# Rollbar alternatives in 2026: seven tools compared on price, replay and MCP

**Short answer:** If you want more than errors (tracing, logs, uptime) in one place, look at **Sentry**. If you want a simple flat monthly bill, look at **Honeybadger**. If you want to keep costs low or self-host, **GlitchTip** accepts Sentry's SDKs and is open source. If you already use PostHog for analytics, **PostHog error tracking** has the largest free allowance here. **Raygun** bundles crash reporting with real user monitoring and APM. **BugTape** is the narrow option. I built it to hand bugs that real users hit in the browser to your coding agent, with the evidence attached. It has no tracing, logs or deploy tracking.

No account: `npx -y bugtape --help` prints the commands and does not sign you in. The demo MCP at https://app.bugtape.ai/demo/mcp needs no sign-in. Your own workspace needs one.

Rollbar itself is a good product. It has session replay on its Free plan, AI root-cause analysis, an official MCP server and Resolve, a fix agent that opens pull requests. Read [BugTape vs Rollbar](/compare/rollbar/) before you decide to leave it.

Page owner: Jaco Veldsman, hi@bugtape.ai. Last checked 2026-11-02. I build BugTape, so read the BugTape row with that in mind. Every other row comes from the vendor's own pricing page or docs on 2 November 2026, linked below. Prices change, so check their sites before you buy.

## Facts table

| Tool | Best for | Free plan | Paid from | Session replay | MCP | Self-host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Rollbar** (baseline) | Usage-priced error monitoring with replay | 5K occurrences + 1K replays a month, 30-day retention, unlimited users | Essentials from $9/mo for 10K occurrences | Yes, on Free; a paid add-on on paid plans | Official, local stdio (`@rollbar/mcp-server`) | Not listed |
| **Sentry** | Errors plus tracing, logs, replay and uptime in one platform | Developer: 1 user, 5K errors, 50 replays, 5M spans, 5GB logs | Team $26/mo billed yearly ($29 monthly) | Yes | Hosted at mcp.sentry.dev, OAuth | Yes, free under the FSL licence; AI features are not self-hosted |
| **Honeybadger** | Small teams that want errors, uptime and logs on one bill | Developer: 5K errors a month, 1 user, 15-day retention | Team $26/mo | Not listed on its plans page | Hosted at mcp.honeybadger.io (OAuth), or a Docker image | On request |
| **GlitchTip** | A cheap, Sentry-SDK-compatible tracker | 1K events a month, 30-day retention | $15/mo for 100K events | Not listed | Built in, 17 tools, OAuth or API token | Yes, open source |
| **PostHog** error tracking | Teams already on PostHog analytics | 100K exceptions a month | $0.00037 per exception up to 325K, cheaper after that | Yes | Hosted at mcp.posthog.com | Not checked |
| **Raygun** | Crash reporting with RUM and APM from one vendor | 14-day trial, no free plan | Crash Reporting Basic $40 per 100K errors a month billed yearly ($60 monthly) | Not listed | Hosted at api.raygun.com/v3/mcp, OAuth or token | Not listed |
| **Bugsnag** (SmartBear) | Mobile apps and release stability | 1 user, 7.5K events, 1M spans a month, 7-day retention | Select; the price loads in the browser, check the page | Not listed | `@smartbear/mcp` from npm | On-premise on its Preferred plan |
| **BugTape** | Web bugs real users hit, handed to your coding agent | 100 new issues a month, 150 credits, no card | Prepaid credits $10 = 2,000; Pro $29/mo | Browser only, rebuilt from DOM events, a short buffer around each failure | Hosted at app.bugtape.ai/mcp on every plan | No, hosted only, data in Sydney |

Sources, all fetched 2 November 2026: [Rollbar pricing for agents](https://rollbar.com/pricing-for-agents), [Rollbar MCP server](https://rollbar.com/mcp-server), [Sentry pricing](https://sentry.io/pricing/), [Sentry self-hosted](https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/), [Sentry MCP](https://mcp.sentry.dev/), [Honeybadger plans](https://www.honeybadger.io/plans/), [Honeybadger MCP](https://docs.honeybadger.io/resources/mcp/), [GlitchTip pricing](https://glitchtip.com/pricing), [GlitchTip MCP](https://glitchtip.com/documentation/mcp), [PostHog error tracking pricing](https://posthog.com/docs/error-tracking/pricing), [PostHog MCP](https://posthog.com/docs/model-context-protocol), [Raygun pricing](https://raygun.com/pricing), [Raygun MCP](https://raygun.com/documentation/product-guides/raygun-mcp-server/), [Bugsnag pricing](https://www.bugsnag.com/pricing).

