Sentry vs Rollbar

Sentry vs Rollbar

Neither is better for everyone. Sentry suits teams that want error tracking with usage-based overage billing. Rollbar suits teams that want error-only tracking with a small free tier.

Sentry vs Rollbar at a glance

This page compares Sentry and Rollbar using only what the sources below say about each. Where one is the better pick for a situation, we say which and why.

We read each source on 2026-11-05. Prices and limits change often, so confirm on the vendor's own page before you buy. A figure marked "one source only" was not matched by a second publisher.

When to pick each one

Pick Sentry if it matches your situation

Choose Sentry over Rollbar for teams that want error tracking with usage-based overage billing.

What the sources say about Sentry:

• Team is $26 per month when billed annually and Business is $80 per month when billed annually, with default pre-paid data.^[1]
• On monthly billing, Team is $29 per month and Business is $89 per month.^[3]

Pick Rollbar if it matches your situation

Choose Rollbar over Sentry for teams that want error-only tracking with a small free tier.

What the sources say about Rollbar:

• Annual prices on Rollbar's pricing page are the effective per-month price with annual billing (2 months free).^[2]
• Enterprise applies to teams over 80,000,000 events per month.^[2]

Limits and things to check

Sentry

• Usage above the included quota is billed at pay-as-you-go rates; the Team rate for the 50K to 100K error band is $0.0003625 per error, and the Business rate for the same band is $0.0011125 per error.^[1]
• Pre-purchasing (reserved) volume is about 20 percent cheaper than pay-as-you-go, and unused reserved volume expires monthly.^[4] One source only.
• The free Developer plan is limited to one user and a 5k error quota.^[1]

Rollbar

• The free plan is 5,000 events per month with 30-day retention.^[2]
• Rollbar's agent-facing pricing page says all plans include unlimited projects and unlimited users, while a third-party source says the free plan supports one project; these conflict.^[2]
• Sources disagree or give a range for the Essentials price: third-party figures range from $7.50 to $35 per month depending on source and event tier. Price scales in steps with monthly error occurrences.^[2]
• Sources disagree or give a range for the Advanced price: third-party figures range from $10.83 to $49.40 per month depending on source and event tier. Price scales in steps with monthly error occurrences.^[2]

Pricing as reported

Sentry

Pricing as reported for Sentry:

• Developer: $0 (5k errors per month, one user) ^[1]
• Team: $26 per month billed annually; $29 per month billed monthly (50K errors, 5M spans, 50 replays, 5GB logs per month included; usage above quota billed pay-as-you-go) ^[1]
• Business: $80 per month billed annually; $89 per month billed monthly (Same base quotas as Team (50K errors, 5M spans, 50 replays); adds SAML and SCIM, advanced quota management, unlimited custom dashboards) ^[4]

Rollbar

Pricing as reported for Rollbar:

• Free: $0 (5,000 events per month, 30-day retention, 1,000 replays per month) ^[2]

Where Continuum fits

We make Continuum Keep it running. Weigh what we say here with that in mind. The tools above are the better choice when you want software you run yourself; ours is the better choice when you want a person to do or read the work.

Continuum Keep it running (ours)

A monthly retainer where a person handles monitoring, security and dependency patching, and incident triage for an app.^[5]

What our own page says:

• It is a service with a person in the loop, not a self-serve monitoring product.^[5]

Limits and things to check:

• It does not replace an error tracker or uptime tool you want to read yourself.^[5]

Pricing as reported for Continuum Keep it running:

• Keep it running: $500/mo (Keep-alive level) ^[5]

Suits a founder who wants someone else to watch the app and respond when it breaks.

Details on Continuum Keep it running.

Know what breaks first

Straight answers