What is BugSnag?

BugSnag enables development teams to achieve greater application stability by detecting errors, tracking performance issues, and tracing incidents across the entire stack. Utilizing AI-powered fix suggestions and prioritization features, it ensures that high-impact bugs are immediately addressed while offering deep insights into user experience and system health.

With support for over 50 platforms and extensive integration capabilities, BugSnag delivers actionable diagnostics, interactive dashboards, and advanced segmentation to accelerate debugging and ensure reliable releases. It offers a comprehensive solution for error monitoring, performance tracking, distributed tracing, and application stability management with flexible deployment options and compliance support.

Features

Full-Stack Error Monitoring: Monitors crashes and exceptions across multiple platforms with depth diagnostics.
Performance Monitoring: Analyzes rendering, memory, CPU, and user interactions in real-time.
Distributed Tracing: Traces requests, API calls, and microservice interactions to locate bottlenecks.
AI-Powered Fix Suggestions: Delivers AI-driven recommendations to resolve errors efficiently.
Automatic Error Prioritization: Sorts and highlights bugs based on severity and user impact.
Stability Scores: Provides app health insights to inform debugging and release decisions.
Custom Alerts & Dashboards: Allows configuration of alerts and dashboards for critical metrics.
Integrations: Connects with 50+ platforms, issue trackers, and code repositories.
Sensitive Data Management: Identifies and redacts personal data with compliance support.
Team Workflows: Enables collaboration, code ownership, and seamless communication.

Use Cases

Monitoring mobile app errors and performance in production.
Instantly detecting and prioritizing critical bugs in web applications.
Tracing distributed system incidents across microservices architecture.
Providing actionable diagnostics and fix suggestions to development teams.
Tracking application stability for release and rollback decisions.
Alerting DevOps teams about performance bottlenecks and error spikes.
Ensuring compliance by managing sensitive data in crash reports.
Collaborating across teams on resolving errors and tracking code ownership.

FAQs

What is a span in BugSnag?

A span refers to a discrete unit of work within your application, such as an app start, screen load, or API call, which is used to analyze performance metrics.
How does span sampling work in BugSnag?

Span sampling allows you to capture a statistically meaningful subset of spans for performance monitoring, enabling efficient analysis without needing to store all spans.
What is the difference between handled and unhandled exceptions?

Unhandled exceptions are errors or crashes that occur without being caught in your code, while handled exceptions are errors you have coded your application to detect and manage.
What happens if I exceed my event quota?

If you exceed your event quota, burst protection may apply to shield you from unanticipated surges, but you may need to upgrade your plan or reduce data to retain full monitoring coverage.
Is BugSnag free for open source applications?

BugSnag offers a free plan that can be suitable for open source projects, with features tailored for solo users and passion projects.