"elmah.io's visuals and robust metrics give us invaluable insight into the general health of our systems"
elmah.io vs. Raygun
| Feature | elmah.io | Raygun |
|---|---|---|
| Error Logging | ||
| New error detection | ||
| Clientside error logging | ||
| Deployment tracking | ||
| Uptime monitoring | ||
| Heartbeats | ||
| MCP Server | ||
| Anomaly Detection (ML) | ||
| Performance Monitoring | ||
| Cloud-hosted | ||
| Self-hosted | ||
| Price/mo (annual billing) | $17 - $269 | $40 - $400 |
Prices shown are monthly rates when billed annually. The high end matches volume: both elmah.io's Enterprise plan and Raygun's Business plan include 1,000,000 messages/errors per month at this price.
FAQ
Why isn't elmah.io free?
Like Raygun, we offer a free trial. You can sign up and try out elmah.io without ever needing to input a credit card. We believe that software should be something you pay for. elmah.io is a bootstrapped company, meaning the funding we get is when people sign up and pay for elmah.io. This gives us the best control over the direction we want to go, without investors to constantly keep happy by increasing prices.
Does elmah.io support other languages than .NET and JavaScript, like Raygun does?
We have decided to become the best error logging and uptime monitoring service for Microsoft .NET developers, rather than support every language and platform like Raygun does. By focusing on .NET on the server and JavaScript on the client only, we can keep our focus on making the deepest integration into this ecosystem out there, with native integrations for all major .NET web and logging frameworks. In other words, if you need to monitor a backend written in a language other than .NET, elmah.io is not the best choice for you.
What if I need both error logging and performance monitoring?
Unlike Raygun, elmah.io doesn't offer application performance monitoring (APM). This may change at some point, but for now, we have focused our time on error logging, uptime monitoring, deployment tracking, and heartbeats monitoring. We believe in picking the best tool for the job. elmah.io works together with all major APM tools out there, making it possible to use elmah.io's powerful platform for error monitoring and something else for APM.
Can I move from Raygun to elmah.io?
Yes. elmah.io has native integrations for all major .NET web and logging frameworks (ASP.NET Core, log4net, NLog, Serilog, and more), so switching from Raygun's .NET client is usually a matter of swapping a few lines of configuration. Reach out to our support if you need help planning a migration.
Is elmah.io open source?
Yes and no. The persistence part and the elmah.io website are not open source. We open sourced a couple of the components we have written in order to make elmah.io work, as well as our NuGet packages for logging errors to elmah.io.
A lot of the internals of elmah.io are based on open source and we love making contributions to other projects.
Here's what our customers say
Don't just take our word for it. Here's what some of our users have to say about elmah.io:
Armando Monzon
Director of Software Development at ONEIL
"The ease of use is nuts. In under 10 minutes, I switched my logging from file to elmah.io. This is going to be a game-changer."
Mitchel Sellers
Microsoft MVP
"elmah.io has enabled quicker and more accurate fixes and ultimately better customer service."
Paul Johnson
Managing Director at Insurance Data Solutions
"If you would take elmah.io away from our business now, it would be like chopping off an arm. Great product guys!"
Matt Ross
CEO at Tronik
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