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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (75.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (56.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free
Elastic Observability
Star Rating
(80)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (75.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Elastic ObservabilitySentry
Star Rating
(122)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Elastic Observability excels in dashboards and visualizations, with a score of 9.2, allowing for comprehensive data representation, while Sentry, with a score of 8.8, offers solid but less customizable options.
- Reviewers mention that Sentry shines in ease of use with a score of 8.6, making it more accessible for small businesses, whereas Elastic Observability's score of 7.2 indicates a steeper learning curve for new users.
- G2 users highlight Sentry's superior real-time monitoring capabilities, scoring 8.7, which is crucial for immediate bug detection, compared to Elastic Observability's score of 8.9, which, while strong, may not match the immediacy Sentry provides.
- Users on G2 report that Elastic Observability's multi-channel alerting feature, scoring 8.3, is effective for enterprise-level needs, while Sentry's alerting features, scoring 8.2, may not be as robust for larger organizations.
- Reviewers mention that Sentry's bug tracking functionality, with a score of 8.9, is highly praised for its efficiency in identifying and resolving issues, whereas Elastic Observability's bug monitoring features, scoring 8.2, may not be as comprehensive.
- Users say that Elastic Observability's data sources integration, scoring 8.7, is highly flexible, allowing for diverse data inputs, while Sentry's integration capabilities, although solid, do not offer the same level of versatility.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Elastic Observability
No pricing availableSentry
Developer
Free
For solo devs working on small projects
- 5k events/month
- 1 user
- 30 day history
Free Trial
Elastic Observability
Free Trial is available
Sentry
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
60
9.0
100
Ease of Use
7.2
62
8.7
103
Ease of Setup
6.5
19
8.6
53
Ease of Admin
6.6
19
8.8
35
Quality of Support
7.5
52
8.5
73
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.6
15
8.9
28
Product Direction (% positive)
7.7
61
9.2
101
Features by Category
User Behavior
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
A/B Testing
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visitor Information
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Agentic AI - Session Replay
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
7.6
9
Agentic AI - Website Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Experience
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI Automation - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
7.5
35
Not enough data
7.4
34
Not enough data
8.0
39
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
8.7
40
Not enough data
8.8
44
Not enough data
8.2
40
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Crash Monitoring
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
8.6
12
Not enough data
7.4
11
Crash Data
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Metrics
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
6.3
8
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visibility
9.2
6
8.8
15
8.3
6
8.3
15
7.8
6
8.9
15
Monitoring and Management
9.0
5
7.6
14
7.8
6
8.3
14
8.9
6
8.7
14
Agentic AI - Log Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Sources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Metrics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Log Analysis
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
8.4
23
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
6.7
15
Not enough data
8.4
18
Response
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.1
18
Agentic AI - Application Performance Monitoring (APM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
8.7
17
Not enough data
7.7
16
Functionality
Not enough data
7.2
15
Not enough data
7.7
14
Not enough data
5.3
12
Not enough data
6.7
13
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Metrics
Not enough data
7.3
10
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
6.3
8
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Elastic Observability and Sentry are categorized as Log Monitoring, Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and Website Monitoring
Unique Categories
Elastic Observability is categorized as Log Analysis, IoT Analytics Platforms, Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, and AIOps Platforms
Sentry is categorized as Bug Tracking, Mobile Crash Reporting, Session Replay, IoT Development Tools, IT Alerting, Gaming Tools, and Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Elastic Observability
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Sentry
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Retail
14.3%
Financial Services
14.3%
Banking
14.3%
Telecommunications
9.5%
Hospital & Health Care
9.5%
Other
38.1%
Computer Software
32.7%
Information Technology and Services
20.9%
Internet
10.0%
Financial Services
4.5%
Logistics and Supply Chain
3.6%
Other
28.2%
Most Helpful Reviews
Elastic Observability
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Timothy S.
Verified User in Internet
It's open source, free, fast and the basic stack is quick to install and get running. The fact that it is well bundled with ELK (log stash and kibana) make it awesome for aggregating and searching logs. it also works really well as a cache for...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Retail
The main problem is that when it goes down there is no time frame of when it will be back up. We have called and called support and it has now been over 4 months that it has been down and we are unable to use it. We need it especially when there is an issue...
Sentry
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Alfred A.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
As for me, I can just use few lines of code to set up this system and it takes only a few minutes. I'm glad that system works fast and I can save my productive time. Also I have the ability to have notifications via my email or push messages as part of an...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Eric H.
Verified User in Medical Devices
I've found an unusual and very problematic bug with the account management-- I had a previous Sentry account with another company, and after changing jobs, I've found that no matter what I do, I cannot log in to the new company's single sign on page in...
Timothy S.
Verified User in Internet
It's open source, free, fast and the basic stack is quick to install and get running. The fact that it is well bundled with ELK (log stash and kibana) make it awesome for aggregating and searching logs. it also works really well as a cache for...
Alfred A.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
As for me, I can just use few lines of code to set up this system and it takes only a few minutes. I'm glad that system works fast and I can save my productive time. Also I have the ability to have notifications via my email or push messages as part of an...
Verified User in Retail
The main problem is that when it goes down there is no time frame of when it will be back up. We have called and called support and it has now been over 4 months that it has been down and we are unable to use it. We need it especially when there is an issue...
Eric H.
Verified User in Medical Devices
I've found an unusual and very problematic bug with the account management-- I had a previous Sentry account with another company, and after changing jobs, I've found that no matter what I do, I cannot log in to the new company's single sign on page in...
Discussions
what is the best way to sync data with elastic search from SQL server
3 Comments
AT
Write a process that convert each line into Json format and load it into ElasticSearchRead more
Do elastic search use indexes to store the information.
1 Comment
AD
I'll take a stab at answering this question though I'm not 100% sure exactly what you are after.
The way I would explain it is that in elasticsearch an...Read more
Can I use Elasticsearch for free?
1 Comment
GO
https://www.elastic.co/pricing/faq
Self-Managed: Yes. From the very beginning, the Elastic Stack — Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash — has been...Read more
What is your primary use case for Sentry in application monitoring, and how has it impacted your development process?
1 Comment
JD
You can intergrate senty with your application to get the errors on your email or simply getting notified when your system fails or give you any kind of...Read more
Sentry has no more discussions with answers
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