Sentry vs Telemetry Tracker
Is it time to switch? We break down the differences so you can stop bleeding money.
Choose Telemetry Tracker.
If you want to own your data, save money, and avoid vendor lock-in, Telemetry Tracker is open source and community-driven.
What Actually Matters
No fluff — just the differences that affect your decision
Telemetry Tracker is open source (MIT). Sentry is closed. If vendor lock-in keeps you up at night, this is the deciding factor.
Telemetry Tracker has the bigger crowd: 33 stars vs 0. More contributors, more integrations, more momentum.
Telemetry Tracker is built in TypeScript — you can read the source, contribute, or fork it. Sentry is closed-source, so you're trusting their engineering.
Try both — most offer free tiers. The right pick depends on your stack size, team, and tolerance for DevOps.
Sentry
Developer-first error tracking and performance monitoring.
Why Choose Sentry
- ✓Best-in-class error tracking
- ✓Stack traces with source maps
- ✓Performance monitoring built in
Drawbacks
- ×Can be noisy without proper filtering
- ×Pricing based on error volume
Telemetry Tracker
Open-source error tracker for side projects and small teams, with grouped errors, source maps, releases and alerts.
Why Choose Telemetry Tracker
- ✓Grouped errors with source map symbolication, releases and alerts
- ✓Also records events, sessions and Web Vitals
- ✓SDKs for Next.js, React, Vue, Nuxt, React Native, Node and NestJS
Drawbacks
- ×JavaScript/TypeScript SDKs only (no native iOS/Android, Flutter or non-JS SDKs)
- ×Young project with a much smaller community than Sentry or GlitchTip
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