# Free alternatives to Sentry

> Sentry (Team) costs $312 a year. Free alternatives: GlitchTip, Sentry (self-hosted) and Bugsink. Data checked 2026-10-17.

- Page: https://stoprenting.dev/apps/sentry/
- Category: Developer Tools (https://stoprenting.dev/categories/developer-tools/)
- Vendor: Functional Software (Sentry)
- Plan: Team
- Price: $26/month, $312/year
- Billing: billed annually with default pre-paid data (calculator: "Annual total: $ 312.00 /yr"); usage beyond quota is pay-as-you-go
- Price quote from the vendor's page: "team Everything to monitor your application as it scales $26/mo $26/mo When billed annually with default pre-paid data"
- Price source: https://sentry.io/pricing/ (checked 2026-10-17)

## Alternatives

### GlitchTip

- Website: https://glitchtip.com
- License: MIT
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: server app
- Linux: self-hosted server; web UI
- Self-hostable: yes
- Note: Error tracking, basic performance and uptime monitoring; accepts the official Sentry SDKs; no session replay or profiling
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/glitchtip/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

### Sentry (self-hosted)

- Website: https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/
- Repository: https://github.com/getsentry/self-hosted (9,614 stars, last push 2026-10-16)
- License: FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0 (source-available; each release becomes Apache-2.0 after two years)
- Open source: no, source-available license
- Type: server app
- Linux: self-hosted server; web UI
- Self-hostable: yes
- Note: Heavy to run: needs at least 4 cores and 16 GB RAM, and AI features and some mobile symbolication are cloud-only.
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/sentry-self-hosted/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

### Bugsink

- Website: https://www.bugsink.com
- Repository: https://github.com/bugsink/bugsink (2,133 stars, last push 2026-10-13)
- License: PolyForm Shield 1.0.0 (source-available)
- Open source: no, source-available license
- Type: server app
- Linux: self-hosted server; web UI
- Self-hostable: yes
- Note: Error tracking only: no performance tracing, session replay or uptime checks.
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/bugsink/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

## FAQ

### Is there a free alternative to Sentry?

Yes. The 3 free alternatives are GlitchTip (open source, MIT), Sentry (self-hosted) (source-available, FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0) and Bugsink (source-available, PolyForm Shield 1.0.0).

### How much does Sentry cost?

Sentry's Team plan costs $26 a month, which is $312 a year (billed annually with default pre-paid data (calculator: "Annual total: $ 312.00 /yr"); usage beyond quota is pay-as-you-go). Source: the official pricing page at sentry.io, checked Oct 17, 2026.

### Which Sentry alternatives run on Linux?

GlitchTip (self-hosted server; web UI), Sentry (self-hosted) (self-hosted server; web UI) and Bugsink (self-hosted server; web UI).

### Can you self-host a Sentry alternative?

Yes. GlitchTip, Sentry (self-hosted) and Bugsink run on your own server.

### Are these Sentry alternatives open source?

Not all of them. Sentry (self-hosted) (FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0) and Bugsink (PolyForm Shield 1.0.0) are source-available: the code is public, but the license isn't OSI-approved open source. GlitchTip (MIT) is open source.

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