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Honeybadger vs Raygun: What are the differences?

Developers describe Honeybadger as "Honeybadger is the modern error management service for rails". Honeybadger does more than report errors, it helps you work with your team to fix them. Errors can be assigned. You can comment via email. And a fine-grained permissions system means you control who has access to each specific project. On the other hand, Raygun is detailed as "Use Raygun to track, manage, and report your software errors". Raygun gives you a window into how users are really experiencing your software applications. Detect, diagnose and resolve issues that are affecting end users with greater speed and accuracy.

Honeybadger and Raygun can be primarily classified as "Exception Monitoring" tools.

Some of the features offered by Honeybadger are:

  • Collaboration tools for your team
  • A blazing-fast error drill-down UI
  • Tons of notification options

On the other hand, Raygun provides the following key features:

  • Error, crash and performance monitoring, in one platform
  • Support for every major programming language and platform
  • Minutes to set up

"Rails integration" is the top reason why over 7 developers like Honeybadger, while over 29 developers mention "Easy setup and brilliant features" as the leading cause for choosing Raygun.

Sellsuki, Olo, and GoFormz are some of the popular companies that use Raygun, whereas Honeybadger is used by ebay, Heroku, and Teespring. Raygun has a broader approval, being mentioned in 44 company stacks & 6 developers stacks; compared to Honeybadger, which is listed in 34 company stacks and 12 developer stacks.

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Pros of Honeybadger
Pros of Raygun
  • 9
    Easy setup
  • 9
    Rails integration
  • 5
    Github integration
  • 4
    Javascript integration
  • 4
    Slack Integration
  • 3
    Developer friendly error analysis
  • 2
    Java integration
  • 2
    Provides context, and great stack trace
  • 2
    Shows request parameters
  • 2
    Email notifications
  • 2
    Consolidates similar errors
  • 31
    Easy setup and brilliant features
  • 19
    Integrates with many tools I use (e.g. GitHub, HipChat)
  • 19
    Huge range of programming languages supported
  • 17
    Support for JavaScript source maps
  • 17
    Makes my job so much easier
  • 16
    No rate limiting
  • 15
    I have so much love for Raygun. Amazing support too
  • 15
    Works with Xamarin (including native iOS crashes)
  • 14
    Unlimited team sizes on all levels
  • 13
    Responsive and fast app
  • 9
    Easy setup, fast reporting, and constantly improving
  • 8
    Great customer support and awesome T-shirts
  • 3
    Real user monitoring
  • 2
    Custom dashboards for software health

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What is Honeybadger?

Honeybadger does more than report errors, it helps you work with your team to fix them. Errors can be assigned. You can comment via email. And a fine-grained permissions system means you control who has access to each specific project.

What is Raygun?

Raygun gives you a window into how users are really experiencing your software applications. Detect, diagnose and resolve issues that are affecting end users with greater speed and accuracy.

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