compliant data handling and processing

HIPAA CompliancePremium

Business Associate Agreement (BAA) for HIPAA compliance with custom options

SOC2 & ISO27001 Certification

SOC2 and ISO27001 certified for security and compliance

Also in: Insider CDP, Airtable, 1Password

Configuration(1)

Rate Limiting

Customize rate limits to control event ingestion

Dashboard(1)

Account Dashboard

Comprehensive dashboard to monitor your application's health and error trends

Debugging(2)

Source Maps & Symbolication

Support for source maps, symbolication, and ProGuard for better error context

Stack Traces & Telemetry

Detailed stack traces, request and custom parameters, local variable values, and comprehensive telemetry data

Deployment(2)

Commit-based Error Resolution

Resolve errors by tracking which commits fixed them

Deploy Tracking

Integration with GitHub Actions, CircleCI, and other CI/CD tools to track deploys and versions

Integration(7)

Auto-resolve Tickets

Automatically resolve issue tickets when the error is resolved in Rollbar

Data Forwarding to Datadog

Forward Rollbar data to Datadog for additional analysis and monitoring

Issue Ticket Creation

Auto-create issue tickets in Jira, Asana, Pivotal Tracker, and other project management tools

Model Context Protocol (MCP)Premium

Advanced protocol for deep investigation and integration with modern development tools

Multi-language SDK Support

SDKs for JavaScript, iOS, Node.js, Python, Java, Go, .NET, PHP, Django, Rails, React, React Native, Next.js and more

Source Control Integration

Integration with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket to view source code and track code changes

Terraform Provider

Infrastructure-as-code support via Terraform provider for Rollbar configuration

Monitoring(5)

Cross-project Event Feed

Monitor errors across multiple projects in a single feed

Error Monitoring

Real-time error detection that shows the moment something breaks, groups similar issues automatically, and helps pinpoint the cause fast

Intelligent Error Grouping

Automatically groups similar issues to reduce noise and help teams focus on unique problems

Real-time Error Feed

View a real-time feed of all errors happening in your application

Saved Views

Create and save custom views to filter and monitor specific errors or patterns

Organization(2)

Custom Fields & Tags

Add unlimited custom fields and tags to categorize and organize errors

Service Links

Link errors to related services and dependencies

Replay(1)

Session Replay

Watch what actually happened in the browser right next to related errors, rewind any user journey to understand how frontend issues unfolded

Security(7)

Audit ControlsPremium

Comprehensive audit controls for enterprise security requirements

Basic SSO

Basic single sign-on via Google and GitHub

Encryption at Rest

Disk-based encryption at rest for data security

Enterprise Security ControlsPremium

Advanced security controls for enterprise deployments

SAML SSOPremium

Single sign-on via SAML with support for Okta, Azure, and other identity providers

SCIM User ProvisioningPremium

Automated user provisioning and deprovisioning via SCIM

Two-Factor Authentication

Two-factor authentication for enhanced account security

Team Management(2)

Team Assignments

Assign errors to the right team members automatically based on ownership

Watch & Assign Errors

Watch specific errors and assign them to team members

Pricing

Free

$0 forever
  • 5K occurrences + 1K sessions per month
  • Real-time feed and alerts
  • Intelligent error grouping
  • Stack traces and telemetry
  • Deploy and version tracking
  • SDKs for server, client, & mobile
  • Unlimited projects
  • Unlimited users
  • REST API + Terraform provider
  • Account dashboard
  • Real-time alerts via Slack, email, webhook
  • Contextual metadata: impacted users, regions, browsers
  • Watch and assign errors
  • Auto-create issue tickets in Jira, Asana, Pivotal Tracker
  • Auto-resolve tickets
  • Source maps, symbolication support
  • View source code via GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
  • Track deploys via GitHub Actions, CircleCI
  • Versions tracking
  • Similar and co-occurring errors
  • Unlimited custom fields / tags
  • Two-factor authentication
  • Disk-based encryption at rest
  • GDPR compliance
  • Basic SSO via Google and GitHub
  • Email and chat support
  • 30 days maximum data retention
  • 1 service link per project

Essentials

$15.83/monthly
  • Everything in Free, plus
  • 10K - 50M occurrences per month
  • 5K - 25M sessions per month
  • Data retention up to 90 days
  • Fine grained rate limiting
  • Real-time alerts via on-call tools like PagerDuty, VictorOps, OpsGenie
  • Forward Rollbar data to Datadog
  • Snooze Items
  • Cross-project event feed
  • Saved Views
  • 1 service link per project
  • Overage budgets with on-demand occurrences and sessions
  • Customizable rate limits

Advanced

$32.50/monthly
  • Everything in Essentials, plus
  • 25K - 50M occurrences per month
  • 5K - 25M sessions per month
  • Data retention up to 180 days
  • Adaptive alerts
  • Rollbar Analyze: RQL + Metrics API
  • SCIM provisioning
  • 5 service links per project
  • SAML SSO via Okta, Azure, and more
  • Priority support

Enterprise

Custom
  • For enterprise teams requiring more than 80M events
  • Everything in Advanced, plus
  • Custom occurrence and session volumes
  • Direct Slack channel
  • Priority support and SLAs
  • High volume capabilities
  • Fully custom data retention
  • Unlimited service links per project
  • Custom BAA for HIPAA
  • Enterprise security controls
  • Audit controls
  • Dedicated customer success manager
  • Onboarding concierge
  • Custom SLAs

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying Rollbar

Monthly$15.83/mo
Yearly$190/yr
5-Year Total$950

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~3 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyVery Easy

Total Cost Comparison

1 Year
SaaS
$190
DIY
$240
3 Years
SaaS
$570
DIY
$720
5 Years
SaaS
$950
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 44 features at very easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Rollbar alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 44 features.

Buy Rollbar

Better Value
Monthly cost$158.3/mo
3-year total$5,698.8
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Buying Rollbar saves ~$31,261.2 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 44 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

17 known integrations