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Hypertrace vs Sentry Performance
Both stand on distributed tracing tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Hypertrace offers trace exploration, service views, and deployment options for teams investigating system behavior. Its project explicitly limits production support for the quick-start ingester and service, and Community Edition has a license restriction to consider.
Visit HypertraceChoose Sentry Performance if your team needs to investigate application bottlenecks alongside errors and follow requests across services. Look elsewhere if the free plan’s monthly quotas or span-based tracing do not fit your expected usage; paid plans start at $26/mo.
Visit Sentry PerformanceThe facts
| Hypertrace | Sentry Performance | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | Android, API, iPhone, Self-hosted, Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Free or on request | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | hypertrace.org | sentry.io |
| On distributed tracing tools | #10 of 32 | #14 of 32 |
Hypertrace: what it does well
- Visualizes request paths, errors, and delays
- Maps traced traffic as a service graph
- Supports OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, and Zipkin
- Includes agents for Java, Go, and Python
- Free and open source
What to know first
- Quick-start ingester and service are not production-supported
- Community Edition license excludes competing online services
- Tail-based sampling is not supported
Sentry Performance: what it does well
- Connects performance bottlenecks with errors, transactions, and code details.
- Distributed tracing follows requests across services.
- Supports OpenTelemetry.
- Includes custom metrics and alerts.
- Offers cloud and self-hosted deployment options.
What to know first
- The free Developer plan has monthly usage quotas.
- Tracing usage is measured in spans.
- The Team plan does not have a free trial.
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