Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: GlitchTip
GlitchTip clearly comes out ahead of Papertrail on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $15/mo for GlitchTip and $5/mo for Papertrail.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | GlitchTip | SolarWinds |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | Development |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
GlitchTip
freemium
flat
flat
usage based
| Feature | glitchtip | papertrail |
|---|---|---|
| Business Associate Agreement (Baa) Available Upon Request | ||
| 1 Week Archive | ||
| Development Support & Prioritization | ||
| 1 Week Search | ||
| Error Tracking | ||
| 1 Year Archive | ||
| Everything From Free | ||
| 50 Mb/Month | ||
| Everything From Medium | ||
| Encrypted Logging | ||
| Everything From Small | ||
| Realtime Search | ||
| Priority Email & Live Chat Support | ||
| Rest Api | ||
| Support Access | ||
| Search Alerts | ||
| Unlimited Projects | ||
| Unlimited Systems | ||
| Unlimited Team Members | ||
| Unlimited Users | ||
| Up To 1,000 Events/Mo | ||
| Up To 100K Events/Mo | ||
| Up To 3 Million Events/Mo | ||
| Up To 500K Events/Mo |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, GlitchTip comes out ahead overall, though Papertrail can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
GlitchTip's paid plans start at $15/mo and Papertrail's start at $5/mo, so Papertrail is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both GlitchTip and Papertrail offer a free tier.
GlitchTip is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
