Overview
Summary
The useful answer before the supporting detail.
GlitchTip is an open source, Sentry API compatible error tracking platform S1. It helps developers catch and triage errors, monitor performance, and check site uptime in one place S1. The product is used by teams that value simplicity, affordability, and open source freedom S31, and it can be self-hosted or used as a hosted service S31.
Product identity and positioning
Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.
- Identity: GlitchTip, an open source, Sentry API compatible error tracking platform S1.
- Core purpose: To help developers catch and resolve errors, monitor performance, and check uptime S1.
- Intended users: Developers and teams who want simple, affordable monitoring S31.
- Product scope: A single application combining error tracking, uptime monitoring, and performance monitoring S1.
- Positioning: Makes monitoring software easy, with Sentry SDK compatibility but easier to run S31.
- Claimed distinction: Open source, so users can view, modify, and use the code as they see fit S31.
Use cases and audiences
Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.
| Audience | Practical use case |
|---|---|
| Personal projects | Track errors and uptime for small apps with a free plan S31 S108. |
| Growing businesses | Monitor errors and performance as the team scales S31. |
| Large scaling organizations | Use advanced support and compliance features like BAA S31 S108. |
| Self-hosters | Run GlitchTip on your own infrastructure for full control S31. |
Features
Features and capabilities
Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.
| Capability | What it does |
|---|---|
| Error tracking | Collects exceptions, log messages, and CSP violations from your app via Sentry SDKs S31. |
| Uptime monitoring | Pings your site and alerts you via email or webhook if it doesn't respond S31. |
| Performance monitoring | Helps you find where your app is slow S31. |
| Log search | Search and filter application logs alongside errors and performance data S31. |
| Self-hosting | Run GlitchTip on your own server with Docker or other methods S4. |
| Sentry SDK compatibility | Use Sentry's open source SDKs to send error data to GlitchTip S31. |
| MCP (AI Integration) | Provides an MCP interface for AI integration S1. |
Integrations and ecosystem
Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.
| Integration or interface | Type | What it enables |
|---|---|---|
| Sentry SDKs | Integration | Receive error data from your application using Sentry's open source SDKs S31. |
| Webhooks | Webhook | Send uptime alerts to external systems S31. |
| OpenID Connect | Integration | Configure SSO with identity providers like Keycloak S4. |
| Email providers (Mailgun, SendGrid, etc.) | Integration | Send email notifications via Anymail-supported providers S4. |
| MCP (AI Integration) | AI interface | Enable AI integration with GlitchTip S1. |
| Helm chart | Integration | Deploy GlitchTip on Kubernetes using the provided Helm chart S4. |
Pricing
Pricing and plans
Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.
| Plan or offer | Verified price and billing | Included | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0, free forever S108 | Error tracking, unlimited projects and members S108 | 1,000 events per month S108 |
| Small | $15 per month, billed monthly S108 | Support access S108 | 100k events per month S108 |
| Medium | $50 per month, billed monthly S108 | Priority email and chat support S108 | 500k events per month S108 |
| Large | $250 per month, billed monthly S108 | Development support, BAA on request S108 | 3 million events per month S108 |
| Annual billing | Discount available S108 | Not established | Not established |
| Non-profit/open source discount | Starting at $5 per month S108 | Not established | Not established |
Trust and proof
Customers, proof, and reviews
Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.
Independent reviews
| Platform | Page | How it was found | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SaaSHub | GlitchTip reviews. Is GlitchTip good? - SaaSHub | Grounded web search | GlitchTip is an open source, Sentry API compatible error tracking platform. Rating 0 reviews Pricing Official pricing Status UP ... community to make an informed choice. Please always be kind and objective when evaluating a product |
| clever.cloud | GlitchTip on Clever Cloud, a Sentry alternative / Clever Cloud | Grounded web search | All started by a French tweet, about the discovery of a new tool: Glitchtip. This tweet said that Glitchtip is compatible to Sentry, free and easy to self host it, so it was evident that we were going to give it a try. ... What does Glitchtip provide? Inside your application, with the Sentry SDK, you will transfer some of your error logs. Then the tool help you to track those errors, to better understand when a new version tool creates new errors, organize or search them… In a quick word, it’s a |
Customer proof
| Proof type | Named customer or source | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Case study | Games24x7 | customer case study — The ... (Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners: Embracing Glitchtip, an Open source error tracking at… / by Games24x7 Blogs / Medium) |
Independent mentions
- GlitchTip: An open source, Sentry API compatible error tracking platform / Hacker News — I use GlitchTip — it works well! A bit hard to deploy (many moving parts) but that’s more a problem with F/OSS Sentry. It’s been nice being able to use the sentry reporting ecosystem with it (including newer reporters for stuff like Svelte) ... Hey Glitchtip! Been a happy user for going on a year or so. Super easy to self-host, and because it uses the existing sentry libs it's really reliable. One of the most set and forget services I've had the pleasure of using. Bold claim but given the choice
- +1 for Glitchtip. We also found the same problem as OP with self hosting sentry.... / Hacker News — We looked at both GlitchTip and BugSink and only settled on GlitchTip as it was maintained by a bigger team. Feature wise they were quite similar and both good alternatives. So far so good with GlitchTip.
