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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.
Pros of Honeybadger
- Easy setup9
- Rails integration9
- Github integration5
- Javascript integration4
- Slack Integration4
- Developer friendly error analysis3
- Java integration2
- Provides context, and great stack trace2
- Shows request parameters2
- Email notifications2
- Consolidates similar errors2
Pros of Raygun
- Easy setup and brilliant features31
- Integrates with many tools I use (e.g. GitHub, HipChat)19
- Huge range of programming languages supported19
- Support for JavaScript source maps17
- Makes my job so much easier17
- No rate limiting16
- I have so much love for Raygun. Amazing support too15
- Works with Xamarin (including native iOS crashes)15
- Unlimited team sizes on all levels14
- Responsive and fast app13
- Easy setup, fast reporting, and constantly improving9
- Great customer support and awesome T-shirts8
- Real user monitoring3
- Custom dashboards for software health2