62% of first choices, clear leader.
“Tools to Avoid for Predictable Costs | Datadog | Per-host pricing... becomes unpredictable at scale” Kimi K2, budget prompt
“Tools to Avoid or Be Highly Cautious With: 1. Sentry... can lead to unpredictable and skyrocketing costs” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
“Platforms like *New Relic* charge a premium per "Full Platform User"... you would pay up to $1.2 million annually just for user licenses” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
“limited scalability for enterprise needs... Best avoided if: You need end-to-end visibility” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
63 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1055 links across 259 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentry sentry.io | 62% | 266 | 90,500 | 21,086 | 254,686 | 120 | 1 | |
| Datadog parent site Datadog Error Tracking 13% | 13% | 128 | 74,000 | 3,541 | ||||
| Rollbar rollbar.com | 7% | 168 | 5,400 | 175 | 12,382 | 5 | 5 | |
| Bugsnag bugsnag.com | 4% | 154 | 1,600 | 23 | 1,512 | 4 | 6 | |
| New Relic newrelic.com New Relic Errors Inbox 4% | 4% | 77 | 14,800 | 843 | 83,276 company | $412 | 89 | |
| Honeybadger honeybadger.io | 4% | 100 | 201,000 | 98 | 13,851 | |||
| CubeAPM cubeapm.com | 2% | 42 | 40 | 0 | 846 | |||
| Scout scoutapm.com Scout Monitoring 2% | 2% | 3 | 50 | 4 | 4,420 company | 1 | 2 | |
| GlitchTip glitchtip.com | 0% | 54 | 590 | 9 | 250 | 8 | ||
| Dynatrace dynatrace.com | 0% | 676 | 22,200 | 1,106 | 62,738 | $3,941 | 120 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 13 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (raygun.com, rollbar.com, saucelabs.com, scoutapm.com, sentry.io). The first result for “best error monitoring tool” is sentry.io.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:52 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:10 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 10:20 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 10:49 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:55 | yes | 36 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:58 | yes | 8 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 11:06 | yes | 13 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:09 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 14:03 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:11 | yes | 15 | 43 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:29 | yes | 30 | 287 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:22 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:17 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:26 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:07 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:26 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:12 | yes | 40 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:40 | yes | 12 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:33 | yes | 20 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:28 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:38 | yes | 20 | 51 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 10:17 | yes | 29 | 135 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:30 | yes | 7 | 48 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:25 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 14:09 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:00 | yes | 12 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:35 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:00 | yes | 24 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:58 | yes | 8 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 11:49 | yes | 19 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:38 | yes | 7 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:44 | no | 0 | 45 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:09 | yes | 20 | 47 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:55 | yes | 24 | 52 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:36 | yes | 13 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:58 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 14:08 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:56 | yes | 16 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:42 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:04 | yes | 38 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:52 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:17 | yes | 27 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:28 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:40 | no | 0 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:30 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:33 | yes | 27 | 371 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 14:10 | yes | 20 | 157 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:22 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:22 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 10:57 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:30 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:31 | yes | 19 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:38 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 14:10 | yes | 28 | 45 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:40 | no | 0 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:49 | yes | 30 | 47 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:29 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:10 | yes | 13 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 14:08 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:27 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:58 | yes | 29 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:02 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:47 | yes | 21 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:32 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:42 | yes | 29 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:50 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:59 | yes | 15 | 45 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:35 | yes | 25 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:25 | yes | 24 | 92 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 14:09 | yes | 21 | 61 s |
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