# Airbrake: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 13 judge labels across 1 category by 9 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/airbrake

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Error and crash monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/error-and-crash-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 10 | 8% | 13 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Honeybadger or Airbrake for a focused, lightweight setup" (Perplexity Sonar, Error monitoring)
- "Airbrake: Offers paid plans starting at $19-$76 per month." (Llama 4 Maverick, Error monitoring)
- "Airbrake (Simple & Affordable)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Error monitoring)

## And against it

- "Limited Depth: While it offers a very clean interface, power users sometimes find it lacks the deep debugging capabilities" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Error monitoring)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Airbrake, from 39 of the 44 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ones.com: 23
- rollbar.com: 19
- cubeapm.com: 12
- sentry.io: 12
- guideflow.com: 11
- geekflare.com: 10
- costbench.com: 9
- drdroid.io: 9
- posthog.com: 9
- scoutapm.com: 8

### Pages cited

- https://ones.com/blog/8-best-error-tracking-tools-to-catch-bugs-before-users-do: 16
- https://guideflow.com/blog/error-monitoring-software: 11
- https://cubeapm.com/blog/top-error-tracking-tools: 10
- https://geekflare.com/guides/frontend-error-monitoring-tools: 10
- https://drdroid.io/engineering-tools/error-monitoring-tracking-open-source: 9
- https://ones.com/blog/error-reporting-software-comparison-8-tools-worth-trying: 8
- https://posthog.com/compare/best-error-tracking-tools: 7
- https://toolradar.com/guides/best-error-tracking-software: 7

## In its own words

What Airbrake's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Frictionless error monitoring and performance insights for your entire app stack. (https://airbrake.io/)
- For: Developers (https://airbrake.io/)
- Free plan or trial: Start Free Trial (https://airbrake.io/)
- Customers named: Blinkist

## What it publishes

Every page airbrake.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 664 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 23 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-01-20
- webinar or virtual event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2020-09-28
- report or ebook: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2013-09-24
- comparison: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-01-19
- glossary or explainer: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-10-22
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2016-11-14
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2023-01-20 case study: How to leverage iterative testing to build better software https://docs.airbrake.io/blog/case-study/how-to-leverage-iterative-testing-to-build-better-software
- Recent: 2022-12-22 case study: What is prompt engineering https://docs.airbrake.io/blog/case-study/what-is-prompt-engineering
- Recent: 2022-12-20 case study: Comparing popular web stacks mern mean mevn meng lamp and ruby on rails https://docs.airbrake.io/blog/case-study/comparing-popular-web-stacks-mern-mean-mevn-meng-lamp-and-ruby-on-rails
- Recent: 2022-11-21 case study: Why ruby on rails works for machine learning development https://docs.airbrake.io/blog/case-study/why-ruby-on-rails-works-for-machine-learning-development
- Recent: 2022-11-04 case study: A guide for developers searching for their next job https://docs.airbrake.io/blog/case-study/a-guide-for-developers-searching-for-their-next-job
- Recent: 2022-11-04 case study: Building a python api with replit and airbrake https://docs.airbrake.io/blog/case-study/building-a-python-api-with-replit-and-airbrake

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.
