How Telebugs compares to Sentry
Telebugs gives you a quick way to run error tracking on your own server: an installer for Docker and HTTPS, built-in upkeep tools, and email support from its founder. Here’s how that compares with self-hosted Sentry.
The error-tracking work is familiar
Something breaks in your application. You want to know what happened, where it happened, and whether it keeps happening. Both Sentry and Telebugs help you answer those questions.
In Telebugs, repeated reports are grouped into an error, with the backtrace and context ready to read. You can move through reports and resolve, mute, or claim an error without reaching for the mouse. Don’t remember a shortcut? The command palette shows the actions available on that page. Small details, but they matter when you’re working through a busy error list.
Self-hosting is where the setup differs
Running Sentry yourself means running several services together: PostgreSQL, Kafka, ClickHouse, and a collection of workers and web services. You’re operating that system as well as using the error tracker.
Telebugs runs as one Docker container, with SQLite alongside the application. On a prepared Linux server, the installer sets up Docker and HTTPS for you. There’s no separate database server or reverse proxy to configure for the standard installation.
| Setup | Sentry | Telebugs |
|---|---|---|
| Layout | Multiple services | One Docker container |
| Storage | PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and other services | SQLite alongside the app |
| Server upkeep | Your responsibility | Your responsibility |
With either tool, you’re responsible for updates, backups, security, and disk space. Your server still needs enough room for the errors you receive and how long you keep them. Our small-server benchmark shows what we measured on one modest machine, so you have something concrete to judge it by.
Running it is part of choosing it
New Telebugs installations check for updates every night. The updater downloads the release, restarts the app, and checks that it’s ready again. You can change the schedule or turn it off. The restart means a brief interruption, but the update routine itself is already there.
Backup and restore are built in, too. A backup captures the data, recovery configuration, and exact app version in a verified archive. The app pauses briefly while making it. Keep a secure copy off the server; those tools help with upkeep, but you still need to use them.
Want us to run Telebugs? Managed Telebugs is the same error tracker, on a private instance we maintain. We handle the updates and backups. That is an option if you don’t need to operate it yourself, not an on-premise installation.
Compare the software and operating costs
Self-hosted Sentry doesn’t charge you by error. Moving to Telebugs isn’t a way to avoid a per-error fee on that installation. What you buy is the error tracker together with its installation and upkeep tools, plus a year of releases and direct support.
With self-hosted Telebugs, you buy a perpetual license. Updates and support are included for the first year, with an optional annual renewal after that. Managed Telebugs is a monthly subscription.
Email support comes directly from Kyrylo, Telebugs’ founder and developer. Questions about installation, configuration, using the app, or upgrading it go to the person working on that code. Support is on business days.
In either case, we don’t charge by error, project, or teammate. More errors don’t add a usage charge to your Telebugs bill. Your server’s capacity and retention settings still set the practical limit.
You’ll find the numbers on our pricing page. When comparing costs, include hosting and the time you spend on upkeep, not just the price of the software. Considering hosted Sentry too? Our Sentry cost calculator estimates its public Team and Business plans.
Some teams will be better served by Sentry
Sentry does more than error tracking. If you rely on its tracing or session replay, those are good reasons to stay. Telebugs doesn’t replace those tools. The same goes for an integration your team depends on: check that it’s covered before switching.
You don’t need to leave a tool that’s working well for you. If you are looking for a change, consider the experience as well as the requirements. How easily can you find the right report, understand it, and take the next step? That’s where we put our design effort.
Changing the destination doesn’t move the history
For supported languages and frameworks, you can keep the Sentry SDK in your application and send new errors to Telebugs. You don’t have to start your error reporting from scratch.
Your old Sentry issues, comments, and assignments don’t automatically move with those new errors. Notification rules and integrations need to be set up and checked, too. Keep Sentry available for the history you still need. Our migration guide walks through those details.
Telebugs brings the installation, everyday debugging, and routine upkeep together. Start with one application. Read the reports, try the keyboard shortcuts, check the notifications, and see whether it gives you what you need before moving anything else.
Sources: Sentry’s self-hosted configuration and self-hosted project.