Raygun is a cloud service for monitoring application errors, crashes, user experience, and server performance across web, mobile, desktop, and server software.
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Raygun is a hosted software-monitoring service for teams investigating application errors and performance. Its product set comprises Crash Reporting, Real User Monitoring (RUM), and Application Performance Monitoring (APM).
Crash Reporting groups and diagnoses application errors. RUM captures user-session and page-performance data, while APM records server-side request traces. Teams can connect monitoring records to releases and issue-management workflows.
Raygun is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand. Its official pricing FAQ identifies AWS US-EAST-1 as the data-storage region, a relevant consideration for organizations with regional data requirements.
A quick way to understand who this product may suit, where its limits matter, and which facts are most relevant before you compare alternatives.
Software teams that want error reporting, real-user monitoring, and server-side performance monitoring in one hosted service, with integrations into development and incident-response workflows.
Teams that require self-hosting, or need a single predictable charge across all monitoring modules without estimating separate event volumes, should verify fit and cost before adopting, and should evaluate alternatives such as Datadog or BugSnag instead.
Android, Linux, SaaS, Web, Windows
7.8/10
These are the product-specific differences that may matter when deciding whether the software fits your workflow. They are based on documented evidence rather than a universal ranking.
These are documented constraints or practical friction points that may matter before you adopt the product.
Teams should estimate errors, sessions, and traces independently and review how spikes affect monthly spend.
Evidence source ↗A team should plan its evaluation and subscription transition to avoid an unmonitored gap.
Evidence source ↗Organizations with data-residency constraints should confirm the location is acceptable before sending production telemetry.
Evidence source ↗Official pricing lists a Basic Crash Reporting plan with 100,000 errors per month. Monthly billing is listed at $60 per 100,000 errors.
Check current pricing →Official pricing lists a Team Crash Reporting plan with 200,000 errors per month. Monthly billing is listed at $120 per 200,000 errors.
Check current pricing →Unlimited monitoring during the trial; no credit card required.
Check current pricing →Custom pricing and terms are available for Enterprise subscriptions.
Check current pricing →Pricing may change. Verify current plans on the vendor's website.
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| Decision factor | Raygun | Datadog | BugSnag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core scope | Combines Crash Reporting, Real User Monitoring, and APM. | Offers APM with distributed tracing and connections to other telemetry, including logs and metrics. Source ↗ | Lists error monitoring and performance monitoring, including spans and app or web performance metrics. Source ↗ |
| Usage and pricing basis | Prices monitoring around reserved and on-demand errors, sessions, or traces. | Lists APM plans priced per host, with additional span-related pricing details. Source ↗ | Lets customers choose error events and purchase performance-monitoring span packs. Source ↗ |
| Performance detail | Offers server-side request tracing through APM and browser or mobile experience data through RUM. | Offers distributed tracing and service-health capabilities, with plan-dependent APM features. Source ↗ | Not documented |
| Entry option | Offers a 14-day trial; the reviewed pricing page does not list a permanent free tier. | Not documented | Lists a $0-per-month Free plan. Source ↗ |
Only factors supported by the available research are shown. The comparison is descriptive, not a ranking.
These products address broadly similar requirements. The descriptions focus on documented reasons a buyer might compare them with Raygun.
| Deployment | Hosted SaaS |
|---|---|
| Data storage region | AWS US-EAST-1, according to Raygun's pricing FAQ |
| API | Public API v3; bearer authentication with personal access tokens and scoped permissions |
| API rate limits | 10 calls per second, 600 per minute, and 10,000 per day |
| Trial | 14 days, unlimited monitoring, no credit card required |
| Integrations | Includes GitHub, Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Azure DevOps, PagerDuty, and webhooks |
| APM installation | Windows and Linux installers; Azure App Service extension documented |
| SDK language guides | .NET, Android, Apple, C++, Flutter, Go, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, Python, React Native, Ruby, Unity, and others |
Verified installation, hosting, administration, or environment details that can affect implementation.
| Hosting | Raygun is delivered as a hosted service; its pricing FAQ says Raygun data is stored in AWS US-EAST-1. Source ↗ |
|---|---|
| APM agent operating systems | The documented APM installer supports Windows and Linux, with separate instructions for supported installations. Source ↗ |
Documented portability, standards, export, or switching considerations. No switching-cost score is shown unless the evidence supports one.
The public API provides endpoints to read error groups, sessions, page metrics, customers, applications, and deployment records. API access uses personal access tokens and scoped permissions.
Evidence source ↗Raygun says new data sent after the trial ends will not be processed until a paid account is activated.
Evidence source ↗A proprietary editorial score based on product capabilities, usability, value, performance, support and user sentiment evidence.
Assessment reflects published product capabilities, pricing and documentation, plus G2's public rating and review excerpts. It is not based on hands-on testing.
Methodology v1.0. The assessment weighs feature coverage (25%), ease of use (15%), value for money (20%), performance (15%), support (10%) and user sentiment (15%), using researched product evidence and verified review evidence where available. It is a TechZella editorial assessment, not a direct user-review average.
Key claims are linked to the sources used to verify them. This evidence record is separate from third-party user ratings.
TechZella evaluates software using documented product capabilities, pricing information, usability and value considerations, independent user evidence where available, and competitive context. The assessment is an editorial review, not a hands-on test unless one is explicitly identified. Our editorial assessment is based on 4 documented sources.
The official pricing page describes the three products and their respective errors, sessions, and traces.
View source ↗Verified 2026-11-08The official pricing page states the trial duration and that a credit card is not required.
View source ↗Verified 2026-11-08The API documentation lists endpoints and required scopes and describes personal access token authentication.
View source ↗Verified 2026-11-08Raygun's integrations page describes connections to issue trackers, source-control tools, alert channels, and webhooks.
View source ↗Verified 2026-11-08The official pricing FAQ answers where Raygun servers are based and names the AWS region.
View source ↗Verified 2026-11-08The APM downloads page identifies version 3.1 and gives its release date.
View source ↗Verified 2026-11-08Answers begin with the clearest available response, followed by the context that helps you act on it.
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