# GlitchTip

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/observability/glitchtip/

Open-source error tracking compatible with Sentry SDKs, offered as a hosted plan priced per event or run yourself for free.

## Who it suits

Anyone who wants Sentry-shaped error tracking without Sentry's bill — the SDKs are compatible, so switching is a DSN change, and self-hosting is free and genuinely supported.

Consider something else if It tracks errors and nothing else. No tracing, no replays, no uptime monitoring, so a team wanting one pane of glass will be assembling it from parts.

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: Yes ([source](https://glitchtip.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Entry paid plan: $15/month for the 100,000 event plan; $50 for 500,000 and $250 for 3 million ([source](https://glitchtip.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Pricing model: Flat monthly tiers bought by event ceiling, with a free self-hosted build as the alternative to paying at all ([source](https://glitchtip.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)

### Observability

- Events included: 100,000 events a month on the cheapest paid plan; 1,000 on the free hosted plan. One meter, not several — GlitchTip counts events and nothing else. ([source](https://glitchtip.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)
- Retention window: 90 days by default when self-hosted, set by GLITCHTIP_RETENTION_DAYS and configurable per data type — events, transactions, logs, uptime checks and files all inherit it, releases keep 365 days. Events move from Postgres to cold storage after 30 days but stay queryable. GlitchTip publishes no retention figure for its hosted plans. ([source](https://glitchtip.com/documentation/install), read 2026-09-06)
- Self-hostable: Supported ([source](https://glitchtip.com/pricing), read 2026-09-06)

## Compared with

- [GlitchTip vs Sentry](https://inetgeek.com/compare/sentry-vs-glitchtip/)
- [GlitchTip vs Better Stack](https://inetgeek.com/compare/glitchtip-vs-betterstack/)