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Rollbar review
Error monitoring with real-time feeds, intelligent grouping, deploy tracking and session replay, priced by occurrences rather than seats.
By the KeenVerdict research desk · Updated November 12, 2026
- Features (40%)
- 8.5
- Ease of use (30%)
- 8.7
- Value (30%)
- 9.2
Rollbar ranks third on value: its Essentials plan starts at $9 a month for 10,000 occurrences, or $7.50 a month billed annually, the lowest paid entry on this list, and no plan charges per seat. Every tier includes unlimited projects and users, SDKs for server, client and mobile platforms, a REST API and a Terraform provider. The core workflow is a real-time error feed with intelligent grouping, stack traces, telemetry and deploy tracking, and 1,000 session replays a month are included even on the free plan. Essentials adds 90-day retention, fine-grained rate limiting and 4,000 AI credits a month. Advanced, from $13 a month, adds adaptive alerts, SCIM, 180-day retention and Rollbar Analyze for custom queries. The catch is that prices climb in steps with volume, so a noisy app at 1 million occurrences pays $199 a month on Essentials.
Who it is for
Teams that want the cheapest paid error tracker with no seat fees
Price
Free plan with 5,000 occurrences; Essentials from $9 per month for 10,000 occurrences.
Essentials: from $9/month at 10,000 occurrences/month
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 12, 2026.
Key features
- Real-time error feed with intelligent grouping, stack traces and telemetry
- Deploy and version tracking on every plan
- 1,000 session replays a month included on Free
- Fine-grained rate limiting and overage budgets on paid plans
- REST API and Terraform provider on all plans
Strengths and weaknesses
- Strength: Rollbar never charges per seat, and every plan has unlimited users
- Strength: Essentials costs $9 a month, or $7.50 a month billed annually
- Strength: 14-day trial unlocks the full Advanced feature set
- Weakness: Rollbar Analyze (RQL and Metrics API) is a paid add-on on Essentials
- Weakness: Adaptive alerts and SCIM need the Advanced plan
- Weakness: Free plan keeps data for 30 days
Key facts
- Free plan: Yes, 5,000 occurrences and 1,000 replays per month
- Retention: 30 days Free, 90 days Essentials, 180 days Advanced
- Seats: Unlimited users on all plans
Where it ranks
Rollbar is No. 3 in our Best Error Tracking Tools verdict.
Alternatives we scored
- Sentry9.1
- Honeybadger8.9
- BugSnag8.6
- Datadog Error Tracking8.4
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