Bugsink
Shares rank 11 of 16 observability platforms by recommenders
Free error tracker that people use as a Sentry alternative and recommend to others.
Free error tracker that people use as a Sentry alternative and recommend to others.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Replaces Sentry for error tracking
“Happy to see Bugsink mentioned here as a solution for Error Tracking _and_ to not see it show up as one of the "harder parts"”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure” “that I happily use : https://www.bugsink.com/ . It's trying to solve the exact same pain.”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 on Hacker News “Bugsink to replace sentry”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: I've started using Coolify, any recommendations?” Strongly recommended and praised
“had no idea about BugSink so amazing, now I know”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe” “Can heartily recommend it.”
Comment from 9 Nov 2025 on Hacker News
Other observability platforms people recommend
The four most recommended other observability platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafana | 71 | 41 | 63% | 11 | — | — |
| Prometheus | 48 | 24 | 67% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Datadog | 40 | 39 | 51% | 11 | — | — |
| Sentry | 31 | 30 | 51% | 11 | — | — |
| BugsinkThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“had no idea about BugSink so amazing, now I know”
“Bugsink is rather barebones in comparison”
“Supporting Bugsink internally but build some tooling around it for automatic bug detection and fixing would actually be a sweet spot for me.”
“Bugsink to replace sentry”
“Happy to see Bugsink mentioned here as a solution for Error Tracking _and_ to not see it show up as one of the "harder parts"”
“because that's the only way we keep seeing those alternatives alive and kicking”
“that I happily use : https://www.bugsink.com/ . It's trying to solve the exact same pain.”
“Free, works, and saves my employer a ton of money”
“Can heartily recommend it.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.