Error monitoring
Self-hosted alternatives to Sentry, priced
2 open-source tools that can replace Sentry, each shown with what it would actually cost to run for a team of 10 people. Sentry on the Team tier costs $26.00 a month at that size.
| Tool | Server only | With your time | vs Sentry | Operational weight | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GlitchTip | $26.40 | $139 | -$4,514 | medium | MIT |
| SigNoz | $46.80 | $272 | -$10,049 | hard | source-available |
The final column is the 36-month difference: positive means self-hosting is cheaper.
Which one to pick
GlitchTip
Sentry-SDK compatible, so existing client instrumentation keeps working unchanged. Far lighter than self-hosted Sentry, which needs Kafka and ClickHouse. Source lives on GitLab rather than GitHub, so the star count shown elsewhere on this site is not available for it.
At 10 people it needs 2.6 GB of memory and 20.5 GB of disk, which fits the Starter 4 GB at VPSServer for $22.00 a month. Setting it up is roughly 6 hours of work, then 1.5 hours a month to keep it healthy.
Full Sentry versus GlitchTip breakdown · GlitchTip at every team size
SigNoz 32,081 stars
OpenTelemetry-native traces, metrics and logs over ClickHouse. Replaces a Datadog bill rather than just a Sentry bill, and the retention window drives the disk cost.
At 10 people it needs 5.1 GB of memory and 51 GB of disk, which fits the Starter 8 GB at VPSServer for $39.00 a month. Setting it up is roughly 16 hours of work, then 3 hours a month to keep it healthy.
Full Sentry versus SigNoz breakdown · SigNoz at every team size
How the pricing was established
Sentry pricing was read from its own pricing page on 2026-10-09. Server prices come from the providers listed on the hosting page. The sizing model and the cost of your time are set out in full on the methodology page.