- GlitchTip is very simplistic and miles away from Sentry. We really wanted to kee... / Hacker News — GlitchTip is very simplistic and miles away from Sentry. We really wanted to keep using it, since it was easy to selfhost, but the UI was not giving enough information from a dev perspective to be very useful : grouping, filtering and labeling issues is very basic, which prevents understanding. We decided to self host sentry, which is an absolute beast to deploy, the open-source helm chart is nowhere near production level, and the underlying technologies are quite hard to maintain (Kafka, zookee
- Open Source Error Tracking / GlitchTip — GlitchTip makes monitoring software easy. Track errors, monitor performance, and check site uptime all in one place. Our app is compatible with Sentry client SDKs, but easier to run. ... supporting open source software development. We also created
- Show HN: GlitchTip. Open source error tracking, compatible with Sentry SDKs / Hacker News — tallblondeguy on July 16, 2020 – Just released a stable version of this yesterday. It's open source, so feel free to pull it and give it a try locally! We have installation instructions on our site 0 for the Docker image.
- GlitchTip — unsubbed.co — stars. For production monitoring infrastructure — the thing that tells you when your app is broken — small community means sparse troubleshooting ... 1,000 events/month. A production app with any real traffic will exhaust this in hours. The free tier is
- If you need less scale/features go for glitchtip. If you’re not going for k8s, t... / Hacker News — If you need less scale/features go for glitchtip. If you’re not going for ... can be a bit wonky. They are doing much more than just throwing code over the ... . IMHO this really builds trust. With regards to deployment complexity: well it’s built for
External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.
Company, security, and trust
Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.
| Signal | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Company and ownership | `I_PAID_FOR_GLITCHTIP` Donate, set this to "true", and some neat things will happen. This won't enable extra features but it will enable our team to continue building GlitchTip. We pay programmers, designers, illustrator | source |
| Contact and support | Yes, we offer annual billing with a discount. Contact us at support@glitchtip.com for details. | source |
| Legal and privacy | Below is our privacy policy which incorporates these goals. | source |
| Security and compliance | US Healthcare: HIPAA-compliant hosting availableAdd on to Large plans | source |
| Uptime and status page | GlitchTip makes monitoring software easy. Track errors, monitor performance, and check site uptime all in one place. Our app is compatible with Sentry client SDKs, but easier to run. | source |
| Domain registered | 2019-11-08 | — |
| Domain expires | 2027-11-08 | — |
Every trust signal above is backed by a collected page or a registration record.
Documentation and product updates
Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.
| Resource or update | Type | What is available | Date or freshness |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documentation / GlitchTip | Documentation | GlitchTip is an open source, Sentry API compatible error tracking platform. (source) | Not dated |
| Install — Documentation / GlitchTip | Documentation | GlitchTip is an open source, Sentry API compatible error tracking platform. (source) | Not dated |
| Contact and support | Support | Public contact and support channel. (source) | Not dated |
| Install — Documentation / GlitchTip | Release notes | Public product change history. (source) | Not dated |
Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, status page, separate help center or knowledge base.
Technical
Technical and delivery signals
Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.
| Signal | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension) | Available as hosted service and self-hosted S31. | S31 |
| Platforms and apps | Web application; no mobile or desktop apps mentioned S31. | S31 |
| API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins) | Sentry-compatible API, webhooks, MCP, and OpenID Connect SSO S1 S31 S4. | S1 S31 S4 |
| Data ownership and export | Self-hosting allows full data control S31. | S31 |
| Performance and reliability claims | Recommended system requirements: 512 MB RAM, x86 or arm64 CPU S4. | S4 |
| Release activity | Regular releases documented in blog, e.g., 5.0, 3.3.0 S156. | S156 |
Measured infrastructure
Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.
| Signal | Finding |
|---|---|
| Domain registered | 2019-11-08 — Cloudflare, Inc. |
| Domain expires | 2027-11-08 |
| First archived | 2020-07-16 — web archive |
| TLS certificate | Google Trust Services, valid, expires 2027-01-02 |
| Security headers | HSTS, CSP, X-Content-Type-Options |
| Headers not served | X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy |
| Server header | cloudflare |
| Mail handled by | mxa.mailgun.org, mxb.mailgun.org |
| Nameservers | michael.ns.cloudflare.com, gina.ns.cloudflare.com |
Limits and method
Limitations and open questions
Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.
The collected pages do not mention any competitors by name. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed customer outcomes, independent review ratings, and specific uptime or performance guarantees. Open questions remain about the exact features of the Medium plan support and the specifics of the annual billing discount.
Sources, method, and limitations
Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.
This report is based on 8 collected pages from glitchtip.com, including documentation, pricing, support, legal, and blog pages. The external proof search discovered a Medium case study but did not collect its content. Limitations: no independent reviews were scraped, and some pricing details like annual billing specifics were not fully documented.
- Official Websitehttps://glitchtip.com/Verified
- Documentationhttps://glitchtip.com/documentation/Verified
- Pricing Pagehttps://glitchtip.com/pricingVerified
- Documentationhttps://glitchtip.com/documentation/install/Verified
- Official Websitehttps://glitchtip.com/legal/privacy/Verified
- Official Websitehttps://glitchtip.com/legal/tos/Verified
- Official Websitehttps://glitchtip.com/blog/Verified
- Official Websitehttps://glitchtip.com/support/Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36008564Verified
- Review Sitehttps://www.saashub.com/glitchtipVerified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43726116Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40226911Verified
- Articlehttps://medium.com/@Games24x7Tech/cutting-costs-without-cutting-corners-embracing-glitchtip-an-open-source-error-tracking-at-235d521e5bccVerified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23859519Verified
- Articlehttps://unsubbed.co/tools/glitchtip-2/Verified
- Review Sitehttps://www.clever.cloud/blog/features/2022/06/21/glitchtip-on-clever-cloud-a-sentry-alternative/Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46286523Verified