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Sentry Performance

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Spec score 7.6 #22 of 32 in Distributed Tracing Tools

What it is

Sentry Performance is an application performance monitoring service for developers diagnosing bottlenecks in applications and distributed systems. It links performance problems with related errors, transactions, and code details to help teams assess user impact and investigate issues. Trace views and code context can help locate slow database queries, API calls, and associated code lines. Distributed tracing follows requests across services to help identify where latency or errors arise. Teams can prioritize performance issues by user impact and create custom metrics and alerts. Sentry lists integrations with GitHub, Jira, Slack, GitLab, Linear, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Datadog, and Vercel, and supports OpenTelemetry. Its cloud service is hosted on Google Cloud Platform with a multi-tenant architecture; a self-hosted option is available for teams that need data in their own infrastructure. Trace retention is 90 days. The Developer plan costs nothing and has monthly usage quotas. Paid plans start at $26/mo; a free trial is available for Business, but not Team. Sentry makes its SOC 2 Type 2 report and ISO 27001 certificate available through user accounts or by request.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Sentry APM connects performance bottlenecks to related errors, transactions, and code details to help teams identify user impact and fix issues.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.io
Audience
Sentry describes its application performance monitoring as developer-focused and aimed at teams diagnosing performance bottlenecks in applications and distributed systems.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.io
Trial
Sentry says it offers a free trial for the Business plan, but not the Team plan; one-time trial extensions are 14 days.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.help
Integrations
Sentry lists integrations including GitHub, Jira, Slack, GitLab, Linear, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, Datadog, and Vercel.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.io
Compliance
Sentry makes its SOC 2 Type 2 report and ISO 27001 certificate available to users through their account or by request.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.io
Headquarters
United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · sentry.io
Database and API tracing
Sentry provides trace views and code context to identify slow database queries, API calls, and the code lines associated with them.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.io
Distributed tracing
Sentry distributed tracing follows requests across services to help locate where latency or errors are introduced.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.io
Free plan change
Sentry says the Developer plan is free and includes monthly quotas for errors, replays, attachments, cron monitors, and uptime monitors; tracing is measured in spans.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.help
Hosting and security
Sentry says its service is hosted on Google Cloud Platform using a multi-tenant architecture.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.io
Self-hosting
Sentry says its open-source software has a self-hosted option for teams that need to keep data in their own infrastructure.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.io
User impact
Sentry says teams can prioritize performance issues by user impact and create custom metrics and alerts.Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.io

Plans and prices

Developer Free Free plan; monthly usage quotas apply Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.help
Business Priced on request A free trial is available; plan pricing is listed on Sentry’s pricing page Read 8 Oct 2026 · sentry.help

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Connects performance bottlenecks with errors and code
  • Distributed tracing follows requests across services
  • Supports OpenTelemetry
  • Self-hosted option is available

Limits

  • Developer plan has monthly usage quotas
  • Team plan has no free trial
  • Trace retention is 90 days

Who it suits

Sentry Performance suits developer-focused teams diagnosing application slowdowns or tracing latency and errors across services. Teams that need to keep data on their own infrastructure can use the self-hosted option.

Verdict

Sentry Performance ties traces to errors and code context, with tools for prioritizing issues by user impact. Check the usage quotas, plan pricing, and 90-day trace retention against your needs.

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