## How I'd choose

| If you need… | Pick |
|---|---|
| One platform for errors, traces, logs and uptime | Sentry |
| A flat monthly price and a short plans page | Honeybadger |
| Sentry SDK compatibility and the option to run it yourself | GlitchTip |
| Errors next to product analytics and replay you already collect | PostHog |
| Crash reporting, RUM and APM from one vendor | Raygun |
| Mobile release stability scores | Bugsnag |
| Real-user browser bugs grouped into issues your own agent reads and fixes | BugTape, next to whichever tracker you keep |
| Deploy tracking, backend APM or a fix agent that runs your tests | Stay on Rollbar, or pick Sentry. BugTape doesn't do these |

## What every tool here now has

Every tool in the table has an official MCP server, so "it has MCP" no longer separates them. The differences are where the server runs and what the agent gets.

- **Local or hosted.** Rollbar's MCP server and the `@smartbear/mcp` package run on your machine. Sentry, Honeybadger, PostHog, Raygun and BugTape host theirs, so you add a URL and sign in.
- **What the agent reads.** Most return issues, stack traces and events. Rollbar's can also return replay data. BugTape's `get_repro_context` returns one occurrence's report text, timeline, failed request, console and stack.
- **Who fixes it.** Rollbar has Resolve and Sentry has Seer, a paid add-on. BugTape has no fixer of its own. Your coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) reads the evidence and opens the pull request, and a person reviews it.

## Notes on each tool

- **Sentry.** Seer, its AI debugger, is billed per active contributor on paid plans. Its docs list $40 a month per contributor.
- **Honeybadger.** The plans page lists uptime monitoring and logs on the free tier. It does not list session replay.
- **GlitchTip.** Its MCP server runs on the hosted platform at no extra cost. On a self-hosted instance you turn it on with `GLITCHTIP_ENABLE_MCP`.
- **PostHog.** Error tracking is billed per exception after the free 100K, with no base fee in its docs.
- **Raygun.** "AI Error Resolution" is listed in Crash Reporting Basic.
- **Bugsnag.** Its paid prices only appear after the page's JavaScript runs, so I don't quote a number. [Bugsnag vs Sentry](/compare/bugsnag-vs-sentry/) has the figures I read on 18 October.

## Where BugTape fits

BugTape does not record every visit. The browser SDK keeps a short buffer and sends it with an uncaught error, a failed or hung request, or a user's report. Repeats of the same failure become one issue. Server SDKs for Node.js and Python add route, service and release.

Your agent connects once to `https://app.bugtape.ai/mcp`, reads the ranked inbox with `list_recommended_critical`, calls `ack_bug` so your team sees it picked the issue up, and adds the pull request URL when it opens one. When you approve the fix, BugTape anchors it to that release. If real users hit the same failure on a later release, the issue reopens as a regression.

## Try BugTape without an account

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http bugtape-demo https://app.bugtape.ai/demo/mcp
```

The demo is read-only and holds one sample shop. Start with `list_recommended_critical`, then `get_repro_context`. For your own workspace, run `npx -y bugtape connect claude` (or `cursor`, `codex`) and click Allow once.

## FAQ

### What is the best free Rollbar alternative?

On 2 November 2026, PostHog had the largest free allowance here at 100,000 exceptions a month. GlitchTip is free to self-host. Sentry and Honeybadger each give 5,000 errors a month on one user.

### Is there an open-source Rollbar alternative?

Yes. GlitchTip is open source and accepts Sentry's client SDKs. Sentry can also be self-hosted for free under its FSL licence, without its AI features.

### Which Rollbar alternatives have a hosted MCP server?

Sentry, Honeybadger, PostHog, Raygun and BugTape host theirs. Rollbar's own server runs locally over stdio.

### Is BugTape a Rollbar replacement?

Only if your main need is browser bugs handed to a coding agent. BugTape has no deploy tracking, tracing, logs or backend APM.

### How much does BugTape cost?

The Free plan costs nothing and needs no card. Prepaid credits are $10 for 2,000. Pro is $29 USD a month. See [Pricing](/pricing/).

## See also

[BugTape vs Rollbar](/compare/rollbar/) · [Sentry vs Rollbar](/compare/sentry-vs-rollbar/) · [Sentry alternatives](/alternatives/sentry/) · [Bugsnag alternatives](/alternatives/bugsnag/) · [Session replay MCP servers](/session-replay-mcp/) · [Best error tracking MCP servers](/blog/best-error-tracking-mcp-servers/) · [All alternatives](/alternatives/)

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