Crashpad vs Embrace

Crashpad is an open-source crash-reporting system and client library for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. It embeds in an application, where a handler snapshots a registered process after a crash, saves a dump, and can send it to a collection server configured by the embedding client. Applications can also request process-state dumps on demand for diagnostics. Reports use the Windows minidump format with Crashpad extensions and generally contain loaded modules, thread registers and stack memory, selected operating-system state, and memory referenced by registers and stacks. Applications can add key/value annotations, application-specific metadata, and custom minidump streams. Uploads use HTTP or HTTPS through the Breakpad wire protocol, with a documented limit of one upload per hour and failed uploads aborted. The design requires applications to obtain and honor consent because process memory may contain sensitive data. Crashpad is a client-side component; a processor is planned without a completion timeline.

Embrace is a real user monitoring platform for mobile and web that connects technical performance with individual user sessions. Mobile monitoring captures sessions and provides crash, ANR, network and performance insights. Web monitoring includes session timelines, Core Web Vitals, error reporting, custom metrics and alerting. Crashes, network requests, custom events and Core Web Vitals can be viewed in session context. The platform is built on OpenTelemetry; Embrace says customers own their data and can connect it to other tools. Documented instrumentation covers Android, iOS, web, React Native, Unity and Flutter. Dashboards, SLO support and user journey analysis are available, and data can be forwarded through data destination and OpenTelemetry interfaces. Mobile and web sessions count toward the same usage total. The free tier allows up to 1 million sessions per year and five users, with three days of event retention; reaching either cap stops additional ingestion or user additions unless the customer upgrades. Pro is listed at $0.80 per month, with an $80 monthly minimum spend. A 30-day trial is listed.